THE TWO DAY FLIGHT It’s about 6 hours until we take-off for the Marshall Islands, which incidentally lie on the west side of the international date line. Maui, which is where we are now, is UTC minus 10 hours (ie– Greenwich mean time minus 10 hours). The Marshall Islands are UTC plus 12 hours. Assuming

Mike and James sent us a video diary from Hawaii

We wanted to leave at 4. That was the plan but you know how everything takes longer than you thought it would. The idea was that we would spend a few hours servicing the engine and checking over everything and then we would have time to do stuff like hike up to the Hollywood sign,

Mike and James arrived safely in Halului, Maui (Hawaii) after flying a distance of approximately 3,987 kilometres in 21½ hours from Los Angeles. We received a sms from Mike & James just before landing:We decided in flight to change our destination to Maui instead of Hilo once we knew we could make it because we

Mike & James have left Los Angeles, California, and are now en-route to Hilo, Hawaii. The flight to Hawaii will cover a distance of 3,950km and is expected to take nearly 21 hours. Thank you to Ramona Cox for the following photos, and Matt Liknaitzky for the video clips below.

This image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Felicia, lower left, taken at 11:45 p.m. EDT Wednesday Aug. 5, 2009. Felicia is continuing to gain strength far out in the Pacific. The National Hurricane Center says Felicia’s maximum sustained winds have increased to near 140 mph, making it a Category 4 storm and a major hurricane.

MY BIRTHDAY What a birthday! Thanks everyone for the good wishes – I’ve never felt so loved before! And what a treat to get to see Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California all passing under the wing in a single day. I love cowboy films and we passed over more than a thousand

Mike & James arrived safely at Torrance Municipal Airport in Los Angeles, California. During this leg they reached the highest altitude they have flow in the entire expedition, which was 11,155ft. They will spend some time here till the 6th of August when they will fly to Hawaii, which will see them cover a distance

It is 6 am here in northern Texas and because of daylight saving it is still pitch black outside. We want to get airborne at sunrise today to try and avoid the weather that builds up over the Rockies. James and I are already tired – luckily we can sleep in the plane – taking

So we’re in a place called Dalhart, Texas. I thought we were in Kansas, until we arrived at our $45 motel where the Indian receptionist put me right quick, quick. This feels to me like the real America – not the rather artificial experiences I’ve had on the Yosemite rock faces and at Oshkosh. We