Majuro ATC confirmed that James and Jean landed safely at 0445Z (6:45 SA local time) in Marshall Islands. We haven’t been able to speak to them yet, and will keep you posted as soon as we have had contact. We do anticipate them to try and get to the hotel as soon as possible for

What a flight to Guam congratulations!! My story for the next leg 1) Departure still rain and a steady wind of 180/200deg 25-29kt up to 14000ft. 2) This should clear 2-3 hours into the flight with the majority of the middle cloud left of track. 3) Head wind all the way starting at 160/12 and

James and Jean are finally en-route to Marshall Island. The guys had to delay departure this morning in order to fix a radio problem they had due to water. One of the doors blew open during the day in the hangar and water got into the cockpit. Then the weather forecast for the leg forced

In just over 11 hours’ time, James would have flown to Marshall Islands from both sides of the world…having flown to Marshall Islands in 2009 as well when The Airplane Factory flew the Sling 2 around the world. Below is a 7min video of a Boeing 737 landing at Amata Kabua Intl Airport, giving you

For those of you who followed the departure from Guam, you might have heard a discussion between ATC and ZU-TAF asking them what com radios they have onboard. Below is a very interesting post by Amateur Radio AB9IL with regards to HF communications. After departure, the crew will call the HF radio facility for the

Whoooa, what a day! And what an emotional arrival in Guam. We can’t believe that a whole bunch of friends at home were busy listening to us and following our every move on ATC live while we were out there in the cauldron trying to make sure that nothing went too pear shaped. Ah well,

Mike has had a brief talk with James and Jean shortly after their arrival in Guam and relayed this to me: James say the rain was very heavy towards the end and they were really ducking and diving to avoid patches of storms. I do think that James’ comment to ATC when they told him

We’ve just heard from Michelle that our Guam approval is through. That’s such great news as we’re starting to get a bit of cabin fever here in Taoyuan. It’s been an interesting stay, but hey, we’re trying to get to LA, not take a break in Taiwan! Here’re a couple of shots to give an

Mike will be leaving for LA next week & he is taking with another satellite tracking unit kindly sponsored by Indigosat with internal & external antenna, as well as additionally, a portable tracker too. We have however asked Jean not to go out mid-flight again to tie the washing line to the antenna and the

Sorry we’ve been a bit slack at keeping our latest news up to date. We’re off to Taipei city centre later today and we’ll see if there’s a good quiet place to do a short video update for a change. First things first – we’ve had an interesting but quite isolating couple of days here