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  • Children crowd near the landing strip in Akot, South Sudan. The small village has a grass runway and is used frequently by AIM Air pilot to refuel.
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  • A Cessna Caravan is silhouetted against the clouds on a training run outside Nairobi, Kenya. The plane just returned from South Africa, where a new engine was being installed.
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  • Curious residents of Akot take shelter from the heat. Temperatures regularly reach in the upper 30s.
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  • Medical supplies are loaded into the back of a pickup in Pibor, South Sudan. While AIM Air's focus is on supplying and supporting missionaries, they often are charted by other organizations to supply medical relief, food, and emergency evacuations.
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  • Jay, a pilot with AIM Air, opens the hanger doors before a flight to Arua, South Sudan.
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  • Jay works in his office in Arua. Headquartered in Nairobi, AIM Air has a few small offices around Eastern Africa.
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  • The engine of a Cessna 206.
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  • A resident of Arua watches as an AIM Air flight comes in for a landing.
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  • Jay preps for takeoff at Wilson Airfield in Nairobi.
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  • A security guard watches the passenger waiting area of the Arua airfield.
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  • Cockpit controls in a Cessna Caravan.
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  • Jay exits the Caravan after arriving back home in Arua.
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  • Jay and his colleague Mike perform maintenance on the 206. Both live in Arua and run the AIM Air Uganda outpost.
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  • Mike pushes the 206 into position on the apron.
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  • The main airport in Juba, South Sudan. Juba has become a hub for aid distribution for the volatile areas around the country.
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  • Mud splatters the windscreen on a landing in Pibor. Pilots need good judgement, as remote airstrips do not have regular upkeep and can become dangerous to land on, especially in the rainy seasons.
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  • An old propeller adorns the wall of the hanger in Nairobi.
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  • The sun breaks through the clouds in advance of an early-morning flight from Arua to Yida, South Sudan.
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  • One of the night watchmen relaxes under a shelter. Guards are on duty non-stop when the AIM Air planes are parked.
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  • Derelict planes sit beside the runway in Lokichogio, Kenya. The closest airport to South Sudan, Lokichogio was once a major hub for NGO aid to war-torn Sudan, but since the South's independence it's importance has dwindled.
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  • The shadow of the 206 upon approach to Akot.
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  • Clouds form over Yei, South Sudan as the local kids greet the plane.
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  • The AIM Air Hanger at Wilson Airport in Nairobi. AIM Air operates close to a dozen aircraft and employs many staff.
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  • Workers at the hanger take a lunchtime football break.
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  • AIM Air endeavours to hire and train as many nationals as possible, providing valuable jobs in a region with 40% unemployment.
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  • Pilots take the newly refurbished Caravan on training flights on an airstrip just south of Nairobi.
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  • Children in Lokitok, South Sudan watch as an AIM Air plane approaches.
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  • Using high-frequency radios, the pilots are able to communicate across vast distances to cooridinate landing times and get updates on runway conditions.
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  • As there are no official airports in many locations, pilots will use natural objects such as rocks or bushes as runway distance markers to judge safe takeoffs.
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  • Due to landing strips without proper markers or lights, all flights must be done in daylight hours, which sometimes leaves pilots forced to overnight in remote locations.
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  • Curious children inspect the 206 in Nagishot, South Sudan.
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  • Jerry pumps fuel, watched by locals in Nagishot.
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