West Papua: Where Mountains Meet the Clouds (Landing & Takeoff) Pilatus Porter

[@dennislovinfosse6293]

I like the coupling of "from the plane" and "from the ground" shots. Especially the last one which was awesome. So graceful.

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you very much! Really glad you enjoyed it. Cheers!

[@josecruzpinto8908]

Perfect flying and filming skills. I enjoyed this video for details of landing on the center line and the beautifully captured take off slowly climbing through the valley . well done

[@_Jester_]

Beautifully captured and edited video of your flying skills and the beautiful landscape. Love your content, thank you for sharing.

[@APilotsHome]

Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for watching!

[@carlosmarialeal9334]

One of your best videos, so far. Amazing soundtrack. Thanks.

[@APilotsHome]

Obrigado querido Carlos, um abraço!

[@cv-ok5416]

Because of my health I can’t fly anymore. Your video brought me to tears. Thank you 🙏

[@APilotsHome]

Your words brought a smile to my face, but I was also concerned to learn about your health. I'm sending you all my best wishes for a full recovery and back in the skies ASAP!

[@gavafeforever2626]

Blessings for everyone Greetings from jungle of Colombia

[@APilotsHome]

Thanks for watching! From Papua!

[@gavafeforever2626]

It's my pleasure to watch your videos, excellent pilots, the best of the world 🌎

[@spdaltid]

Oh to be young again! I had a great flying career, but that just brings back the raison d'etre. Excellent video.

[@APilotsHome]

Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers!

[@MrAndyRachmat]

I was in Papua since 2000 till 2008 but never known that they have so many air strip on that mountain. So beautiful and extreme. Awesome..

[@mixail-kazanchen7683]

С удовольствием посмотрел ваше видео. Спасибо большое.

[@APilotsHome]

Pleasure!

[@nicolarollinson4381]

West Papua: the home of my heart wa wa wa It must be such a joy to pilot these small planes.

[@APilotsHome]

Wa wa wa!

[@nicolarollinson4381]

@@APilotsHome terima kasih banyak 🕊⚘️

[@bruceyoung1343]

It’s a salute to your abilities how you can hit the same tire marks from previous landings. SALUTE Fair winds and clear skys

[@Danny_Boy2023]

Andre, another wonderful production 👍 Love the drone action.

[@APilotsHome]

Thank you so much 👍 glad you liked it!

[@digitalpay]

super-beautiful village

[@APilotsHome]

It really is!

[@RobsNeighbor]

Another amazing journey shared! Thank you, I enjoy your comments in the video!

[@APilotsHome]

Glad you enjoyed it mate!! Cheers and many thanks 🙏

[@lornecunningham326]

I'm only halfway through the video and am stunned how beautiful the scenery is you fly through. Another great video, love the Porter. Thanks for taking us along 🤙

[@APilotsHome]

It’s a pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers

[@auki010]

Luar biasa Capt. Terima kasih atas pelayanannya di Tanah Papua. Tuhan memberkati 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@zippytrippy3041]

It's always a treat when you upload!

[@JoeS48]

Incrível meu! Cada vez melhor! Abração!

[@nzmeateater]

Thats awesome,,, great country, I wish I was there with you👍👍

[@APilotsHome]

Thanks mate! Indeed a great country. Appreciate you!

[@markevans7066]

Incredible pilot skills and also a great aircraft.

[@APilotsHome]

Thanks a lot! Cheers!!

[@Dmitry_IMHO]

Keep doing this magic and make people happy! ❤

[@ronduncan9527]

You’re so good on landing you put it down on the previous tire tracks! 👍🏼

[@hanswabdaron]

Luar biasa Om Andre Tuhan Berkati. ❤

[@grantmiller6570]

Great video.

[@APilotsHome]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mariskasafitri3432]

That's great, your really the best!

[@themaverickproject4577]

wonderful shots and editing

[@hangie65]

Awesome film, as always. Interesting how, with an approx. 5kt tailwind you managed to comfortably land that PC-7 on a 1500 ft runway with room to spare. Sure, it's an up-slope landing too, but still. A testament to the PC-7 and to your flying skills. Awesome airplane, awesome landscape, awesome flying. Stay safe and thanks a lot for sharing these very nice films.

[@bruceyoung1343]

Ah yes Agent 99. It’s the ‘ole bank left after takeoff trick 😂

[@APilotsHome]

😂😂

[@_FNQ]

Beyond beautifully edited..just outstanding. It must be a magical place to fly. Happy landings always👍👍

[@mylosairplanefan]

Incredible video! Love the combination of shots from in- and outside! Well done!!

[@70rn]

It's freakish how little room that thing needs to get airborne.

[@APilotsHome]

I also think the same thing 😂

[@ClearedAsFiled]

Just spectacular Andre, thank you so much 😊

[@librepenseursaintongheais7216]

Awesome, amazing, impressive! No words. We love what you do and the man you are: so talented, so humble, so human. It is so scary to land there that we are shaking all across the footage!. Keep safe. People need you.(From France)

I like seeing your editing is evolving into your own style. Keep doing what you do so well! Those mountains are absolutely breathtaking, and the villages clinging to the steep cliffsides. Crossing right over those ridges is a flying dream, and you are living it. And errrrrr I failed that eye test, I saw one!

[@alsecen5674]

Fantastic video - exceptional airmanship

[@muhammadtamimathaprasetyo8501]

Hi andre , nice video broo such a majestic and mesmerizing . If you remember me we were riding a group bike in wamena towards habema lake with ian and caravan boys from susi

[@63havtebluz]

The name of the orchestra : Pratt & Whitney. Conducted by André Pinto. Thank you for the music ! Greetings from Switzerland, the home of the Pilatus Porter.

[@bernardanderson3758]

The Pilatus Porter is the best single engine turboprop aircraft ever built to tackle the world’s most dangerous areas to reach runway levels to achieve goals of transportation food and water supply’s and Bibles

[@APilotsHome]

I couldn’t agree more! 👌

[@AlexejSvirid]

The problem is Devil runs the world. He is lier and murderer. This is the reason why Hitler got the power, but Christ was executed as "blasphemer" and "rioter" by denunciation of clergy. This is the reason why the whole world is Sodom. That's why we've got the Gospel about the God's kingdom. Jehovah would put everything in order. The dead will be resurected and we'll meet our loved ones again! :-)

[@fly-pedro]

👌Excellent video! The drone shots are top category. Love the work you do with "my" aircraft.

[@arcticmorning]

Amazing fly over footage. Looks like the Papua are in the transition of becoming modernized.. The Pilatus appears to have ample power .. nice craft. 2 Papuan's walking at 2:04

[@APilotsHome]

Thanks mate! Really appreciate it! Indeed Papua is becoming modernised and fast. Good observation skills! Indeed lots of ppl walk by. Usually they wait on that ridgeline to see me take off from Werima. Some kids even throw rocks at the plane, so low I sometimes fly over their heads 😅 cheers and thanks for watching!

[@Drewdown382]

Another excellent video. You really should look into an alternative career as a filmmaker. You really have a talent for it. Bravo!

[@APilotsHome]

Wow, thank you! Really appreciate that! 🙏

[@deltahobbyaeromodelismo4785]

Muito bom parabéns 👏👏👏🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@bryanbadger6841]

After being a subscriber for, i think about 2 years, I reckon you'd get a position as a crop duster down here in Nz.? We have pretty gnarly country to deal with. Also a high paying position flying in and out of Hillary/Tenzing airport at Lukla. But you can only pick one.! We have a guy down here, that had a time flying freight from Kathmandu to Lukla, and a few of the other smaller airfields. Now operating as a cropduster back here. Not sure if he carried passengers, in between times. The approach into Lukla, has to be bang on. But you'd "fly through" the training. (Pun intended.) Thank-you for sharing. Take care.

[@APilotsHome]

Thanks Bryan! I’ve done some flying in NZ with some crazy Kiwi pilots down the Southern Island. Flew a C185 in some really gnarly strips in the mountains. Love your country and can’t wait to be back. Thanks for following me along! Means a lot to me. Keep well, cheers mate!

[@fpre3114]

The change in the sound at 6:18 is when the pitch is actuated? Nice video as always. Loved the vegetarian flight 😂

[@MentalAviation]

A única coisa má deste vídeo é que acaba muito rápido 👍🏻

[@ameperdue6953]

Is the PT6 550hp or the 660hp version ? Do you notice any significant difference ?

[@APilotsHome]

550. Never flown the 660hp so I couldn’t tell ya. Thanks for watching!

[@drumswest5035]

Your videos are first class, you have to have nerves of steel to fly into those strips! Fly safe ( what is the horsepower of your Pilatus?)

[@siriosstar4789]

Fantastic camera work! In big cities mother tell their children not to play in the street . what do the mothers of these villages say ?

[@СашаМуз]

Can you to find runways of any mountain villages without GPS? I, flying in MSFS 2020, cannot.

[@APilotsHome]

I can. After so many years flying in the same areas you get to develop a mental map. The problem is when bad WX develops. Without GPS it would be extremely difficult to navigate.

[@the42nd]

sweeeeet! got a track ID?

[@martinburi6648]

the engine Starting Proces is like se...... ;-)

[@stwagon]

願上主賜福保佑你一切平安順利健康🙏🙏。 🇹🇼來自台灣的祝福🇹🇼。

[@nevillecreativitymentor]

3:28 and in these first world countries they brag about AirField Communities ..... I say pppllluuuuurrr to them. LOL Cheers and definetly HAPPY LANDINGS ♥♥♥♥♥♥💪💪💪💪

[@ENergyJimP]

What's the name of this airstrip? I know a few of the ones east of Wamena out the Baliem River valley.

[@magister61]

Pilatus Porter. You can see the name on the plane nose.

[@ENergyJimP]

@@magister61 Thank you, but I wasn't asking about the airplane, but the airstrip where he is landing. I saw him overfly Tangma as he crossed the first mountain but I didn't recognize the airstrip where he landed.

[@_Jester_]

@@ENergyJimP 0:43 in the video

[@APilotsHome]

The strip is called Werima or Wet. The valley entrance is right in front of the Pasema runway (you can see Pasema on the video, right side before turning into the Werima valley). Cheers!

[@wernerschmidt4481]

How many airfields were seen in the timelapse?

[@APilotsHome]

4 but one is really hard to see

[@wernerschmidt4481]

@@APilotsHome Thank you, and have good and surely flights!!

[@axialmount5571]

i always wonder how you get the exterior shots? Do locals have video equipment or do you do 2 landings and takeoff?

[@siriosstar4789]

@axial - he said he sometimes leaves a camera with a person in the village .

[@danialonso81]

i would like to be a pilot....where i can learn? in which country?

[@Well_Edumacated]

Song? Sounds like James Blake

[@APilotsHome]

I will leave the song name in the description 🙏

[@MrLagovsky]

it's a remix of Corals under the sun by Yehelkez Raz

[@Eurekaairline9205]

Itu pesawat registrasi indonesia ya ?