MAF - Missionary Aviation Fellowship - Flight Simulator in PNG
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It always amazes me how pprune threads wander off track. We started off talking about a sim,then MAF aircraft in Mareeba and now we are on to SIL and Catholic aviation
There have been a number of claims and inferences about MAF on this forum so I contacted them. I am not employed by them and never have been although I have a number of friends who have. My interest in them as an organisation is purely an observer of how people in this mercenary world can still put their money and time where the beliefs are.
These are the facts from MAF office an hour ago.
There is NO US money in the Australian operation
They are standardising on C208s and the C208s sitting around (1 now) are in the process of being prepared for P2 operations.
Wunwing
There have been a number of claims and inferences about MAF on this forum so I contacted them. I am not employed by them and never have been although I have a number of friends who have. My interest in them as an organisation is purely an observer of how people in this mercenary world can still put their money and time where the beliefs are.
These are the facts from MAF office an hour ago.
There is NO US money in the Australian operation
They are standardising on C208s and the C208s sitting around (1 now) are in the process of being prepared for P2 operations.
Wunwing
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If they are standardizing on one type, I imagine someof the purchase price at least will come or has come from the disposal of the GA8s. To me going away from a mixed fleet, if it can still meet needs is just good business.
Having aircraft standing around for conversion,especially if they have to meet specific fitouts or changes for P2 rego is normal. Also normal to fly out hours on the GA8s if they have to be overhauled prior to sale?
The Australian arm of MAF has been running from just after WW2. They would have access to all kinds of legitimate funding.
Why are you suggesting their ops are anything but legitimate?
Wunwing
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Not to many operators in PNG are willing to go to bush strips these days. Not real sure Jesus & friends are wanted at many of them but the cargo is..
MAF have always been a charter company that doesn’t pay tax etc.
Sim sounds like a waste of money but so does religion to me.
MAF have always been a charter company that doesn’t pay tax etc.
Sim sounds like a waste of money but so does religion to me.
Was supporting a helicopter supplied drill rig out of Tari a while back and I heard rather than . watched a MAF Cessna takeoff in fog with viz 10 feet.I asked the chief Okanagan pilot how the they managed when our helicopters were grounded. He explained that there were rules about viz. IFR,VFR and IFJ,,turns out IFJ is I fly with Jesus
Folks,
MAF is a highly respected outfit that provides services throughout many countries in the third world, particularly Africa, I don't really understand why some of the dills on pprune would want to stick it to them.
As for "charter" etc., just let us say that the further you are from Head Office, the more "appropriate" are the interpretations of the "regulations".
Indeed, there is a Chinese proverb that very roughly translates as: The sky is blue, the sun is shining and we are a long way from Beijing.
Tootle pip!!
MAF is a highly respected outfit that provides services throughout many countries in the third world, particularly Africa, I don't really understand why some of the dills on pprune would want to stick it to them.
As for "charter" etc., just let us say that the further you are from Head Office, the more "appropriate" are the interpretations of the "regulations".
Indeed, there is a Chinese proverb that very roughly translates as: The sky is blue, the sun is shining and we are a long way from Beijing.
Tootle pip!!
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To bring you all up to date MAF is now one organisation through out the world. Support comes from many different country organisations.
In the past it was very territorial i.e. Australia did PNG and parts of OZ, USA did Indonesia and South America, England mainly Africa.
Now they have all combined so resources can be used more efficiently.
In the past it was very territorial i.e. Australia did PNG and parts of OZ, USA did Indonesia and South America, England mainly Africa.
Now they have all combined so resources can be used more efficiently.
Yeah, MAF are nice people. They put me up in their house overnight once when I got stuck in Telefomin. Just remember, wait to say grace before you get stuck into dinner!
