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The Forney Flyer

The Forney Flyer
Our Summer Plans up in the Air... And a Motorcycle Adventure from Late Last Year I mentioned in a recent letter that we sent to many of you, that you should check this blog for the...
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I mentioned in a recent letter that we sent to many of you, that you should check this blog for the latest updates regarding our plans to be in the U.S. briefly this summer. Well, as you can imagine, those plans are totally muddled right now because of all the Covid-19 related...
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Life Under Lockdown in Uganda Hey folks. Several of you have been asking how things are going for us over here in Uganda,...
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Hey folks. Several of you have been asking how things are going for us over here in Uganda, considering how disruptive the Covid-19 stuff has been worldwide. Well, since my previous blog post (on March 24th) Uganda has basically gone under a virtual lockdown. I took these two...
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MAF Liberia A few weeks ago I was asked to pop over to Liberia (on the west coast of Africa) to help with their...
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A few weeks ago I was asked to pop over to Liberia (on the west coast of Africa) to help with their flying for six weeks. Our Liberia program has been short on pilots and very busy with flying, so of course I was happy to help! Above is a shot of a bunch of Covid vaccines...
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Rain Rain Go Away... This past year has been by far the wettest year since we've been in Uganda. Last year we had a very...
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This past year has been by far the wettest year since we've been in Uganda. Last year we had a very short dry season, and then the rains came again with extra vengeance. The second, shorter, dry season that is supposed to come about half way through the year--well it basically...
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Recent Stuff A few weeks ago we (fellow MAF pilot Andrew and I) landed at Amudat airstrip for the first time in a...
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A few weeks ago we (fellow MAF pilot Andrew and I) landed at Amudat airstrip for the first time in a very long time (below). Over the past year and a half quite a few of the upcountry airstrips in Uganda (especially in Karamoja) deteriorated so badly that we had to stop using...
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Flood Relief Flying You may remember that I mentioned in a previous blog post a few weeks ago, that there had been...
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You may remember that I mentioned in a previous blog post a few weeks ago, that there had been severe floods in Western Uganda (and other parts of the country) in early-mid May. Well, several weeks later, we were given special permission by various authorities to fly relief...
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Subsistence Living, Way Back When Well, it's been forever since I've posted and I won't even begin to make excuses. But before I try...
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Well, it's been forever since I've posted and I won't even begin to make excuses. But before I try to start posting stuff from East Africa, I figured I'd finish that series I had started over a year ago about Way Back When we used to live just north of the Arctic Circle in...
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Nineteen Years of Joy, and Counting! Nineteen years ago today, I married my best friend, Joy.  One year later our first child was...
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Nineteen years ago today, I married my best friend, Joy.  One year later our first child was born... ... and well before his first birthday, we were commissioned by our church to head to the mission field. That was 17 years ago, and we've spent the vast majority of our...
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View From My Office Window I never cease to be awed by the beauty and diversity of God's creation.  Over the years, I've...
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I never cease to be awed by the beauty and diversity of God's creation.  Over the years, I've flown/worked in quite a number of regions/countries, and had the unique privilege of enjoying many awesome landscapes in some of the most remote and isolated parts of the world... and...
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From the Flight Line Here's some random shots from the flight line. First, one of our Cessna 208B Grand Caravans taking...
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Here's some random shots from the flight line. First, one of our Cessna 208B Grand Caravans taking off from our home airstrip in Kajjansi, Uganda. This aircraft is now serving in Liberia. I've always loved watching the sky and the weather. Last week I was out of the city and...
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And Here We Go Trying Yet Again... There are so many good reasons/excuses I could give you as to why I did just one blog post last...
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There are so many good reasons/excuses I could give you as to why I did just one blog post last June, with indications that I would start consistently blogging again, and then I disappeared... again. I could tell you that life has been super crazy busy, and that by...
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Random Shots from the Phone This post features a few random shots from the iPhone. Some are from my very old iPhone 5s, that...
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This post features a few random shots from the iPhone. Some are from my very old iPhone 5s, that recently died. And some are from the refurbished iPhone 8 that replaced it. As a photographer, I don't buy into the concept that phone cameras will ever totally replace 'real'...
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Latest from Uganda Here's a picture taken while I was doing an early morning pre-flight inspection 2 days ago, on...
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Here's a picture taken while I was doing an early morning pre-flight inspection 2 days ago, on Sunday, on a remote strip in South Sudan. It's not normal for us to do flights on Sundays, but we've had an aircraft stuck in that location for a long time now, requiring some TLC...
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Northern Scenery, Way Back When... Today I'm returning to the "Way Back When..." series, highlighting some of the surreal beauty we...
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Today I'm returning to the "Way Back When..." series, highlighting some of the surreal beauty we enjoyed in the boreal forests of the far north. Obviously most of these photos feature frigid beauty. That's because it was cold and snowy/icy much of the year. Also, there were...
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Rib Day - 2 Year Anniversary Celebration! Two years ago, on October 17th, this happened... Long story short, I got knocked off my...
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Two years ago, on October 17th, this happened... Long story short, I got knocked off my motorcycle by a drunk driver, and then a different vehicle, a large Toyota Landcruiser (SUV) promptly drove over me, right across my torso. I should have died right then and there, and...
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Congratulations Hannah! Congratulations Hannah! We are so proud of you!
over a year ago
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Still Here... Again. Folks, I'm still alive! I don't just mean that figuratively, I mean it literally. It seem like I've...
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Folks, I'm still alive! I don't just mean that figuratively, I mean it literally. It seem like I've made a lot of excuses on this blog over the past year, for the chunks of time where I seem to disappear for a while. Well, this time I really had a good excuse!  Last October I...
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Making the Most of Being Stuck I'm taking a quick break from the series I was doing about our past, to update you on what's going...
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I'm taking a quick break from the series I was doing about our past, to update you on what's going on here right now.  I mentioned a while back that I would update you regarding our summer plans when we knew more. Well, the uncertainty has persisted throughout the summer, so I...
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More From Liberia I've really been enjoying being busy helping with the MAF flight operations in Liberia.  Shortly...
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I've really been enjoying being busy helping with the MAF flight operations in Liberia.  Shortly after I landed at a remote location one day, our other aircraft, piloted by Ulrich Müeller, also landed (below) at the same airstrip. I was about to load up two medical patients...
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Heading North, Way Back When... As promised, I'm continuing from my previous post about way back when...  After I graduated from...
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As promised, I'm continuing from my previous post about way back when...  After I graduated from University and flight school, we briefly moved to Oregon as we prepared for future, cross-cultural work/ministry. That fall I had the opportunity to go on a short vision trip to a...
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Way Back When Our flying has been quite slow lately because of the Covid-19 situation. I have, however, recently...
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Our flying has been quite slow lately because of the Covid-19 situation. I have, however, recently done several maintenance and test flights from our home airstrip, which as you can see, is about half underwater from the high levels of Lake Victoria. In fact, this is better than...
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Living up North, Way back When Here's a shot of the little village where we lived for several years. It was nestled on the banks of...
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Here's a shot of the little village where we lived for several years. It was nestled on the banks of the Koyukuk River, just above the Arctic Circle, not too far South of Gates of the Arctic National Park. There were no roads to the village. You could only get there by airplane...
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I'm Still Here Wow, it's been nothing but crickets chirping here on my blog for quite a while, but I'm still here!...
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Wow, it's been nothing but crickets chirping here on my blog for quite a while, but I'm still here! Those long periods of silence on my blog are indicative of how super busy it's been here. The summer was a blur, and it hasn't slowed down since.
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Run For Radios This week our whole family ran for radios in support of Every Village. If you're not familiar with...
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This week our whole family ran for radios in support of Every Village. If you're not familiar with them, take a moment to check them out now.  Joy and the kids walked a brisk (and dizzying) 32 laps around our yard... ...which not coincidentally equals a solid 5K! As I've...
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South Sudan Photo Archives Here's some shots from South Sudan from the archives. These first three shots were taken just a few...
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Here's some shots from South Sudan from the archives. These first three shots were taken just a few months ago, when I flew a Caravan load of medicines up to a remote health clinic in South Sudan. This is the only clinic that offers actual medicine and medical treatment in that...