My position as of this posting is YSBK (Sydney, Australia)I’ve traveled a total of 19,892 nmI’ve burned a total of 1,828 gallons of fuelI’ve flown a total of 113.0 hoursMy next destination is Lord Howe Island As of this blog posting, I’m officially “Down Under” in Australia. I’m really pleased that I elected to take…
Month: October 2010
Around the World – Update 5
We’re picking up on our journey today, departing from Jerusalem headed to Cairo, Egypt. It is in the pre-dawn hours and I’m reviewing today’s weather across the region. It looks to be a wonderful day. The cloud cover over this portion of the Mediterranean will burn off after sunrise. Departing LLJR just as the sun…
The Cost of a Hobby
A hobby….any hobby has a cost factor associated to it. Each hobby I know of (and certainly those I’m involved with) have a cost which I like to call the introductory cost. By introductory cost I’m talking about the cost which you must pay to even participate. Now some people may not think of flight…
Around the World – Update 4
My position as of this posting is LLJR (Jerusalem, Israel)I’ve traveled a total of 9914 nmI’ve burned a total of 934 gallons of fuelI’ve flown a total of 54. 75 hoursMy next destination is Cairo, Egypt Hello everyone. After taking a day off from flying (Tuesday), I’m back at it on Wednesday, 6 October. The…
Around the World – Update 3
The journey continues into the 5th consecutive flying day. I wanted to briefly explain how I’m managing to fly for five days in a row with a daily average of over 1000 nm. Well…it’s very simple. I took a few days off from work. But unfortunately, I go back to work tomorrow (Tuesday, 5 October)…
Around the World – Update 2
After a really long two first days of flying to get me all the way across to the east coast of Greenland, I didn’t want to lose the momentum. So today is day 3 of flying and also the third consecutive day. Please make sure you read this post to better understand why I’m doing…
What is Customer Service?
This blog post is going to be a little bit different as I’m writing it over a period of a few days to document a story. I know exactly where the story will lead me and how I’ll feel when I complete the journey. What is Customer Service? Does support and service after the sale…
Around the World – Update 1
Just taking a few minutes to update everyone on my around the world adventure. I plan to provide updates every four to six legs. Here is my first update. Please read this post to get the general idea of why I’m doing an around the world flight and how I’m accomplishing it. My position as…