WUNDERLI WANDERINGS

Two weeks ago Joshua and Zara had the opportunity to fly with Simon before they headed back to school. They had the chance to go to Sudan in the 206 (6 seater).  This was their first time in Sudan and as Simon only had one passenger up and one passenger down there was plenty of room.  Sometimes we hear people say "oh your kids miss out on so much with living in Africa".   I think the opposite is true.  There are not many children who can say they flew to a different country for the day and their Daddy was the pilot :) 

Simon was doing the Northern shuttle flight this morning.  He had a plan for the day but as is normal things can change...read on to see how is day actually went... I was supposed to have a “quick northern shuttle” flight with only two stops which is unusual in itself. I missed the fact that I was to refuel upcountry but luckily we had one no-show passenger which made it all work. On Sunday I had already received a text from our Operations Department (OPS) regarding a joining passenger from Matany hospital. Just before landing in ,where we were dropping an eye-surgery team, OPS called to ask if I could pick up an additional patient who needed more treatment in Kampala. There were plenty of seats so once we landed and unloaded I took on the two extra people. The gentleman had his right arm all cast up to his shoulder and he could hardly make it in-between the isle of the back seats to sit on the rear seat but with some maneuvering he finally managed. Just before land...