Scenes From Another Week

This week I had the privilege of flying one of our waterstrip agents from his village to PalangkaRaya. This is Yanno and his wife. You can't really see in this picture, but sitting behind Yanno is the first gun shot victim that I've carried. The man sitting behind Yanno was shot in the shoulder with a shotgun. Nobody could explain to my why or how he got shot.

Click on this image to see it sharper and bigger. This is a map of everywhere in the world that MAF operates, and how many airplanes we have.

Often times I find myself landing in places that I haven't been to before. Usually these places don't present any challenges with landing or takeoff, but we just don't have a reason to go there often. It's probably been at least three years since MAF landed at this location. I'm assuming some of these kids had never seen the airplane before and that is why they came running when I pulled up to this dock.

This week I had to go to Jakarta to get a flight physical. Nothing like dealing with Jakarta traffic. Even if it is from the back of a taxi.


Newspaper sellers take advantage of the traffic jams as well as people selling food and drinks.