Originally Posted by
Kagamuga
Currently between Tarawa and Honiara is new C208B Grand Caravan registered to MAF International as N97PN.
Not sure if this machine is for Aussie Ops where MAF has been operating PNG registered Caravan for a few months around the Gove area etc. May even make it to PNG or Indonesia.
MAF have their main maintenance base and HO in Mareeba where aircraft for this region often get mods for whatever they need where they're deployed (mud flaps, extra cargo restraints, HF radios, etc.). Perhaps that's where it's headed?
They've been operating both Caravans and Airvans out of Gove for decades now, ferrying people and supplies to remote communities and homesteads around Arnhem Land - especially in the wet season when the roads get cut - so that should be no surprise.
Maybe you should join up? Might be fun.
