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📕Author and ex-bush pilot. ✈️Pilatus PC-6 & PC-12, Catalina flying boat & Piper SuperCub. ⚠️CHECK OUT MY BOOK BELOW ⬇️

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Last few landings on the old airstrip at Mapnduma before the larger new one opened, seen on the right.

Last few landings on the old airstrip at Mapnduma before the larger new one opened, seen on the right.

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No go-around from here 😱 Want to know more: 🌴✈️

No go-around from here 😱 Want to know more: 🌴✈️

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Pure joy after landing my Pilatus Porter at a dangerous, remote airstrip in the Papua highlands 🙌🏻🥹

Pure joy after landing my Pilatus Porter at a dangerous, remote airstrip in the Papua highlands 🙌🏻🥹

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🛂 How to save a long taxi at an international airport 👌🏻

🛂 How to save a long taxi at an international airport 👌🏻

248,172 görüntüleme • 7 ay önce

Ever heard of a Marston Mat runway? Also know as PSP (pierced steel planking), this clever interlocking system was devised just before WWII for rapid construction of runways in remote locations. So cool to get to land on one still in use here in Papua 🌴✈️

Ever heard of a Marston Mat runway? Also know as PSP (pierced steel planking), this clever interlocking system was devised just before WWII for rapid construction of runways in remote locations. So cool to get to land on one still in use here in Papua 🌴✈️

270,003 görüntüleme • 9 ay önce

Cessna Caravan barely gets airborne before the end of the airstrip 😱 I prefer the Pilatus Porter as it’ll use less than half of this airstrip 😎👌🏻

Cessna Caravan barely gets airborne before the end of the airstrip 😱 I prefer the Pilatus Porter as it’ll use less than half of this airstrip 😎👌🏻

207,752 görüntüleme • 10 ay önce

🧈 When you butter the landing 👌🏻 Bush flying is all about getting the job done but if you can grease the landing too 👨🏻‍🍳😘

🧈 When you butter the landing 👌🏻 Bush flying is all about getting the job done but if you can grease the landing too 👨🏻‍🍳😘

117,628 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce

😱😱 BIG GUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN ‼️‼️ With no chance of a go-around, this landing required some very quick reactions to save us from a crash 💥

😱😱 BIG GUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN ‼️‼️ With no chance of a go-around, this landing required some very quick reactions to save us from a crash 💥

181,556 görüntüleme • 10 ay önce

⛔️Dropping into the point of no return⚠️ Many airstrips in Papua are like this where you fly into a small bowl, surrounded by terrain the aircraft cannot out climb. From here on in, you MUST land. A go-around will only result into a crash into terrain 💥

⛔️Dropping into the point of no return⚠️ Many airstrips in Papua are like this where you fly into a small bowl, surrounded by terrain the aircraft cannot out climb. From here on in, you MUST land. A go-around will only result into a crash into terrain 💥

152,901 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce

🥳 First ever aeroplane to land at this airstrip 🙌🏻 Occasionally, I had the privilege of being tasked to make a first landing. This is Trison where the local villagers had spent many years constructing an airstrip by hand. Note the big crowd all dancing as I turn around 💃

🥳 First ever aeroplane to land at this airstrip 🙌🏻 Occasionally, I had the privilege of being tasked to make a first landing. This is Trison where the local villagers had spent many years constructing an airstrip by hand. Note the big crowd all dancing as I turn around 💃

145,871 görüntüleme • 9 ay önce

Did you know the Pilatus Porter is the only aircraft in the world certified to use beta propeller pitch in the air? #FlyingFromShangriLa

Did you know the Pilatus Porter is the only aircraft in the world certified to use beta propeller pitch in the air? #FlyingFromShangriLa

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Barely kept it straight after landing on this crazy rough airstrip 😬

Barely kept it straight after landing on this crazy rough airstrip 😬

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Take-off, immediate break right 🚀 Sometimes we have to turn away from rising terrain if the airstrip is positioned towards such as Lenduma here.

Take-off, immediate break right 🚀 Sometimes we have to turn away from rising terrain if the airstrip is positioned towards such as Lenduma here.

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Far beyond the committal height with a heavily loaded aircraft, the only choice from here is to land. A go-around would be fatal ☠️

Far beyond the committal height with a heavily loaded aircraft, the only choice from here is to land. A go-around would be fatal ☠️

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Cloud break procedure: Porter style 😎 It’s pretty common to arrive overhead an airstrip into find it overcast with cloud. Using beta pitch on the propeller and a slow airspeed allows the Porter to drop down through the tiniest of holes safely into the valley below 🤙🏻

Cloud break procedure: Porter style 😎 It’s pretty common to arrive overhead an airstrip into find it overcast with cloud. Using beta pitch on the propeller and a slow airspeed allows the Porter to drop down through the tiniest of holes safely into the valley below 🤙🏻

81,550 görüntüleme • 9 ay önce

🦘Bounced landing🫨 It doesn’t happen very often but if it does, it’s important to keep a cool head and ride it out on short, steep airstrips like these in Papua. Note how I don’t move the control stick or change the power after the initial touchdown. Anyone know why I bounced?

🦘Bounced landing🫨 It doesn’t happen very often but if it does, it’s important to keep a cool head and ride it out on short, steep airstrips like these in Papua. Note how I don’t move the control stick or change the power after the initial touchdown. Anyone know why I bounced?

84,949 görüntüleme • 11 ay önce

⚠️Fully committed approach‼️ It’s common in mountain flying to have to commit to a landing much further away from the airstrip than in open ground. This is due to the rising terrain surrounding some airstrips that you cannot out climb and so you must make the landing 👊🏻

⚠️Fully committed approach‼️ It’s common in mountain flying to have to commit to a landing much further away from the airstrip than in open ground. This is due to the rising terrain surrounding some airstrips that you cannot out climb and so you must make the landing 👊🏻

73,604 görüntüleme • 9 ay önce

More right rudder! ➡️ When departing wet, slippery airstrips the Porter can require a lot of right rudder. There’s often a few seconds after adding takeoff power where you need to dab the right brake before the rudder has enough airflow to be effective.

More right rudder! ➡️ When departing wet, slippery airstrips the Porter can require a lot of right rudder. There’s often a few seconds after adding takeoff power where you need to dab the right brake before the rudder has enough airflow to be effective.

47,965 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce

🤠Please ignore the crashed aircraft on the left after landing 🙈 Oh and the other wrecked aircraft at the top of the airstrip 🫣

🤠Please ignore the crashed aircraft on the left after landing 🙈 Oh and the other wrecked aircraft at the top of the airstrip 🫣

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Don’t hit the trees! Don’t hit the trees! Don’t hit the trees! 🌴🛬

Don’t hit the trees! Don’t hit the trees! Don’t hit the trees! 🌴🛬

68,274 görüntüleme • 11 ay önce

Volume up 🔊 Rear gunner’s blister view of a Catalina PBY-5A departure from Biscarrosse lake. I love flying this magnificent aircraft from water; it’s what she was built for after all! ✈️ 💦

Volume up 🔊 Rear gunner’s blister view of a Catalina PBY-5A departure from Biscarrosse lake. I love flying this magnificent aircraft from water; it’s what she was built for after all! ✈️ 💦

124,050 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce

Wait for the end to see how steep this landing was 😎 Uphill landings are commonplace in Papua and require specialist piloting skills to master. Once you have the hang of it though, they’re easier and safer than landing on the flat, slippery airstrips of the flatlands 🌴

Wait for the end to see how steep this landing was 😎 Uphill landings are commonplace in Papua and require specialist piloting skills to master. Once you have the hang of it though, they’re easier and safer than landing on the flat, slippery airstrips of the flatlands 🌴

41,127 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce