Round the World Flight Daily Journal – 30 May: Getting Out of Egypt & Rules to Live By
Our flight from HELX (Luxor, Egypt) to OMAJ (Amman, Jordan) went smoothly … once we got off the ground. What
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Month: May 2016
Round the World Flight Daily Journal – 27 May: On the Bank of the Nile, “New friends no longer come.”
Friday 27 May 2016 Luxor, Egypt Arrived Luxor. Departure was a perfect example of why flying in some parts of
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Round the World Flight Daily Journal – 25 May
25 May 2016 Cairo, Egypt Yesterday we woke up on one continent and went to sleep on another. We flew
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Round the World Flight Daily Journal – 23 May
George’s daily journal from N5831R’s round the world adventure 23 May 2016 Heraklion, Crete 0857 Local 0557 GMT Left Rethymno
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Politics made real
I have a standard, personal prohibition against talking politics at the airport. Aviation should bring us together and politics, particularly
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Mostly Uneventful: An Emergency in Greece
Dubrovnik was difficult to leave, but it is important not to grow too comfortable anywhere along the route, lest our
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Partial Pressure: Your Mileage May Vary
I spend most of my flying life bumping around down low in the course of instruction. Entire days spent in
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Dubrovnik: George Swims in the Adriatic Sea
That, my friends, is the Adriatic Sea. I went for a swim in the bloody Adriatic Sea…
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Wednesday Morning at Biggin Hill
Climbing that student pilot mountain once again. The mysteries of Eurocontrol. What does “crossing Schengen borders” mean exactly? (Turns
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Vienna for the Coffee
What should we expect drinking coffee in a land of tea-drinkers? A rainy morning in London. Overcast skies. Steady drizzle.
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