Captain’s Log June 5, 2022- Counting My Blessings
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by Jon
1y ago
The Cessna 170 B, Wings off, not having flown for 30 years. Where to start. Where to Start.  I guess at the end. My mom wanted to celebrate the event so she took Cher, Lu, and me out to Black Bear for a steak dinner.  It was a big deal and a big deal needed to be made of it.  I like that about her.  So, as we sat around the table waiting for our food she suggested that we count all the amazing blessings that took place to make this happen.  What happened? A friend gave me an airplane!  I couldn’t believe it either.  Who does that?  There is a  big a ..read more
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Captain’s Log-September 25-Big Road Trip
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by Jon
3y ago
Flying down to Goma with my lovely wife, Cher, to pick up our new to MAF vehicle and drive it back to Nyankunde. Friends often tell us of their trials on the road and being utter beat up in body afterwards. I was  eager to find out for myself and gladly volunteered for the trip.  I asked Cher to write the story from her point of view. Road Trip, Day 1 Tuesday,  Jon and I began an adventurous road trip. I had actually considered calling our kids and grandkids to tell them I loved them, in case we didn’t come back, but alas, we had no internet that morning. I know, it sounds cra ..read more
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Captain’s Log – July 28 2018 – Garamba Celebrates 80 Years as National Park
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by Jon
3y ago
Garamba National Park celebrates 80 years as a National Park with the burning of some of the ivory they have collected from poachers.  Last month, Cher and I thought we should take an opportunity to get on one of our flights up to Garamba National Park before friends left at the end of their job contract there, so we went up for a couple nights.  Our friend Erik, the warden, asked us to call as we were took off from Nyankunde, but I couldn’t get through till we were about 10 minutes from the park.  To our surprise, we were greeted by a company of fully kitted out Parks Game Sc ..read more
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Captain’s Log – 21 July 2018 – Runways, Refugees and Rehab
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by Jon
3y ago
Chad greets missionaries at Amadi after his first landing there. They had done a lot of work and cut grass after much rain. Still a few puddles and quite a few motorcycles, and the strip is in a different place than the coordinates said it was, but hey, “garbage in garbage out!’ I recently had a great opportunity to fly with one of our pilots to check him out at Amadi, an airstrip he was unfamiliar with. It is on a road and there is always the odd motorcycle on the “runway” that you have to watch out for. We got a chance to practice a few aborts as well, and had a wonderful time of “working ..read more
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Captain’s Log- 10 April 2018- Bush Pilots HQ interview.
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by Jon
3y ago
Got interviewed for Bush Pilot HQ blog site, which is a very cool place to get info on getting started in the business and tips on everything from staying alive to how to write a CV for your first job .  If you want to visit the site it is:    http://bushpilothq.com/bush-pilot-interview-jon-cadd/ BUSH PILOT INTERVIEW – JON CADD MARCH 28, 2018 Quick Introduction This Bush Pilot interview is about a man who has seen the most remote places in Africa. From Zimbabwe for 22 years to Congo for 10. Jon Cadd has seen it all. Jon Cadd is another example of a westerner falling in love ..read more
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Captain’s Log-16 March 2018-Rejoicing Refugees
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by Jon
3y ago
It has been an interesting week with the IDP camp, organizing supplies and seeing what is most important day by day.   MAF Disaster Response had given us funds to continue helping.  Although we can’t do everything that is needed, we can make a significant difference in the lives of many. A touch says we are all people together.  Welcoming these folks to Bunia.   Ashley took all the pix with me in them. Greeting people in the African way. Asking after their family, finding out where they have come from and if they are well helps to make people feel more at ease. Thi ..read more
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Captain’s Log-March 11, 2018 – Violence In Our Province.
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by Jon
3y ago
Thousands come to the IDP camp by the hospital in Bunia. MAF brings food to help. Every day the camp grows. Last week it was 7000, By Friday it was 82,000 and more coming. As I write it is raining and, after the dry season, it is so wonderful to see the whole area turning green again.  Then I remember the refugee camp in Bunia, only 14 miles away, and know that there thousands of people are sleeping under tarp tents and more in the rain with no cover.  This has been an interesting week.  The news of violence escalating in Djugu, tens of thousands of IDP’s (Internally Displaced ..read more
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Captain’s Log-January 1 2018-Burnt Little Girl
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by Jon
3y ago
Happy is her name, but she was not very happy the day I prepared to spread the Aloe gel all over her burnt leg.  But it was cool and she seemed to feel comforted that something good might come of this. One morning at our prayer time before we start work Muno told us that his young daughter had spilled boiling water all over her leg the night before as she was helping her mother cook supper.  This is one of the most common accidents around the home in an African village, as the women cook over an open fire and there are always children around and helping with chores.  I often w ..read more
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Captain’s Log-Dec. 26, 2017- Okapi Reserve Aerial Survey
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by Jon
3y ago
The team of reserve staff and others who will be flying on the survey.  New guys and old.  Kisongo, (second from right) organizes the survey.  We were recently asked to do the annual aerial survey of The Okapi Reserve and just got it in before the end of the year.  This was a real training time as we changed observer crews each flight to test the guys abilities to see things well and work without throwing up.  I was also checking out Chad Dimon on the subtleties of aerial survey flying.  It is later than we usually do the survey and smoke restricted long range v ..read more
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Captain’s Log-Dec. 16, 2017-Wedding Day with the King.
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by Jon
3y ago
King Rutahaba Albert Ibanda Kituku II of Mitego Kingdom, DRC.  A regal man, dressed to receive the family of the bride.  And me. Last week all the MAF pilots were handed a very beautiful red invitation to a wedding.  It turned out to be for the son of the Traditional King  on the border of Congo and Uganda.  King Rutahaba Albert Ibanda Kituku II of Mitego Kingdom, DRC is a wonderfully regal man who I throughly enjoy.  Royalty fits him like a glove. I was excited to attend, as it is a great honor to be invited and promised to be an interesting cultural experience ..read more
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