Well, we still don’t have the authorization to move from Torrance. We will be calling at 7.30 in the morning and if the authorization is ready we have to drive to Long Beach and collect the original … and only after that can we get out of here. Jean and I have discussed the timing

OK, my turn to deal with the bureaucracy … although we made application to fly from Torrance to Brown Field where we would exit the USA into Mexico the powers that be seemed to miss that part and issued us flight authorization but not to Brown Field. We were fueled and loaded up, flight plan

I don’t believe it – spending time with Mike and Jean it’s impossible to make any plans more than a few days ahead! First they decide to change their route back to SA from a “north out of LA route” to a “south out of LA route”, then they settle the details of the route

Yihaaa, so here we are, in the Marina del Rey Hotel and Marina, just off Venice Beach. We’ve slept 9 hours, we’re with Mike and Matt and life could hardly be better! It’s time for a late breakfast and some people watching on the beach, so this will be very short, but Jean will give

The guys arrived safely in Torrance just after 2:00 UTC+2 on the 3rd of September. Matt and Mike flew out to Santa Maria to meet the guys in the air and welcome them to California.  James and Jean were in high spirits and they also found out they still had 4 hours of endurance left,

Just over 3 hours to go! Mike and James will catch up with the guys near Santa Maria and then fly over LAX to Torrance. LAX Airspace can be very confusing…for those of you who want to, here is a 8min video giving some insight into just how intricate the airspaces are around LAX. You

Matt just managed to get an update from Oakland Oceanic and they said that ZUTAF was at 32º25N, 131º48W at 10.03 Pacific time (1 hour ago) and their estimate for the Galip intersection was 20:40Z. Gallip is 228.5 Nm from KSMX (Santa Maria). That means they are about 5 hours out right now. That means

The guys are well on their way towards Santa Maria, just north from Los Angeles. We understand here they will be met by Mike and Matt (from our office at Torrance Airfield), and they will then fly the guys to Torrance where they will have a major welcoming party waiting for them. In the meantime

Morning All, I spoke to James last night, they will be flying at 7500ft all the way keeping just above the low cloud (overcast below almost all the way). No CBs are forecast or any SIGWX from the SIGMET Reports, with the forecast winds and 01:12Z take-off the flight should take 21h50m landing at 23:02Z

The guys departed from Honolulu shortly after midnight (SA local time) and took off to Kahului on Maui to refuel. We overheard James say to ATC that they will be there for 45minutes before flying to the mainland. Good luck guys, and fly safely! Below is the mp3 clip of ZU-TAF talking to Kahului ATC