Juba to collect an aeroplane

On Thursday last week I joined another MAF pilot on a flight up to Juba in order to collect one of the MAF Kenya aircraft and to bring it down to Kampala. Due to a technical snag my return was delayed until Saturday, but now I'm glad to report that I have an aeroplane to fly! Although I am still waiting for the CAA to give me an exam to get a Ugandan licence, I will now be able to play my part in the flying schedule using a Kenyan aeroplane...

To Juba, and beyond...

Glad to report that I spent a couple of days flying up in South Sudan this week.

I travelled up to Juba on Thursday morning and then took a load of food, medical and building supplies up to Keew and Jaibor for CMA. The medical supplies and food went to Keew, where I collected nearly 200kg of plumpy supp which went on to Jaibor along with timber and bags of cement.

It felt like a long time since I was last there, and looking back in my logbook I see that it was 7 months ago that I last landed in Keew and Jaibor, just one week before our evacuation from Juba.

On Friday I flew a charter for Tearfund to Motot, carrying mostly food supplies. On the return leg I brought 5 Tearfund staff back down to Juba with me.

It was really good to be back in South Sudan and flying again for our partners who are still doing such good work up there.

Nairobi again!

I'm glad to report that I've done 2 flight this week :)

They've not been operational flights but it has been very good to get back behind the controls again.

On Monday morning I travelled back to Nairobi in Kenya and in the afternoon I flew with another MAF pilot to 'brush up' on my rather rusty skills. On Tuesday I renewed my Medical with a visit to the doctor, and on Wednesday morning I did a flight test with an examiner in order to renew my Kenyan Instrument Rating.

With my Kenyan licence now valid for another 6 months, at least I will be able to support the South Sudan team with some flying, possibly even before I complete my Ugandan conversion...