Coffee Talk

News from Papua New Guinea

What some people will do for coffee. I thought you guys might get a kick out of this picture I took today. I'm flying coffee for this group of people -450 kg a load. It's their only source for cash. Otherwise they live off the land and they have no way to get their coffee to market - no roads. The coffee buyers, one Royal Coffee in California, arrange to pay for the
airplane and buy the coffee. We get money to help keep translators travel expenses reasonable. It's a win-win for everyone. Can you pick out the "white man" and the bags of coffee? On another coffee strip today, a pig ran in front of the plane after I was already committed to land on a one way, no go around strip. I got down before I was to contact the pig and then slowed enough to swerve the plane an avoid buying myself a pig. The chief pilot was pretty hot about the whole thing and said that we are not flying any more coffee out of that strip till they bring us a dead pig. All in a day's work. Have a good weekend. - Steve