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MAF’s immediate response to Sumatra earthquake Within 24 hours of the massive earthquake that shook Sumatra, Indonesia, on 30 September, Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) was flying in medical supplies and assisting survey efforts to assess the damage. MAF's Sumatra-based Cessna Caravan carried a relief team from Operation Blessing International (OBI) to the scene of devastation.

As announced in earlier news, MAFsim.com and the Dutch fundraisingaction for MAF "Vliegen om te Helpen" (Flying to Help), have been present at the International FSWeekend 2009 in the Aviation Museum "Aviodrome" in Lelystad, the Netherlands. Past weekend, November 7 and 8, we had a presentationstand at this among Flightsimmers in Europe well known event.

Since there are so many MAF related freeware downloads available on the various large flightsimulator sites, it appears impossible to ask for permission to the authors to upload their work and offer it for download at MAFsim.com. It simply takes to much time and costs to much work. As an alternative for offering those downloads, I intent to publish regularly a overview of the probably interesting stuff on the various websites. And ofcourse, if you see more, let me know.

The first two you find downhere.

At 7tn & 8th November 2009 a big Flight Simulation Event, called International FSWeekend, will be held in the Aviodrome at Lelystad Airport in the Netherlands. All aspects of flight simulation will be shown to an big audience. There will be all kinds of participants such as FSclubs, flightdecks, real motion stands, sales of parts and software and many demonstrations. Besides all that, you will have full access to the exhibition of the museum.

To our glad surprise, on YouTube, we recently ran into a beautifull video, created by JoshuaJe85, about MAF and about MAFsim.com. Joshua, thanks for this great job.

Ever considered using your (flying-)skills for MAF? Today on iamanet.org a great article about what it needs to become a mission aviation pilot. Tecnical, mental,  attitude and practical capabilities... you all need a lot of them all. Read all about it here.

< No strait and plain landing areas for MAF pilots. The airstrips are typically hacked out of jungle, sometimes on mountainsides. Cleared areas can be little more than 1,000 feet in length, and sloped 20 degrees or more.

A few weeks after not even that much promotion-activity, the dutch fundraising action "Flying to Help" (in dutch: "Vliegen om te helpen") has welcomed it's first supporter/client. On May 22th Matthijs Smit and his father entered the flightsimcockpit in which they would fly for at least one full hour in return for € 50,00 donation for MAF. Flying to Help is a relatively small initiative, but of course every little bit can help.