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MAF trustee and former pilot Max Gove joined MAF 54 years ago (credit: LuAnne Cadd)

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MAF trustee and former pilot Max Gove joined MAF 54 years ago (credit: LuAnne Cadd)
MAF History
29 Apr 2025
MAF at 80 – trustee Max Gove meanders down memory lane
54 years ago, Max Gove joined MAF as a young pilot in Ethiopia. Today, the father of four is on the charity’s board, which oversees the direction of MAF. In MAF’s new special 80th anniversary edition of the Flying for Life podcast, Max takes a trip down memory lane and shares his most memorable milestones… ...
MAF History
MAF Operations
10 Apr 2025
New podcast Ep.11 – Happy 80th birthday MAF!
In our special 80th anniversary edition, trustee and former pilot Max Gove and country director Lisa Blomberg – who heads up MAF’s newest programme in Guinea – turn back the clock to navigate MAF’s most memorable milestones. Standing on the shoulders of giants, they consider how MAF history inspires their work today.
King Charles surrounded by MAF staff in front of new Cessna 208 Grand Caravan (credit: Andy Aitchison)
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Event
MAF History
04 Apr 2025
The King unveils MAF’s new plane during charity’s 80th year
As part of MAF’s ongoing 80th anniversary celebrations this year, King Charles unveiled MAF’s latest addition to its fleet at RAF Northolt in West London on Thursday. The new Cessna 208 Caravan will serve Papua New Guinea’s most isolated people in the coming months. MAF’s Claire Gilderson reports… ...
King Charles shakes MAF’s Donovan Palmer’s hand (credit: IJP Event Photos)
Event
MAF History
22 Feb 2025
King Charles honours MAF in its 80th year
On 20 February 2025, MAF’s work was recognised at a special reception held at London’s Buckingham Palace hosted by King Charles, Queen Camilla and Princess Anne. MAF UK’s CEO Donovan Palmer led the delegation. MAF’s Claire Gilderson reports. ...
Jack at the D-Day 80 service at Bayeux Cathedral in June 2024 (credit: Jo Lamb)
High Flyers
MAF History
30 Jan 2025
Jack Hemmings AFC (10 Aug 1921 – 24 Jan 2025)
Tributes have been pouring in for beloved MAF co-founder Jack Hemmings AFC who died peacefully in his sleep on Friday 24 January at the age of 103. The former RAF squadron leader and pilot achieved so much. We look back on Jack’s incredible life. ...
Mougulu Secondary School celebrate the graduation of their first cohort of Year 12s (credit: Mandy Glass)
Education
24 Jan 2025
Isolated PNG schools promised priority funding
Hard-to-reach schools in rural PNG have been promised more financial support as per new government reforms, which aim to make access to education fairer across the country, despite geographical barriers. This is good news for Mougulu Secondary – a remote, jungle school enabled by MAF – which recently saw the graduation of its first ever cohort of Year 12 students. ...
Ryan & Annabel Koher welcomed Abigail Lee Koher on 10 Dec 24 (credit: Kohers)
MAF Operations
My MAF Community
12 Dec 2024
Kohers welcome third child following two-year ordeal
Baby Abigail Lee Koher - daughter of Ryan and Annabel Koher - arrived on 10 December 2024 following their two-year ordeal when MAF pilot Ryan was arrested on suspicion of supporting terrorists in Mozambique on 7 November 2022. Ryan - who works for MAF affiliate Ambassador Aviation Ltd (AAL) in Mozambique - spent four-and-a-half months in prison. On 8 November 2024, the authorities finally dropped their case against him and terminated their investigation. ...
Until infrastructure improves, MAF/HoverAid will bridge the healthcare gap (credit: A.Gino Randrianasolo)
Health
MAF History
11 Dec 2024
African Development Bank loan to improve Madagascar’s roads
On 11 December 2024, the African Development Bank approved a $165 million loan to improve access to trade, healthcare and education across Madagascar. As the country looks forward to new and improved bridges, roads and ports, MAF’s Antsatiana Gino Randrianasolo looks back on MAF’s critical 25-year partnership with HoverAid, which has been bridging the healthcare gap. ...
MAF Operations
10 Dec 2024
New podcast Ep.10 – Mozambican authorities drop terrorism case
On 2nd November 2022, MAF pilot Ryan Koher was supposed to fly supplies to an orphanage in Cabo Delgado, when he was stopped by security just for carrying vitamins. Little did Ryan know that he would end up in prison for 4.5 months for a crime he didn’t commit. What started as a misunderstanding soon escalated to suspected terrorism. Ryan and his wife Annabel share their ordeal.
Marcus flanked by his wife Julie (L) & Anna Beck - MAF’s head of finance (R) (credit: Rebecca Hansen)
High Flyers
26 Oct 2024
MAF’s ‘Master Air Pilot’ Marcus Grey picks up prestigious award
On 25th October, Captain Marcus Grey - chief flight instructor, chief pilot and head of operations at MAF Mareeba’s flight school – was awarded the ‘Captain John Ashton Memorial Award’ by the ‘Honourable Company of Air Pilots’ in London. He’s clocked up 40 years of service and over 17,000 flight hours around the globe, making him one of MAF’s most experienced and highly qualified pilots of all time. Marcus shares his incredible journey. ...
MAF flies hydrocephalus & spina bifida patients from S. Sudan to Uganda to access care (credit: Jenny Davies)
Health
25 Oct 2024
MAF helps fight hydrocephalus and spina bifida
On ‘World spina bifida and hydrocephalus day’, we explore how MAF works with OVCI in South Sudan and CURE International in Uganda and Kenya so that sick, isolated children battling these conditions can access the lifesaving treatment they so desperately need. ...
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