Dealing with Weather

April 24, 2010

Yesterday I soloed on the last airstrip that we are currently using. It feels so good to be at this point, but I am realizing quickly that I find landing and taking off to be the easiest part. In fact, I feel a sense of relief when I circle to land at any of these […]

Our First Kodiak Delivered!

January 14, 2010

It’s not really about a plane … by Ian Fallis The Kodiak is really just a big hunk of metal. As cool as the Quest Kodiak airplane is – and it really is a cool plane – it’s little more than a bunch of aluminum with an engine stuck on the end. What’s really great about […]

Flying to Set Up a New Program

November 12, 2009

For the last few weeks Brian and the other NTMA guys here have been working hard to get one of our Cessna 185s, "405", ready for service in a new flight program in the Southern Philippines. As I write this, 405 is enroute to its new home where it will once again carry New Tribes Missionaries to and from their tribal works. It has not flown in a missionary capacity since 2003 so this is an exciting day for us. Many pilot/mechanic teams have had a hand in getting the plane ready for this flight, and it was great to join that effort.

Pig Traps and People, Continued…

October 16, 2009

When we received the call I was reassembling the airplane after the inspection while Ben and Garry worked on the paperwork. Ben came over to the plane with a smile on his face and said, "Well Brian, it looks like we're gonna have to fly this right away. A man in the tribe has stepped on a pig trap and..."

Pig Traps and People Don’t Mix

October 15, 2009

About 4pm, we got word that some guys were carrying Isol to us, a young man, who had stepped into a pig trap in the jungle. The traps have a spring-loaded bamboo blade, which had gone right through one of his calves, and into the other calf.