Story by Satish Moka ‘Uniform’ doesn’t refer to a ‘pair of clothes of a certain color’ or ‘things of similar size’ or any of the twenty or so descriptions given in the Oxford Dictionary, in this place, it stands for P2-MFU, the venerable Twin Otter which is one of the workhorses of the MAF […]
Satish Moka, husband to MAF PNG’s new HR Manager Sonali Ghosh, joined his wife and sons in Papua New Guinea at the end of June. While he was enjoying a day at home with his sons, he received a phone call which set him to be part of a very unique double rescue mission – […]
Impressions from P2-MFB’s last operational day flying in the Marawaka Valley for MAF I had the privilege of going on a MAF flight on Thursday, 24th August 2017 in the Marawaka Valley. What made this flight particularly significant, was that it was the last flight on the Twin Otter P2-MFB for MAF before this aircraft […]
MAF PNG re-opened the Telefomin base in November 2016 with a Twin Otter programme. Pilot Richie Axon, with his family, have been based at Telefomin since then and the family loves it there! However, since March this year MAF has been struggling to keep this busy Twin Otter base staffed due to pilot families dealing […]