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.

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

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

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

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

Mike and James departed from Oshkosh at approximately 16:45 today. For the lucky few who were watching the webcam next to the runway, we just caught them going past on their way to Sante Fe, New Mexico. This leg will take them about 10-11 hours to complete.

Today’s an absolutely perfect day in Oshkosh and we started it by participating in an air to air photo-shoot. A couple of shots are attached. The “photoship” pilot was just so relaxed and competent and it was such a lovely day that we really enjoyed the whole process. There are definitely some things that the

We have been at Oshkosh for 3 days now and at last I feel like I have caught up on my rest. I am surprised at how long it has taken me to feel OK again … I guess it was not just the lack of sleep but also the stress and the change in

Phew, I see that the break we’ve taken from daily updates has had the consequence that at least one person is going to buy a composite aircraft. I figured it may be serious, but not that serious, so here we are, back again, in the midst of a bombing mission which is going on outside.

Although a lot of us wish we were at Oshkosh now with Mike & James, AvWeb was nice enough to make a fly-over video clip to give us an idea of how huge this show is. See if you can spot the Sling approximately 3min into the video clip in the centre of the four