Steve Jobs is Dead. So is our iMac

October 8, 2011

It was tragic to hear this week about the death of Steve Jobs. What an amazing inventor, businessman and communicator. He really made a lot of advances in the world today and many of his inventions are helping us in our ministry to work more efficiently and with less time staring at blue screens and […]

Taking it up a Notch

August 10, 2011

It feels like I’ve only just begun flying here in the Philippines, but by the time we head to the States for home assignment in November I’ll have flown almost 300 hours, nearly 1,000 landings and 600 flight legs. It doesn’t sound like much, but under these conditions and on these short flights, that is […]

Rust and the Art of Vehicle Maintenance

August 8, 2011

So here I am, in a hotel room in the city still trying to change my rear brake pads. Let me explain what’s going on… Normally changing brake pads on my truck takes me about 30-40 minutes per axle and in my past experience it’s done every 50-80K miles depending on driving style etc. etc. […]

Helicopter Lands in the Isnag Tribe

April 16, 2011

When we first arrived here in the Philippines I hiked with a couple of other NTMA guys into the Isnag tribe to do some repairs on the solar panels and other odds and ends. It was a couple years ago but if I remember right we drove a car for 8 hours, rode a bus […]

The Hardest Part of Flying

January 3, 2011

During an extremely busy flight schedule we received word that two patients were critically ill in the Banwaon tribe. This is the video of my flight to take one of the patients to the hospital. It’s a pretty typical flight during this time of year and without a doubt, I feel relief when I get […]

Death May Bring Life

January 3, 2011

On November 28th rainy season started here with a round of weather that made flying nearly impossible. We were also alerted by Chris and Lynne Strange and Albert Castelijn that they had an emergency medical situation in their tribal location. The most critical patient was a man whom they were not certain if he would […]

Three Little Airstrips

December 19, 2010

This post is for all the pilots and dreamers who enjoy this kind of stuff. I filmed some landings and takeoffs at three of our more interesting airstrips. We are getting into rainy season now and I am learning that these airstrips are completely different when wet. It’s not only the slippery surface that’s a […]

“Their Mischievous Pilot”

December 18, 2010

Yesterday I learned that I am known in the Banwaon tribe as the “Mischievous One.” Dumbfounded, I asked, “how did they come up with that?” Of course what I was wondering was, “how did they know, I can’t even speak their language?!” I had forgotten all about a little something that happened a few months […]

How to Replace a Propeller in the Jungle

October 9, 2010

We have been without an airplane since August and it has had a drastic affect on everyone in our region. Every tribal team that we serve with the airplane is currently in a bind waiting to see when the airplane will be able to fly again. They all had plans for translation checks, deadlines, furloughs, […]

One Step Closer to Flight

September 28, 2010

Last weekend Brian drove with a truck full of tools and construction supplies to the tribe where our airplane is still tied down and guarded. It has sat in the jungle for over a month. He arrived just as it was getting dark and hiked down to the village in the rain on a slippery […]