Here's How We Land in one of my Favourite Extreme Papuan Runways

[@edouardsowa3660]

I've worked 8 months in lae,and 3 months in New Britain,near Ulawun volcano,in 1969. Did a lot of flying and boating. Will never forget this beautiful country and its people. The best time of my life.

[@stephenberry8658]

I endorse your enthusiasm. I was there in 1977 and 1981

[@HecSalms]

Beautiful video. Only gets bad when finished. The 16 minutes passed like seconds. Amazing work and images.

[@APilotsHome]

Glad you enjoyed it and appreciate your words! Thanks for watching.

[@lost.decadence]

All the multiple camera angles plus complete text desciptions of the workings. Amazing work.

[@APilotsHome]

Cheers mate! Glad you appreciated the effort! 🙌

[@asthalis]

@@APilotsHome I do too !! Please keep it this way, it's perfect !

[@620multistrada]

Beautiful aircraft, always impressive to watch in the hands of a professional

[@thejoyofflying182]

One of the best channels regarding flying in PNG - awesome!

[@APilotsHome]

Really appreciate your words! 🙌

[@chrisross2916]

01:52 Hope you got your drone back OK! 🙂 Just magic scenery. Thank you.

[@APilotsHome]

Haha that’s another story 😂😂 cheers!

[@samgurty]

Always a pleasure to watch your videos

[@APilotsHome]

Cheers Sam!!

[@crqt1s]

This video is a masterpiece in so many aspects for aviation fans. The perfectly chosen music fits beautifully with the stunning landscapes. The engine start scene, where the sound of the engine is recorded so purely. A chocolate fountain for the ears. The checklist overlays and instrument shots. The breathtaking footage from various perspectives. These wonderful rustic runways in the middle of paradise. I envy you, but I truly appreciate it and want to thank you for sharing these amazing glimpses into your lived dream with us. Always happy landings!

[@APilotsHome]

You are to kind! I thank you for your beautiful message and for following along! Cheers and keep well!

[@dennislovinfosse6293]

Your videos are getting more and more professional looking. And thanks for the adventure. Looking forward to the next one.

[@APilotsHome]

Cheers mate, thanks for watching!

[@luciacordeirodacruzpinto9479]

Great moments flying with you!! Loved it!! as always... Keep showing us what you do best!!! ❤

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you! Will do! ❤️

[@domcp711]

Absolutely stunning!

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you so much!🙌

[@JoeS48]

Incredible, simply incredible!

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you Joe! appreciate you!

[@lornecunningham326]

Another incredible video. The footage you capture is on another level. Best Aviation channel on KZbin. Nice flying and thank you for taking us along 🤙🫡

[@APilotsHome]

Appreciate your message! A pleasure bringing you along! Keep well! Cheers

[@skywalk_luc]

Alter ist das Krass 😅!! Respekt und hammer Qualität!

[@themaverickproject4577]

I love these videos. High marks on production value. What an adventure.

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you Maverick! Means a lot to me reading such feedback. I put hundreds of hours and years of collecting footage to come up with these videos. Cheers!

[@Stwutter1973]

Incredible skill, stunning scenery and beautifully produced. Very rarely does a YT subscription make me genuinely excited to sit down and watch it ASAP like your stuff. This one was a another level.

[@APilotsHome]

Really appreciate your message! I put hundreds of hours and years of collecting footage to come up with these videos. Means a lot reading this! Cheers!

[@lupiphoto]

Nothing short of amazing! Always some new details in your videos! Love it!

[@APilotsHome]

🥰 Thank you!

[@bruceyoung1343]

Simply wonderful. Such a beautiful country and peoples. I REALLY ENJOYED they way you did this video. That is to say I enjoy all your videos. CHEERS

[@APilotsHome]

Really appreciate your comment! keep well and thanks for watching my videos!

[@pedrobernardomartins]

Great job and great skills! Thanks for sharing how cool and challenging is to fly in PNG! Keep up!

[@APilotsHome]

Cheers Pedro! Appreciate your message and thanks for watching!

[@roderick2105]

Its filming Papua , Indonesia and NOT PNG !!

[@jamieblanche3963]

Awesome... in every sense of the word. I always enjoy your videos! Thank you for making them :)

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you for watching them! I appreciate you!

[@mohlenair]

Great video! Amazing scenery, good flying. 👍

[@APilotsHome]

Appreciate you!! Cheers!

[@ChrisB-u4n]

That landing and take off has to be way better than any roller coaster! and those views!...So cool to see people doing what they love in this world and making a difference to people's lives that most just wouldn't understand..

[@Kjeesle]

It is amazing to hear you frequently mention how beautiful Papau is, although you get to fly over those mountains over and over.

[@space1commander]

Another awesome Video Bro. The camera shot on your feet and pedal gives us a glimpse of the great design of the rudder control system. The music goes so well with scenery and thanks for taking your time to set up the cameras and pain taking editing the Video to make it looks just like Heaven. God Bless You.

[@APilotsHome]

Cheers for the comment and watching my videos while enjoying the little details I've added! Appreciate you man and thank you for following along!

[@space1commander]

@@APilotsHome Thank You for sharing with the world your unique abilities and professionalism. Que Dios Te Bendiga Hermano.

[@wernerschmidt4481]

Hi, your vids getting better and better!!

[@shaunstrange1617]

Thanks for ride along , love that you love these people and adventures !

[@pascalmalaise3842]

Congrats. Please consider adding a short introduction with a map, showing the remoteless of these strips.

[@APilotsHome]

Good idea!! Thanks mate

[@dtsh4451]

Dude, you deserve a Netflix series 👍

[@ZaphodBeeblebrox2nd]

Wow what a Landscape to fly. I learned to love Papua for Bush Flying in MSFS2020 and now in the new Sim its even better. Now in my Holidays i have to watch all your Videos for sure for inspiration. Because i will never be able to Pilot a real Pilatus there ;( Nice Video so far and enjoy your Pilots Life there.

[@STS4242]

Your videos are breathtaking!! Amazing skills.

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you for the commet! Cheers from Papua!

[@ClearedAsFiled]

Despite the conditions, you flew a very stabilized approach....Just awesome....the Pilatus Porter is a great plane..thanks for the wonderful trip ❤

[@APilotsHome]

Thanks for following along! I appreciate your comment. In these kind of runways a stabilised approach is a must, if one wishes to keep the odds of a successful landing in our favour 😁. Cheers!

[@kcnairnair7299]

Fantastic! I think I broke my desk foot rest trying to brake upon landing😁!

[@APilotsHome]

Hahaha go easy! I don’t want you getting hurt by watching my videos 😂 cheers for the comment! 🙌

[@bmpd806]

I live on the other side of the island and I never get tired of these views. Terima kasih!

[@APilotsHome]

Likewise! The views never get old! Sama-sama!

[@KuntoHarjadjiBaiquni]

Indeed, it is really beautiful I get goosebumps from the beauty of the landscape. It is more than 3000 km from where I live. I can only dream to travel to West Papua

[@nodeal7337]

Wonderful.. Great editing and awesome views. Oh Btw very nice choice of music, it adds to the landscape in soul and mind.

[@stephenberry8658]

Wow... Such memories working as a young property valuer in Lae and the PNG Highlands in 1977 and 1981. Amazing experiences. Love some of the Pidgeon English expressions. Like. Balus, Im go buggerup... The plane has broken down... Coppee Nuthing... Coffee nothing .. No susu, no suga.. No milk, no sugar. Black. One of our valuers died there in 1983...

[@RobsNeighbor]

Something about your edits and music is just amazing thank you for sharing your Journeys with us

[@APilotsHome]

A pleasure to have you following along! Appreciate your comment! Cheers!

[@tompinnef6331]

I agree - like this runway. Steep and short but looks 'fun' to land at. I need to buy some coffee from there to support those villages. Take care - Be safe and always God Bless.

[@MrJeremyBeck]

Amazing stuff! Thanks man!

[@APilotsHome]

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it.🙌👌

[@scotabot7826]

Some say they're so ugly, but the Porter is one awesome aircraft!

[@gabbianonero1dippolito43]

Bellllllissssssimooooooooooo❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sailor5026]

Great. Thank you.

[@APilotsHome]

My pleasure! Cheers from Papua!

Hats off to you sir!

[@gigantor100]

Loving your videos that have turned up in my KZbin feed. Went up in a Porter once to watch my sister jump out of the plane. Once they were out the pilot went straight down and we flew next to them, exciting stuff. Thanks for you beautiful and comprehensive vids.

[@andy-james-]

Wow, that strip makes Lukla look like Heathrow 27L. Great vid, cheers.

[@APilotsHome]

Hahaha exactly😝

[@mariskasafitri3432]

You made a great video, I enjoy watching your video excited to watch more. May the universe always bless you!

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you so much Mariska! May the Universe bless you too!

[@andrewadam7663]

Yeah, it is sure a beautiful land..high up and green..💓

[@Вадим-ш7с7о]

I didn't know how to land a plane in MSFS 2024. But when I watched videos of pilots doing it, I started to get the hang of it.

[@bruceyoung1343]

Happy NEW YEAR to you too. Your notice came in just as watching last video of the hardships. It is a hard life. Hope you have someone to share with. ITS SUNDAY the 29th here HAPPY NEW YEAR once again 🎉

[@APilotsHome]

It’s a challenging but rewarding life. Thanks for the kind words Bruce and thank you for following along! I’m spending the New Years surfing in Papua. Can’t complain at all! Happy New Year 2025 with lots of blessings, cheers!

[@Ворошиловскийстрелок-й2з]

Прекрасное видео 👏

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you!

[@alresbet]

You certainly keep on improving your videos! In any case, they've always been gorgeous, authentic and stunning and I love all of them. The landscapes remind me a lot those in the Andean parts of my native country, Colombia, where I used to fly as an orthopaedic surgeon (and aviation lover) with a Medic Air Patrol in the late 90s. Keep your good work! Warm regards from the also beautiful Montreal (Canada).

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you @alresbest! Appreciate your feedback and sharing your story. Indeed these mountainscapes are stunning, likely similar to Colombia and its lush jungles. Cheers from Papua!

[@owndream9715]

Bro that's great 👍 I'm from India 🇮🇳

[@edwardsbarbara25]

Very, very interesting to see the foot controls and your inputs. Definitely, to me, makes you seem like you are one with your plane

[@pauly1605]

Just awesome

[@melindaharrington7588]

I love your video's, and I have only just started watching your latest one. Well done you 😁 👌

[@APilotsHome]

Cheers for the message! I’m glad you’re enjoying it!

[@hangie65]

Again, an excellent little film, set in a (really) gorgeous place. Your piloting skills are awesome and your videography skills could be worse. I was surprised that you approach that PC-6 at just 60 kts. I didn't know they could fly that slow.

[@АлексейРогозин-ш1ю]

Спасибо большое за такую красоту ❤ привет из Москвы ❤❤❤

[@APilotsHome]

My pleasure! Greetings from Papua!

[@mcroman-superfeat]

F***** Great Video w/ the PILATUS - Take Care and FLY SAFE ! ... // I Fly in Sweden The NORTH Parts in WINTER TIME w/ NARROWS STRIP, for like 15 years , and IF I had known this I go there but nobody told me this, like 25 years ago ... /// McRoman .... " From HIGH to LOW - LOOK OUT BELOW"

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

Rugged beauty full of snakes that are extremely venomous but yet those people live so far out . Amazing

[@Shloopers]

mesmerizing

[@APilotsHome]

Appreciate you! Cheers from Papua!

[@viswanathantm1305]

Great flying skills! Perfect landing and take offs. Thanks for documenting and sharing brother ❤❤❤

[@APilotsHome]

Cheers brother, glad you enjoyed it! 👍

[@ΝΙΚΟΣΠΑΠΑΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ-κ3ι]

Very Beautiful.Hello from Hellas Athens LGMG.

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you and cheers from Papua!

[@MohammedIbrahim-bz8ys]

Super pilot Allah usko Achcha rakhen

[@theboonensboonen5561]

Fantastic

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you! Cheers

[@F5MIKE]

Top🎉 Amazing vídeo.

[@APilotsHome]

Cheers for the watch Mike!🙌

[@anselmokeenan138]

Stay safe, Capt. May God help you

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you 🙏

[@djken4k864]

Piloting skills top notch and the video skills are also! Feel like I am there. Excellent.

[@APilotsHome]

Glad you enjoyed the video! Makes my day! Cheers

[@doug64634]

Beautiful. Loved the video

[@kerrypackor5038]

Very nice 👌 👍 😊😊❤❤🎉🎉.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

A friend of mine flew the Porter for the CIA in Laos and Cambodia. Said it was a fabulous back country plane

[@davewestner]

Dream job. Fly safe!

[@rabbitkumardua1038]

So amazing Fearless piolet Wonderful video Mother nature is all poweful RK Dua New Delhi

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you! Appreciate you watching. 🙏

[@sergeibabenko4209]

Привет молодец хорошо 🤝🙏🤝👏👏

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you!!!

[@siriosstar4789]

fantastic camera work👍

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you so much 😀🙌

[@siriosstar4789]

you are a lucky guy having a job with the feeling of freedom that flying can give in such a beautiful place and delivering much needed supplies to appreciative people AND filming it for all to share with you . many thanks .

[@fjb4932]

One constant: The more Charity given, the more needed. Give till it hurts . . .it won't be enough. ☆

[@APilotsHome]

You’re probably right is some cases. But that’s not the point of this video anyways

[@bryankincaid7631]

real flying , ag flying in nz is awesome but that spot is a cut above , our runways are international flight compared to what you use , have fun , cheers

[@FLIP55able]

Mate! Brilliant pilot! I was on the edge of my seat every time you made the approaches and landings. Amazing glorious bird’s eye views, amazing breathtaking landscapes of the highlands. I was born in a coastal village , Sarmi, 1955. I pray for your safety at all times. Every time you take off there’s no stopping,…mate I wish you the best. Btw your filming is fine, the videos are beautiful. ❤ keep up your mission there, they need you. Well done. 🙏🏼🕊️

[@yatakitindakithombi926]

...Damn...I had knots in my stomach watching all those angles of the actual landing videos....

[@APilotsHome]

Cheers for the comment! Happy to read your impression haha

[@r0k4k]

Airstrip in Papua make Lukla a child's play ..

[@APilotsHome]

You bet!!👍

[@MarkPulford-p7i]

Absolutely awesome video AND comments. Like others so many questions. including more about the locals and who built the air stripes and maintains. Will definitely look into subscription and modest support for the health aspect of the support you assist with. I worked for UK NHS for 40 years (safely on the ground mate!) but did 60 months in Rhodesia back in the day driving an ambulance (badly) as part of a awful shift system. Also was a massive fan as a kid or a radio dramatisation of the Aussie flying doctor service operating out of (sounds like) Wallamboola Base - pure magic. Apologies for rambling on!

[@fernandoaranha4450]

Muito bom...

[@changsu195]

5:35 the shape of that strip though…

[@portnuefflyer]

Downhill takeoffs are the best, like falling off a log!

[@simonleslie3607]

Airborne in about 25 meters. Lovely

[@whathasxgottodowithit3919.]

An amazing video thank you for posting, the terrain ahead on take off looks challenging, do you have a plan B in case of engine failure on take off?

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you for the comment! My plan B would be using the EPL(emergency power) if my engine rolled back. Other than that, I'd be looking for a place to put her down and survive to tell the story.

[@sanweiloh9985]

1:52 minutes , ooppps...ur drone hit the tree

[@rayray8687]

I love the way he can jump out of the airplane on final, set up a camera at the end of the runway, and then jump back in and land! I could never do that.

[@APilotsHome]

😂😂😂 magic tricks

[@rayray8687]

@: So long as you’re not using it for evil…

[@melindaharrington7588]

I am from Regional NSW, Australia 🇦🇺

[@wijaya14]

Luar biasa

[@tatangdompu4009]

Papua luas banget.

[@Michael_CS615]

Magnificent scenery. Magnificent flying! How often do you fly into there?

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you for the comment! We go here fairly often (loading dependant)

[@jacksonsuave3160]

This missionary pilots are doing great work.MAF,SILand others too.

[@Leleei]

I am also a migrant in Papua, and I really like the scenery in the mountains of Papua. Btw what cameras or phone did you use to take those videos?

[@sebastiaoarodeoliveiracint2444]

Show.

[@TimothyPaul-v6m]

Potential risk of the engine stalling on landing on the slope and plane reversing backwards uncontrollaby! Intrepid pilot, and admiration from the other side, PNG

[@neworsk]

As always, it's beauty and emotion... However, you're touching my feelings a little :-)... absolutely ok... I'm not going to comment on your art of flying anymore, it's clear... But what interested me "the most" are two shadows at approx. 0:44 :-)

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you so much for the message! means a lot to me! I do feel emotional too, reading such comments. I put hundreds of hours and years of collecting footage to come up with these videos. Great observing! After watching the footage for the first time I thought is was pretty cool😝 Cheers!!

[@EVELYN-c6g]

I was a missionary nurse in the highlands with the beautiful dani tribe we had emergencies often when it was getting dark The damis would light fires on both sides of the runway for the man planes then we would operate into the night. GOD CARED FOR US THE DANIS PUT THEIR FAITH IN CHRIST TURNING FROM DARKNESS TO THE GLORIOUS LIGHT OF CHRIST THEY ARR PRECIOUS TO JESUS HE WILL KEEP THEM IN HIS CARE

[@M3rVsT4H]

Sure, those chocks were dinky.. But I love the professionalism from the ground crew. Great vid, thanks.

[@user-tv5dt3nm9y]

Nice. For sure you can’t stop on the hill before ramp!

[@joe2grand]

how fo you get the final shots where you left and the camera was still in situ and filming you > did you go back and get it again on the same flight or did you wait until you went again ?

[@APilotsHome]

Secrets of the trade 😂