Brian received his license in the mail this week and was able to resume his checkout. The flight we did this week was to a tribal location where the missionaries are not currently living because they are all on furlough. We flew in to check on the condition of their hydro-electric power system and to fix the lighting in the tribal church building. It was a beautiful day to fly and the Lord gave us clear skies and calm winds which was a huge blessing because we were flying in without a weather report.
Garry Barkman, our chief pilot, did the flying there and I did the flying on the way home. Garry is showing me around and introducing me to each of our airstrips so that I don’t have to go in “cold-turkey” like he did when we first opened up the Mindanao flight program. I managed to get a video of the flight and while it isn’t the best video quality, I hope to get some better ones in the future. For now, this should give you an idea what it was like to land in this location.