head in the clouds…?
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
as i mentioned earlier i’m training as a pilot. i’m currently working my way through my PPL, having passed the GFPT and just recently started working on navigation. it’s been a lot of hard work so far, and it’s going to keep getting harder as i go, but it’s also a lot of fun!
flying is an expensive hobby however, and unless you make it into one of the larger airlines and fly the big jets it’s not a particularly lucrative career path that, when it does pay well, involves a lot of time away from family and friends. but i’m not doing it as a hobby or as a career change…
the reason that i’m learning to fly is because i want to be a missionary support pilot with new tribes mission, and specifically NTMAviation. both my skye (my wife) and myself are christians and we want to help share the faith we have with ppl around the world. There’s a need for pilots who can transport supplies, medical support and people in and out of remote tribes in places like PNG and I have the opportunity to try and help fill this need. skye supports me heaps, and also wants to work with NTM! she’s awesome ;-)
i’m currently training with curtis aviation in camden, funding my flying by working in IT and skye working with education for early school leavers, and we’ve just started the process of becoming official with NTM! it’s going to be a long (10yrs) process and it’ll be hard, but with God’s help and support from friends, family and church we’ll make it if that’s what we should be doing…
one of the NTMA planes in PNG
mountains (volcanic!) that are a lot higher than the runway we took off from, which was already 5,250ft (1,600m) above the sea!
that little patch of green is the runway, 350m long and on a 14deg incline! fun times
scrawled bysteve at 3:56 PM
