The first pilots in Papua New Guinea history

On the 17th of December 1969 the first 2 Papua New Guineans commercial pilot graduated at the South Pacific Aero Club in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. They were Minson L Peni from Djaul Island in New Ireland Province and Aria Bouraga from Kapa Kapa Village in Central Province, Papua  Guinea. That occasion opened eyes of many young Papua New Guineans who were longing to become pilots as career professionals in aviation. minson L Peni and Aria Bouraga had shown to the people of Papua New Guinea that they can fly aeroplanes too,  and that it is not white man's profession alone as many thought during that era. Minson and Aria were later employed with Ansett Airlines as first officers flying their DC 3s. There employment to Ansett Airlines was recommended and supported by the Chief pilot of Ansett Airlines in Papua New Guinea, the late captain Argyle Arthur Glassy. After Minson and Aria's achievement, many young Papua New Guineans were inspired to become pilots, so the  department of civil aviation offered scholarships for young Papua New guineans to train as pilots with south Pacific Aero Club in Port Moresby. Many tried but unsuccessful, they never reached commercial pilot level as Minson and Aria did. Many ended up with private pilot licenses which is a very restricted license, not allowed to carry paying passengers, only can use it as flying hobby, and not as a profession. And then in 1970, a young lad from wanigela, Oro province graduated as second commercial pilot. His name is Berry Awui. Berry later became the first Papua New Guinean flying instructor at the Pacific Aero Club in Port Moresby. Minson L Peni and Aria Bouraga flew with Ansett Airlines, and when air niugini was formed in November 1975 they were the first Papua New guineans to join and fly with air niugini. In February 1974 Minson and Aria were sent to Cessnock in Hunter valley, New South Wales Australia to complete their senior commercial subjects before they can become Captains of commercial airlines. Minson L Peni was the first Papua New Guinean flying instructor graduated from NASA fly academy in Cessnock. He trained many Papua New Guineans while he was employed by NASA as their flying instructor. Many of those Papua New Guineans are still flying and some passed on. Other Resources: PNG Vibez Blog: You can also read on PNG Vibez Blog https://pngvibez.blogspot.com/2022/04... Post Courier https://postcourier.com.pg/legend-fly... https://postcourier.com.pg/bush-pilot... intro music credit Intro music credit Rio- By Ashutosh Audio library for content creators- YouTube    • Rio – ASHUTOSH (No Copyright Music)   Rio by ASHUTOSH   / grandakt   Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3HyQbBU Music promoted by Audio Library    • Rio – ASHUTOSH (No Copyright Music)   –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 🎵 Track Info: Title: Rio by ASHUTOSH Genre and Mood: Reggae + Happy 🎧 Available on: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LWtevS iTunes: https://apple.co/3vfsIDs Deezer: https://deezer.com/es/track/1633667542 YouTube:    • ASHUTOSH - Rio   SoundCloud:   / rio   YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=PcJ... 😊 Contact the Artist: ASHUTOSH: [email protected]   / grandakt   https://youtube.com/channel/UCzmwQl35... Background Music courtesy: Love~ By Alex Production licenced to YouTube Audio Library music for content creators.    • Love – Alex-Productions (No Copyright Music)   Love by Alex-Productions   / alexproduction.  . Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3L3WaBP Music promoted by Audio Library    • Love – Alex-Productions (No Copyright Music)   –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 🎵 Track Info: Title: Love by Alex-Productions Genre and Mood: Classical + Romantic 🎧 Available on: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3B1DqOz iTunes: https://apple.co/3L7tU19 Deezer: https://deezer.com/es/track/1643329452 YouTube:    • Romantic No Copyright Music for Weddings a...   SoundCloud:   / alexproduction.  . YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=VZC... 😊 Contact the Artist: Alex-Productions:   / alexproduction.  . https://open.spotify.com/artist/1mVjD... https://youtube.com/channel/UCx0_M61F... https://alex-productions.bandcamp.com/   / alex_productions__   Ignore tags: #pngpioneersinaviation #captainMinsonLPeni #Captainariabouraga #airniugini #firstpapuanewguineapilots #firstpngpilots #firstpngcaptains #papuanewguinea #airlink #pilot #pilotblog #pngmusic2022 #png