Stories
We hope these stories, told by MAF staff, our partners and supporters, will both inform and encourage you
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Clean water for Kenya
MAF recently flew Waves for Water to Kisumu to visit one of their well water projects which will help a whole village, including 140 children in...
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WWII veteran Stuart King returns to Duxford to mark the RAF centenary
On the eve of the RAF’s centenary, ninety-six-year old war veteran Stuart King proudly returned to...
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Fifteen thousand feathered friends
During March 2018, the plane in Timor-Leste flew sick patients to receive medical care, flew government officials, transported staff...
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Making a meal of airstrip maintenance in Lesotho
MAF Pilots Joey Martin and Jason Thiemann explain how a good meal makes all the difference when it comes to airstrip...
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Fishing for a future in Bangladesh
MAF regularly flies the ADAMS team and investors in a unique project producing a seafood delicacy that wouldn’t be out of place on...
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Flying assistance and first aid
Luke Newell flew to Muluma and Bosavi bringing vital supplies. His first aid skills were put to good use when a man at the airstrip...
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Food and water reaches remote communities
Aid has reached remote communities in Papua New Guinea following the recent earthquake. Pilot’s Mathias Glass gives an...
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All the small things
Today's wake up call happened at 4:22am, when little feet padded into my room and complained about a sore stomach. Story by Chaundra Eagar
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How to fly a long way in a little plane
There are many challenges to ferrying a single engine aircraft over a large distance. It takes good judgement and exactly the...
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The ferry flight route
Ferry pilots Dylan Fast and Val Neufeld are flying thousands of miles across the frozen north to bring the plane from Canada to Scotland. Here...
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Meet the ferry pilots
As the new floatplane prepares to leave on the first stage of its journey to the UK, Ferry Pilots Dylan and Val share an insight into just what...
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Salt and Light
Sarah Newnham is a mum of 3 and a trained Speech Therapist working in Liberia, a world away from her career in the UK before the move to MAF, but no less...
