The flight strip in Ilaga. Is of course a wonderful playground where there are no planes.

A few planes in the consignment: a machine without wings.

Overzicht Sentani Airport. Duidelijk zichtbaar is een oude DAKOTA. Die vlogen in dezeventiger jaren nog.

Engine Repair, this time headed by an American pilot, Tom Benoit, blue shirt, which is around 20,000 hours flown in Irian. Mid eighties, he had a fatal accident, he probably had a heart attack.

In the workshop in Sentani is one wing repaired.

Kugapa seen from the ground

A precaution in the small aviation, the morning before the first flight should be equally possible condensation water from the tanks to drain, it is caught in a glass, so you can see the result. If one does not, can at the start the engine suddenly cut off.

Once again the station Bilorai, taken from a great height. The strip is still clearly visible, the station is partly invisible by a cloud.

The Dutch pilot Hennie van de Kerkhof photographs several people. He has an extensive collection of photographs laid out, like a Swiss pilot who has flown several years. In Ilaga made. It would be interesting, this photo of him there to take them to see how many people are still alive. 27 years for those people is a long time.

Checking the fuel - Checking the fuel. A careful pilot does not trust a gauge on the dashboard. He checks with a simple stick with marks.