Howdy Everybody! Just a quick update. James is fast asleep snoring away peacefully after a morning at the field chatting convincingly to our new friends at the FAA. They are doing all they can to get us out of here ASAP. It certainly will not be today, 30th, but we are confident all will be

(Actually early morning Tuesday 2011) It’s past 1 o’clock am in Waikiki and we’ve been back from the “T-hangars” at the Honolulu International airport for just two hours. There seems to be a misconception out there that we’ve been resting up all day! Actually it’s quite different – our aeroplane is grounded by the FAA

Shots from the last 48 hours. Write-up to follow sleep. One piece of news – we’ve located a portable HF radio, so LA’s back on the cards. USD500. Steep, but not prohibitive, even for airpackers! We’ll be onto fitting that tomorrow with our leatherman. Thanks Gary (and Darryl).

Whoa Aloha, we’re here and settling in for a big sleep. After all we’ve been not only awake, but seriously focused for the whole of three of the last 5 nights without any daytime sleeping either.Anyhow, it turns out we’re also boarded and may not budge until we install a portable HF radio in ZU-TAF.

It is now midnight Saturday night in South Africa (and 10 am on Sunday in the Marshall Islands) and I guess by now J & J must be on their way. For the first time they will have to deal with headwinds of  15 to 20 knot all the way which will make the flight

Expect rain and overcast conditions 3-5 hours into the flight, wind 094/17 @ 7500ft Condition will start improving 700nm from Majuro (09h00 into flight) with low cloud up to 5000ft and high cloud at 25,000ft with no rain expected between the 2 layers – wind 078/20 @ 7500ft Majority of the middle cloud are right

UPDATE: ETA moved forward to 21:04Z (23:04 SA local time) Sias managed to catch an airline doing a position relay for ZU-TAF. The ETA for Honolulu is now 22:30Z, though there is a good possibility they might land a bit earlier even than that. Below is the relay message: * Thanks goes to liveATC.net for

Ah, we’ve found internet at last and we can give a bit of an update. Jean’s off for a quick run to energise himself and he’ll sit down for a type when he returns. Meanwhile, here are some photos from the last 48 hours, in chronological order J and J

Howdy everybody! There is so much I want to tell you all about life in our shiny bullet as we tunnel our way through the atmosphere of our lonely planet, but time and my typing speed just don’t allow. Jet lag is not the word, maybe “bullet-bushed” is more like it, but travelling east, gaining

Hi all, as I am sure you are eager for an update I thought I would put down what we have gathered from a short call with James. Both are fine, albeit exhausted. The flight took 16.5 hours, which considering the headwinds and needing to fly around storms is pretty good (funny how in light