The Flying For Life Podcast

75 years of help, hope and healing in PNG – Ep.15

Episode 15 – 75 years of help, hope and healing in PNG MAF PNG is celebrating 75 years! The ‘Aerial Health Patrols’ are part of that incredible work, and have been trans

Happy 60th Birthday MAF Chad - Ep.14

Since 1966, MAF’s been serving Chad’s most isolated people such as the Teda in the Sahara. Their language had never been published until linguist Mark Ortman arrived. For

Supporting child refugees in Uganda - Ep. 13

Nearly 2 million refugees – over half of them children - are now living in Uganda, which has the largest refugee population in Africa. But faced with the largest aid cuts

P2-AFD: MAF’s latest addition to the fleet - Ep.12

P2-AFD’ – MAF’s latest addition to the fleet - is now hard at work in Papua New Guinea for. But what’s the story behind this brand-new aircraft and what does it take for

Happy 80th birthday MAF! - Ep.11

In our special 80th anniversary edition, trustee and former pilot Max Gove and country director Lisa Blomberg - who heads up MAF’s newest programme in Guinea – turn back

Free at last: Mozambican authorities drop terrorism case - Ep.10

Episode 10 – Free at last: Mozambican authorities drop terrorism case On 2 November 2022, MAF pilot Ryan Koher was supposed to fly supplies to an orphanage in Cabo Delga

40th anniversary of the Ethiopian famine - Ep 9

Episode 9 – 40th anniversary of the Ethiopian famine In 1984, Sir Bob Geldof saw the BBC’s ‘Biblical famine’ report from Ethiopia, which sparked ‘Do They Know it’s Chris

Brazilian floods: aviation & the environment – Ep. 8

Episode 8 - Brazilian floods – aviation & the environment When floods hit Rio Grande do Sul and made 600,000 people homeless, pilot Jacob Anderson from MAF affiliate Asa

Flying in the face of insecurity – Ep 7

Episode 7 – Staying safe in PNG Given PNG’s recent fuel crisis and escalating civil unrest, how do you stay safe in such a volatile country? Pilot Andrew Symmonds, who w

What does it take to become a MAF pilot? - Ep 6

Episode 6 – What does it take to become a MAF pilot? 21-year-old James Gullett - MAF UK’s youngest pilot - has just graduated from MAF’s Future Pilot Programme – a new s

Celebrating 50 years of MAF Arnhem Land, Australia – Ep 5

Episode 5 – Happy Birthday MAF Arnhem Land! For half a century, MAF’s been serving the Yolngu people who live in the vast, isolated wilderness of Australia’s Arnhem Land.

How MAF is navigating Haiti in the grip of gang violence – Ep 4

Episode 4 – Navigating Haiti: With gang violence on the rise, we hear from MAF pilot Eric Fagerland who’s overseeing a skeleton crew in the capital Port-Au-Prince, and MA

How MAF’s medevacs save lives in Timor-Leste, the DRC and PNG – Ep 3

MAF Timor-Leste pilot Ping Domtta, Dr Zwijnenburg from PNG’s Kompiam District Hospital and Maud Kells OBE – former midwife / nurse, trainer, author and founder of Mulita

Tackling poverty in South Sudan - Ep 2

John Feil - Operations Manager for MAF South Sudan, Peter Claver - Head of Programmes at health charity AMREF and the Rev Bernard Suwa of Grace Community Church in Juba,

Access to education in Papua New Guinea and Liberia - Ep1

Join Sally Lloyd - Director of Strickland Bosavi Foundation, Maika Yabua - a science teacher at Nomad Mougulu High School and Steven Biggs - MAF Liberia’s Deputy Chief Pi