flyhighwithmike

Thought you fell off a mountain.

I know it has been a while, I have been super busy and just don't have time for editiing. Saying that I hope to be back up and running in October!

 

 

This video is of my last 3 weeks in Timika, Papua, Indonesia.

 

Flight time - 90.7 hrs

 

Flights - 114

 

 

 

The latest vid. I know it has been ages since I last posted. Hope you enjoy!

 

 

 

Thanks Mike, I have been enjoying the videos. I have a few to catch up on, but they won't last me until the end of the month. Have a great holiday.

Thanks 2tonne, I will try get a couple more out while I am here. Thanks for watching! I will enjoy it thanks.

 

 

Here is a vid to keep you interested while I take my well deserved holiday:) The daily vids should start at the end of the month again, hope you enjoy!

 

 

 

When technology doesn't work:/

 

 

 

Beautiful strip in the mountains there, bit more exciting going in there.. time you got on the Porter ;)

The Porter is what I am aiming for:) slowly but surely. Will hopefully be close to it by the end of this year:)

 

Caravan or Porter ..................... don't matter - Mikes getting paid for it - nice scenery, people and foodCan just about speak the language Mike - nice videos Mike

Nailed it on the head! It is just an amazing place to live and fly. obviously with the exception here and there though;) Ha ha It will take a little longer for me to master the language, but getting there:)

 

Thanks so much for watching!

 

Brilliant Mike! Looks like a lot of fun!

It is by far the best flying I have done, Nambia is a close second though. Thank you for watching and I am glad you enjoyed it!

 

 

Best flying so far!

 

 

 

A short day

 

 

 

It was a bit wet today!

 

 

 

Poor guy

 

 

 

I bet you are praying that the prop keeps turning!Keep 'em coming Mike.

Ha ha, yes! There are not many options if that prop stops turning... the valleys are pretty unforgiving!

 

Thanks for watching! I will do my best:)

 

 

That's awesome..

Thanks, yeah it is an amazing strip as well:)

 

 

Thought I would share this as well! looks pretty cool!

 

 

 

I dunno how you can find the time to make the videos, I get bored and lazy to just mount a suction mount on the windscreen for the go pro let alone film every flight and then edit it.I am not good looking enough to be in front of a camera :)

Hi Robbo, to be honest I have to force myself to edit every now and then. Some days if I only get back home at 5ish and then still have to edit a video (takes me about 2 hours) it is quite a lot to handle. However I am getting better and more efficient with it, and do enjoy it and feel proud once I have uploaded it. Talking to the camera is something I am still getting used to, I find myself getting shy on occasion especially if there is a bit of a crowd around. I do also film in a way which makes it easy to edit. Most of the clips I take are no longer than 20sec, it just makes it easier to choose what I want to put in the final video:)

 

Give it a go, I'm sure you'll find it satisfying once you edit a few.

 

Mike

 

 

Mike a hard week eh...39.7 hrs...you need another holiday mate.. Tell me, do the public have to pay for flights there or do the villagers have some sort of government subsidy, I would have thought that a lot of the people there would not have the money to fly.David

Hi David, it was a long week! Managed to max out my 100hrs in 3 weeks, so now have a week of just relaxing as my hours don't drop until the 21st:) We do regular flights and we also have contracts with the government where they subsidize the flights. Locals fly on all routes but some are subsidized and others not. The very remote strips are the ones that are much cheaper. But still the price of a flight can be a quarter of a locals monthly salary:/ Holidays are just around the corner:) Will be going back home for a month:)

Hope you enjoy the next one:)

 

 

 

Maxing out on my hours:) Would not change this job for the world!

 

 

 

I love this job!

 

 

 

I am not a huge fan of paper work.

 

 

 

So Mike when are you going to make Captain?David

Hi David, I am hoping it will be this year. Hours wise I fill all their requirements, it is just about waiting my turn now. Things seem to moving along though.

 

Mike,You are operating into some very famous WW2 strips (Biak, Merauke etc.). Have you done any exploring to see any WW2 wrecks? If so, do you have any photos? If you were bored and heard any rumors of wrecks from locals, could you video an expedition to see them?

 

Dave

Hi Dave, there are some wrecks around. I haven't been able to go see any except for in Biak. There is a website www.pacificwrecks.com that has pretty useful info. Also time wise, while I am on tour we tend not to get enough time to head to far, but when I have my 2 weeks off I have some plans to go check them out. I will make some videos of that for sure!

I hope you enjoy the next one!

 

 

 

Looking forward to going to some new ones!

 

 

 

The break was needed, but good to be back in the air!