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Missionary freight run in PNG

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Packed to capacity with emergency goods we head from idyllic Saidor at Papua’s East Coast south of Madang across the less than idyllic Finisterre mountain range and plan to deliver our goods in the shortest possible time in Gusap, which is located west of the mountains.

 

Saidor (SDR) is at the top right corner of the map. And yes, the mountain range is the problem, it can go up to 11,000 ft. Due to the short delivery time we have to try to cross the mountains instead of flying around them.

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Our Goose isn’t exactly famous for being a superb climber, but we have to give it a shot.

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We leave the sheltered little cove and head out into the open sea

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That went quite well

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We are not flying above the mountains, we fly through them

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That’s what we have to cross

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Here we goooooo

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I think I looked a few monkeys straight into their surprised eyes

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Brave old girl, from now onwards everything else is easy

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That’s part of Gusap, the airstrip is very close now

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Now…don’t just sit there and read your papers. Help us to unload the stuff!!

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Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds

My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080

Love the bay scenes and the classic Goose!

 

HLJAMES

Bernd, the sailship picture at copilot's desk must have brought you "inap wara ananit bilong yu bot" (or how that is expressed in clean Pidgin) when crossing the mountain, yu savvy?

However: Great location, great plane, great shots.

   Harald Geyer
   Gründer der Messerschmitt Freunde Dresden v. V.

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Always a great description to go with the shots, very good 

 

 

 

Super Shots!!

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Patrick

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Thank you all very much for your kind comments

 

Bernd, the sailship picture at copilot's desk must have brought you "inap wara ananit bilong yu bot" (or how that is expressed in clean Pidgin) when crossing the mountain, yu savvy?

:smile:  :smile:  :smile:

Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds

My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080

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