About this episode

Matt Dearden shares his experiences flying dangerous bush pilot routes in Papua, Indonesia.

🎧 Follow the show here— it really helps Adventure Diaries reach more listeners. Thank you. From a desk job in IT to flying one of the world's most dangerous bush pilot routes — Matt Dearden spent seven years flying the Pilatus Porter into 30% gradient mountain airstrips in the remote highlands of Papua, Indonesia. After landing a Susi Air co-pilot job with just 10 days' notice, Matt sold his car, rented out his house, and boarded a one-way flight to a country he'd never visited. In this epis...

People in this episode

Host: Chris Watson

Guest: Matt Dearden

Topics covered

• bush flying
• aviation
• Papua
• adventure
• survival
• mountain airstrips

Keywords

• bush flying
• Papua
• aviation
• mountain airstrips
• Susi Air
• adventure
• survival

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Susi Air

Places: Papua, Indonesia

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