Greenville News, Pilots Return |
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Wednesday, 18 July 2007 |
See the reports and videos by clicking on links below:
Fountain Inn pilot enjoys lift from 'Freedom Flight' by Nathaniel Cary
Iranian pilots.
Report by Nathaniel Cary.
Video by Owen Riley Jr.
See Photos by Tribune time.
Round-The-World Flight Ends In Greenville Channel 4 News
Pilots Break Record with Flight Around the World by Alison Storm Channel 7 News
Video by Channel 4
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Miami |
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Tuesday, 17 July 2007 |
We left Venezuela about 7 am. Weather was clear along our route. We had a nice tail wind of 20 knots and landed at Miami international.
After 33000 miles of flying around the earth, we will depart for our last flight tomorrow morning at 8 am.
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Venezuela |
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Monday, 16 July 2007 |
We left Costa Rico at 7 am this morning. It was smooth flight with a little summer tropical rain and a bit of head wind that made the flight longer. Weather permitting; we will leave Venezuela tomorrow, early morning, for a 1130 mile flight to
Miami .
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Costa Rico |
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Sunday, 15 July 2007 |
To avoid midday cloud built up and the afternoon tropical storm, we departed Mexico at 7 am for a three and half hours of flight to
Liberia , Costa Rico. It is beautiful in Costa Rico, as well as rainy weather for the most of the afternoon.
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PUERTO VALLARTA MEXICO |
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Saturday, 14 July 2007 |
We left San Francisco for Mexico City this morning, but due to bad weather we had to divert to
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
at 1 am.
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Long Beech California |
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Saturday, 14 July 2007 |
Saturday July 13
We decided to change our next stop from Hermosillo, Mexico to
Long Beach, California .
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San Francisco on July 11th |
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Monday, 09 July 2007 |
After several hours of delay, we landed at San Francisco International. We wanted to over fly a vineyard that is architecturally designed like Persapolice. We made flight plan to go VFR for the portion of our flight to get lower for a better view.
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Vancouver |
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Monday, 09 July 2007 |
I have been waiting anxiously to get to
Vancouver and see my good friend Siamak. He was waiting for us at the airport.
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Anchorage |
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Monday, 09 July 2007 |
After refueling, we continued our flight to
Anchorage Alaska . It is 11;30 pm and the sun is still out.
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Cold Bay |
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Monday, 09 July 2007 |
This was the most critical leg of our flight. Long rage over the
Pacific Ocean (2375 miles), Fuel limitation and additional weight was compounded by 4 to 23 knots of head wind. But we pulled back on the power to save fuel, and landed with 1.5 hours of resaved fuel.
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