It's been quite a busy week so I have not managed to get around to blogging about my flights. Tonight I'll just write one blog to cover the four previous days:
On Monday I didn't actually fly the aeroplane, although I was on the shuttle as 'co-pilot' carrying out an annual proficiency check for one of our other pilots. We had stops in Kapoeta and Kimatong on the way out to Loki and Kapoeta and Torit on the way back home.
Tuesday was a busy Equatorial Shuttle with stops in Yei-Kajo-Juba-Maridi-Ibba-Mundri and home again. 23 pax in total from 10 different organisations.
Wednesday was a charter for Open Doors. The destination was Yida, with a stop for fuel in Rumbek. On the way out I carried freight only, mostly tarpaulins (!), and on the way back two passengers.
Today I flew up to Keew, Old Fangak and Jaibor for CMA (Christian Mission Aid). We had not flown for CMA for some time and it was good to meet some of the people I recognise from last year and to go back to some familiar old airstrips. It was not an easy day, with a delayed departure from Juba due to paperwork issues and a lot of weather to contend with in the vicinity of the airstrips.
It's been a tiring week and I must say I'm looking forward to a holiday :) Tomorrow morning we'll be off for a two week break so I'll be back here at the end of the month...
Thursday 9 June 2016
Friday 3 June 2016
Motot, Mabior and Mundri
3 Ms today.
My first rotation was to Motot for Tearfund (yes, with more wood and cement) with a stop in Mabior to collect some paperwork on the way back to Juba.
The second rotation was to Mundri to collect 8 of the AIC passengers who flew out to Mundri on yesterday's shuttle.
My first rotation was to Motot for Tearfund (yes, with more wood and cement) with a stop in Mabior to collect some paperwork on the way back to Juba.
The second rotation was to Mundri to collect 8 of the AIC passengers who flew out to Mundri on yesterday's shuttle.
Thursday 2 June 2016
A busy Equatorial Shuttle
Today I flew our shuttle to Central and Western Equatoria with stops in Kajo Keji, Yei, Mundri, Juba (again), Maridi and Yambio. I carried 30 passengers in total representing 12 different organisations (I'm afraid I'm too tired to type them all out though ;)
Very pleasant weather for flying again, although we really could do with some more rain in Juba.
Very pleasant weather for flying again, although we really could do with some more rain in Juba.
Wednesday 1 June 2016
More wood for Motot
Today's flight was to Motot for Tearfund. I had a ton of freight on the way out, mostly timber, cement and dry foodstuffs, and two pax coming back down to Juba.
I was a little taken aback at the amount of wood we are taking up to Motot these days so I asked the Tearfund representative up in Motot what it was all for. He told me they are making benches for the feeding centres, and evidently there is more wood to come as they have quite a few feeding centres...
I was a little taken aback at the amount of wood we are taking up to Motot these days so I asked the Tearfund representative up in Motot what it was all for. He told me they are making benches for the feeding centres, and evidently there is more wood to come as they have quite a few feeding centres...
Doro/Maban
Yesterday I took 2 passengers and 600kg of freight up to Maban for Medair. The freight was mostly medicines and medical supplies.
An uneventful flight with good weather on the way our and on the way home.
An uneventful flight with good weather on the way our and on the way home.
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