Today I had my first flight by myself as a missionary pilot! Here's how it went...
8:00am-Departed Bunia for Dungu with 2 passengers from a medical relief organization
8:30am-Received call on the radio canceling flight to next destination (Doko)
9:15am-Arrived in Dungu
9:45am-Departed Dungu for Isiro with 2 passengers
10:45am-Arrived in Isiro
11:00am-Not enough fuel at the airport to refuel, wait 45 minutes for more fuel to arrive from town
11:30am-Received phone call requesting a flight to Doko to fly a sick person to the hospital in Isiro--must leave 5 passengers waiting in Isiro
12:00pm-Departed Isiro for Doko-ate lunch on the way
1:00pm-Arrived in Doko
1:10pm-Passengers have brought more baggage than the plane can carry--one bag must be left behind
1:25pm-Departed for Isiro
2:25pm-Arrived in Isiro
2:30pm-Refueled the airplane again
3:00pm-Departed for Bunia with 5 passengers--including a Bible translator
4:20pm-Arrived in Bunia
5:00pm-Went home happy :-)
(The above pictures: Friends help with a wet congratulations...somewhat of a tradition in MAF.)
1 comment:
Sounds like an exciting day! I wanna come ride in the airplane (with you as my pilot of course)! :-)
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