I was a USAF geodetic officer working in Port Moresby at our Aerial Survey Team that did log line trilateration surveys in the Pacific. 1964 We had teams on mountain tops for months and used every method available to resupply them. I was in charge of our photo lab and our survey computation team. Thank you for the reminding me of an experience I had when I was allowed to visit one of our stations.
I agree that there would be a sense of comfort having him as PIC. Also he's technically not in the middle of nowhere. The strip he flew out was named, "Random Bush Location". ;-)
Crazy runway, those mountains look savage. And were an amazing natural barrier way back in WW2. The people of PNG really helped out in that affair when Australia was under attack.
My wife and I knew Reggi Pep who rebuilt many planes for mission aviation fellowship before he passed away recently. It was good to see this video and remembering.
Being from South Florida, seeing you fly in this beautiful mountainous terrain is incredible, excellent piloting, don't think you could get the landing any smoother than you did. Stay safe!
You've taught me a lot that I now understand in Flight SIm 2020. Thank you. Love how you point everything out for dumb asses like me who have no idea whatsoever. Great content.
Hi Ryan that was a trimendous flight, it was great flying over these high rocky mountains, also the cloud formation was to my mind magnificent, so thanks a million for another great flight.
I say again that I know thing about flying, but I learn something with every one of your videos. The discipline and attention to detain that you exhibit make me feel safe in your hands. Ryan thank you for your work.
“That big dark shaded are, we will land just past the dark shaded area right where it starts to get light again.” Oh the joys of bush flying! 😂 Love the content, never stop.
Wonderful terrain . You really have to be aware . You even pick out your possible crash sites . That's what I call cool , calm and collective . Nice short flight !
Fantastic guys good flying many challenges but you guys are pro bush pilot!! I did my bush flying in the jungles of Borneo Sarawak and Sabah as early as in the 80’s on the BN2,skyvan,twin otter and it was a job that reminds me of what you guys are doing now. The runway and terrain in Papua is more challenging!!! Stay safe guys!!
I'm just a Diesel Mechanic from (still live), Dallas Texas, not a pilot. I love your video's, thank you for making them. Your video's are as close as i'll get to places like this!
That runway is so short with serious consequences! Reminds me of my hang gliding days when you leave a mountain top...you're committed and there's no 'reset' button! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you pilot for such an awesome video. The cameras are placed in the right place and I had a great time watching. It almost felt like I’m on board with you. I live in New Zealand and I’d love to take my family there for a holiday. I discovered your channels recently and I’ll continue watching your videos. Thanks a lot.
Our church sent many missionaries out over the years. I have a new appreciation for what it's REALLY like. I just discovered these "films". I was always interested in flying but got NO encouragement . I think it was a QUEST plane that visited an airport in Lancaster,Pa. and I got to ride in it! Thanks again.
You probably learned when flying was more pure, fun and free. These guys today have more and more regulation. I notice he has to work constantly throughout his flight.
I just came across your channel. Great video... If you can, show the surroundings when you get out. As a pilot for 40+ years, I enjoyed your discipline and attention to detail. Thanks, I subscribed.
Wow! I've said it before on your channel, I'm so envious. What a glorious place to be flying - what scenery! what experiences! what adventures! I wish you loads of good fortune for the work you do with these amazing videos, so that those of us who no longer fly can glimpse what might have been. (Actually it still might be, one day, if I can save enough spare cash for a short-term adventure!) But the mountains seem so close as you twist among them.... My flying was mainly in the UK, and in areas where there were not these dramatic valleys and peaks. Imagine a lad from Lincolnshire - where a hill is anything above a couple of metres and a mountain anything above 100 ft! - trying to cope with this kind of terrain. 😃
@@MissionaryBushPilot God bless John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
I’m sure most people know this but Orbyx has some great PNG scenery adding a lot of the grass trips detailed well; believe 1 out of the 2 packs is free as well. Happy Flying!
Unfortunately it’s only for FSX ( do people still use this ? ) and P3DV1-4 graphics wise they look ok but are in need of an update and having some Ortho scenery injected into them.
Danke für den XPLANE Tipp. Wenn ich endlich wieder fliegen kann werde ich das probieren... Derzeit hatte ich Wasser im Keller und musste die gesamte PC-Technik abbauen... Aber ich liebe diese Videos... Und irgendwie hat es beim Start in meinem Bauch gekitzelt.... SOOO GENIAL! DANKE, dass Sie diese Filme hier rein setzen.
Fantastic flying gentlemen!!!! Very, very nice landing on that grass strip!! The takeoff reminds me of flying in and out of the Azore Islands. It’s a short strip also but longer than what you had but at the end of the runway there is a 300-400’ drop into the deep Atlantic Ocean and there have been many over the years that ran off the end and never came back. Well done!!
Guessing reason for the 2nd captin, but not CIC..he is new to the area and getting familiar with certain flight terrane ..only makes 100% common sense :thumbs up:
Love your videos. I fly a C182 in Kenya and find some of your airstrips not too different from ours. But I appreciate your precision flying by the numbers such as TO and landing speeds given your weight. We’re not quite so precise given that I can’t find exact speeds for a specific weight, but I have close estimates, especially for TO
Back in the ‘70’s I was in the building business and assisted a bush pilot in the construction of his new home in Waxhaw North Carolina. His first name was Leo last name escapes me but he was a JAARS pilot (Jungle Aviation and Radio Service, Waxhaw, NC. He was a great guy and only told me that he took missionaries to remote locations he was assigned to deliver to. I assume now that he flew like you guys fly.
Mmm just got here, first video I’ve seen and its astounding! all the post production work you are doing. The capture of the radio and all the topo maps and charts you include are fantastic not to mention all glorious cameras you have. Such a great video! GB!
I love your channel. Is it possible for you to spend a few short minutes showing some of the local people at the landing sites and your interactions with them. Thank you.
I am not a pilot , but sure appreciate your skills in handling the plane on that steep Mountain runway. Had similar experiences in Malaysia and Peru. Wishing you safe flying.
Thanks for sharing this flight, from lockdown in melbourne victoria australia, I can smell the JetA1. Great commentary and knowledge shared. As a recreational pilot in an iddy biddy ICP savannah plane, you rock!!!
I have been watching these videos for a few months and I was wondering when you would finally come across one of the SIL Planes. I Grew up in Ukarumpa and have flown on SIB a handful of times.
Neat view of a mountainous flight! I spent summer of 2018 flying Navajos out of Fairbanks AK going north! 400 hours later, I appreciate the terrain you are flying over!
Unfortunately decided not to get my ppl as I am colour blind and could not go to higher levels. Get my thrills with sims. In a former life I was an avionics tech with Qantas so I have a keen interest in aviation. I have just found this channel, great videos.
We flew Hercs there '90/92 supporting the Chevron oil project at Moro. It was quite an experience. We had four turbines. These guys have one turbine, but they have all computerized cockpits. Suck a bird through the intake in that thing and you're very likely done. We flew NDB/DME approaches and did the calculations by hand. Analog cockpits. These guys are good!! (Because they are still alive.) The weather/terrain situation can be deadly. IMHO, other than combat, PNG flying is among the most challenging to be found worldwide. I lost two very dear friends there due to terrain, weather and a mistake. GPS was in its infancy and few, if any, had it. They got lost NW of Goroka enroute from Mt. Hagen, turned too soon, and pounded into a mountain in a Bandierante. I never learned why Jay turned when he did. He was a Talair Check Airman. Jay and Nancy, RIP. Two monsoons sweep the islands annually. Things can become difficult very quickly. These missionary pilots have bronze balls. When we were there, they flew 206's. Pistons. RESPECT!
I was a USAF geodetic officer working in Port Moresby at our Aerial Survey Team that did log line trilateration surveys in the Pacific. 1964 We had teams on mountain tops for months and used every method available to resupply them. I was in charge of our photo lab and our survey computation team. Thank you for the reminding me of an experience I had when I was allowed to visit one of our stations.
Thanks for your pioneering work
@Hello Phill how are you doing?
My favourite video. Josh is so cool 👍👍
@Hello Derek how are you doing?
Thanks for taking us along for a nice ride...
@Hello how are you doing?
Great to see such a thorough, disciplined pilot - a guy you'd feel comfortable flying with over forest covered mountains in the middle of nowhere...
Wow, thanks!
I agree that there would be a sense of comfort having him as PIC.
Also he's technically not in the middle of nowhere. The strip he flew out was named, "Random Bush Location". ;-)
Crazy runway, those mountains look savage. And were an amazing natural barrier way back in WW2. The people of PNG really helped out in that affair when Australia was under attack.
Great video for mountain flying!
My wife and I knew Reggi Pep who rebuilt many planes for mission aviation fellowship before he passed away recently. It was good to see this video and remembering.
Being from South Florida, seeing you fly in this beautiful mountainous terrain is incredible, excellent piloting, don't think you could get the landing any smoother than you did. Stay safe!
You are doing great to serve PNG people.We are so proud of you!💞
You've taught me a lot that I now understand in Flight SIm 2020. Thank you.
Love how you point everything out for dumb asses like me who have no idea whatsoever.
Great content.
Hi Ryan that was a trimendous flight, it was great flying over these high rocky mountains, also the cloud formation was to my mind magnificent, so thanks a million for another great flight.
I say again that I know thing about flying, but I learn something with every one of your videos. The discipline and attention to detain that you exhibit make me feel safe in your hands. Ryan thank you for your work.
@Hello Mark how are you doing?
“That big dark shaded are, we will land just past the dark shaded area right where it starts to get light again.”
Oh the joys of bush flying! 😂
Love the content, never stop.
I love when Josh and his coffee copilots with you! Y’all a great team!
Thank you for supporting Missionaries and helping spread the Message!
Always!
What an epic landscape to fly in. Simultaneously beautiful and terrifying. You guys are good!
Wonderful terrain . You really have to be aware . You even pick out your possible crash sites . That's what I call cool , calm and collective .
Nice short flight !
thx for watching
Whoaa two pilots
share the work load sounds good
Fantastic guys good flying many challenges but you guys are pro bush pilot!! I did my bush flying in the jungles of Borneo Sarawak and Sabah as early as in the 80’s on the BN2,skyvan,twin otter and it was a job that reminds me of what you guys are doing now. The runway and terrain in Papua is more challenging!!! Stay safe guys!!
"If we're not 35 knots by...let's go with the dude with the big belly..."
Instant SUBSCRIBE.
That's official aviation lingo!
@@EricJ0hansson aka "the delta with the bravo bravo"
Love that bush pilot jargon.
Is that professional aviation lingo??
Looking at the end of that runway it matters. DAYUM That's a run with repercussions.
Thank you for another wonderful video. All the best from Sydney Australia. Have a good day.
What a fine example showing the difficult approach
I'm just a Diesel Mechanic from (still live), Dallas Texas, not a pilot. I love your video's, thank you for making them. Your video's are as close as i'll get to places like this!
Thanks for watching!
I feel as if after watching a few thousand of these I would be ready for flight lessons. Thanks!
That runway is so short with serious consequences! Reminds me of my hang gliding days when you leave a mountain top...you're committed and there's no 'reset' button! Thanks for sharing!
Another nice little trip. Thanks. Your right seater there has quite a jovial persona.
Nice job boys. Enjoy what you're doing now; its all over when you get to the airlines
Proper hands on flying... I've enjoyed it... You guys work for your money....
Enjoy your videos. You are setting a great example for younger pilots. Keep up the good work!
Thank you pilot for such an awesome video. The cameras are placed in the right place and I had a great time watching. It almost felt like I’m on board with you. I live in New Zealand and I’d love to take my family there for a holiday. I discovered your channels recently and I’ll continue watching your videos. Thanks a lot.
Looks really right flying, right skills,
Thanks for sharing
Jean-François
Our church sent many missionaries out over the years. I have a new appreciation for what it's REALLY like. I just discovered these "films". I was always interested in flying but got NO encouragement . I think it was a QUEST plane that visited an airport in Lancaster,Pa. and I got to ride in it! Thanks again.
Here's your encouragement. Go learn to fly!
church sends missionaries? what does that even mean?
@@DamWG18 it means that trained grown up responsible people go to aid, teach and learn
Awesome video. Thank you for the time in making this video for us in you tube land. Be safe out there
God bless you and your family. 😊🛫👍
Thanks 👍
Keep them coming. I do enjoy your video's. Bye for now from New Jersey. 🛫😊👍👍👍
Spectacular camera work and procedural flight steps for piloting Quest Kodiak.
Ryan, keep up the great job flying and stay safe.
Thanks!
Much appreciated!
Ive watched a few of your videos now. I like what your doing, great job, fun to watch.
As and old single engine pilot, these guys are good.
thanks
As 1 old single engine pilot to another , you’re right.
In PNG as a pilot, you are good or you are dead. A lot of the pilots in Vanuatu when I lived there were ex PNG.
You probably learned when flying was more pure, fun and free. These guys today have more and more regulation. I notice he has to work constantly throughout his flight.
@@katehobbs2008 the terrain and weather is always a challenge
I just came across your channel. Great video... If you can, show the surroundings when you get out. As a pilot for 40+ years, I enjoyed your discipline and attention to detail. Thanks, I subscribed.
Good skill. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching!
@Hello Brain how are you doing?
Excellent videos. Excellent comments. Particularly interesting channel. Please go on !!! Thx
Was watching mentoirpilot and this came up as recommended. Glad it did.
Love the dude with the big belly. I think that cracked everyone up.
You are the best!!! God bless you 😎🙏🏽🇩🇴
Good flight Captain... thanks
@Hello Richard how are you doing?
Wow! I've said it before on your channel, I'm so envious. What a glorious place to be flying - what scenery! what experiences! what adventures! I wish you loads of good fortune for the work you do with these amazing videos, so that those of us who no longer fly can glimpse what might have been. (Actually it still might be, one day, if I can save enough spare cash for a short-term adventure!)
But the mountains seem so close as you twist among them.... My flying was mainly in the UK, and in areas where there were not these dramatic valleys and peaks. Imagine a lad from Lincolnshire - where a hill is anything above a couple of metres and a mountain anything above 100 ft! - trying to cope with this kind of terrain. 😃
I hear the new Microsoft flight sim is pretty realistic...even here in PNG!
@@MissionaryBushPilot God bless John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Thanks 👍
I’m sure most people know this but Orbyx has some great PNG scenery adding a lot of the grass trips detailed well; believe 1 out of the 2 packs is free as well. Happy Flying!
Unfortunately it’s only for FSX ( do people still use this ? ) and P3DV1-4 graphics wise they look ok but are in need of an update and having some Ortho scenery injected into them.
Flying conditions remind me of parts of southern Africa. Really enjoy your commentaries. Best wishes Christopher
I bet it does
Makes me appreciate learning to fly in flat, flat North Texas.
Same here....got my pilot license at GPM!
Didn't finish but my 26hrs were out of KCXO LoneStar Exec
Menyamya is much improved from when I was there in the mid seventies - Kiap days
But the road going there from Bulolo is always a challenge, when it's raining or after it rains
Thank you.
show more stuff after you land... always fascinating seeing the local areas in the bush..
Police running to the airstrip......... Id better get my mask on........ Hahahaha...... I love that.
Even though a short flight, there is so much to do and two pilots are kept busy. I always feel like a front seat passenger with you. Thanks
Danke für den XPLANE Tipp. Wenn ich endlich wieder fliegen kann werde ich das probieren... Derzeit hatte ich Wasser im Keller und musste die gesamte PC-Technik abbauen... Aber ich liebe diese Videos... Und irgendwie hat es beim Start in meinem Bauch gekitzelt.... SOOO GENIAL! DANKE, dass Sie diese Filme hier rein setzen.
Danke fürs zuschauen
Amazing how it takes 16 minutes to show a quick 10 minute hop !
Fantastic flying gentlemen!!!! Very, very nice landing on that grass strip!! The takeoff reminds me of flying in and out of the Azore Islands. It’s a short strip also but longer than what you had but at the end of the runway there is a 300-400’ drop into the deep Atlantic Ocean and there have been many over the years that ran off the end and never came back.
Well done!!
So enjoyable to watch ! Thanks for sharing.
Very interesting and exciting takeoff and approach. Thank you guys for sharing your knowledge. Almost went for a license a long time ago.😃🌈🤙
The stunning kodiak 100... ,again a very nice landing keep up the good work at PNG
Many thanks!
And here we all are quarantined, and these guys are living the life...FML
Guessing reason for the 2nd captin, but not CIC..he is new to the area and getting familiar with certain flight terrane ..only makes 100% common sense :thumbs up:
Love your videos. I fly a C182 in Kenya and find some of your airstrips not too different from ours. But I appreciate your precision flying by the numbers such as TO and landing speeds given your weight. We’re not quite so precise given that I can’t find exact speeds for a specific weight, but I have close estimates, especially for TO
Thank you for sharing this great video.
Nice view of the mountains and Ridges from the outside camera. Awesome flight video
Glad you enjoyed it
enjoyed going with you. Bless you
Very nice video.
The right hand seat pilot looks angry all the time.
Love your videos. It would be great to see the places you land at and the people you see- would make an interesting watch!
Holy cow! Great coordination and keeping up with the demands of the flight. Nothing easy here. Great job.
Thanks a lot!
Scenic beautiful! And doesn't hurt that the pilot is also eye candy!
Awesome video. Lots of great information too 😄👍
Glad it was helpful!
Back in the ‘70’s I was in the building business and assisted a bush pilot in the construction of his new home in Waxhaw North Carolina. His first name was Leo last name escapes me but he was a JAARS pilot (Jungle Aviation and Radio Service, Waxhaw, NC. He was a great guy and only told me that he took missionaries to remote locations he was assigned to deliver to. I assume now that he flew like you guys fly.
yes, JAARS does the same kind of flying as we do.
Mmm just got here, first video I’ve seen and its astounding! all the post production work you are doing. The capture of the radio and all the topo maps and charts you include are fantastic not to mention all glorious cameras you have. Such a great video! GB!
I enjoy watching the flying
I love your channel. Is it possible for you to spend a few short minutes showing some of the local people at the landing sites and your interactions with them. Thank you.
Amazing flight. Amazing scenery. Pristine, unspoiled land.
Great videos from Missionary Bush Pilot, can't wait to see the others!
Real flight, love it!
Thanks for watching Selumiel, consider subscribing if you haven't already
@@MissionaryBushPilot Done!
I am not a pilot , but sure appreciate your skills in handling the plane on that steep Mountain runway. Had similar experiences in Malaysia and Peru. Wishing you safe flying.
Another flawless landing
I love your reference points. Not your regular airports here.
I'll give the plane a like. It seemed very stable.
Beautiful landing at 15:34 !
Thanks for sharing this flight, from lockdown in melbourne victoria australia, I can smell the JetA1. Great commentary and knowledge shared. As a recreational pilot in an iddy biddy ICP savannah plane, you rock!!!
Great stuff . Please show the locals contacts and ground work.
love this channel, great piloting, great scenery, please tell us more about the people and the places
I have been watching these videos for a few months and I was wondering when you would finally come across one of the SIL Planes. I Grew up in Ukarumpa and have flown on SIB a handful of times.
Neat view of a mountainous flight! I spent summer of 2018 flying Navajos out of Fairbanks AK going north! 400 hours later, I appreciate the terrain you are flying over!
@Hello Jim how are you doing?
Unfortunately decided not to get my ppl as I am colour blind and could not go to higher levels. Get my thrills with sims. In a former life I was an avionics tech with Qantas so I have a keen interest in aviation. I have just found this channel, great videos.
Nice flight. Thank you.
We flew Hercs there '90/92 supporting the Chevron oil project at Moro. It was quite an experience. We had four turbines. These guys have one turbine, but they have all computerized cockpits. Suck a bird through the intake in that thing and you're very likely done. We flew NDB/DME approaches and did the calculations by hand. Analog cockpits. These guys are good!!
(Because they are still alive.)
The weather/terrain situation can be deadly. IMHO, other than combat, PNG flying is among the most challenging to be found worldwide.
I lost two very dear friends there due to terrain, weather and a mistake. GPS was in its infancy and few, if any, had it. They got lost NW of Goroka enroute from Mt. Hagen, turned too soon, and pounded into a mountain in a Bandierante. I never learned why Jay turned when he did. He was a Talair Check Airman.
Jay and Nancy, RIP.
Two monsoons sweep the islands annually. Things can become difficult very quickly.
These missionary pilots have bronze balls. When we were there, they flew 206's. Pistons.
RESPECT!
Great video, beautiful area. Thanks for posting
Great flight again! Thanks for keeping us simmers in your mind as you're making these videos!
My pleasure!
Once again, great video.
Stay safe.
Excellent .Looks look it is Tauta Have been in and out a couple of times coffee buying, many year ago. Kerry in OZ
@Hello Kerry how are you doing?
please show the places you arrive, it will made more interesting your flights.
I concur...love to see the places you go to.
That content is posted to his Patreon.
Some communities might not watch to be filmed tho. But great idea non the less
Thank you, fab video. Very similar country to my time in Timor Letse. Would love to visit PNG. Cant wait to have a go on FS 2020!
Thanks for the education. Good video
I would fly with these guys...:)
@Hello Jonathan how are you doing?
Steely eyed ice-blooded bush studs. Great flying -- from a former Alaska bush passenger.
" I saw some cops running towards the plane. I better put my mask on" LMAO.. that cracked me up.
Fantastic fantastic fantastic fantastic