Mon Dec 21 19:15:46 UTC 2009
Six weeks after, I spent some time gathering all produced media and putting
all nicely together on one page. For more photos
and information about the 2009 World Flight, just see the web site of John's
wonderful 747-400 simulator.
The final figures are in from Accounting: World Flight 2009 as a whole,
i.e., all international teams together, raised a staggering €
20,500 for our combined charities!
Next year's event will celebrate the tenth anniversary of World Flight as
we know it. I'll try again to be part of it, for sure.
 All cleared to go for 2010!
Fri Nov 6 12:23:30 UTC 2009
Together with dozens of pilots, WorldFlight has a number of air traffic
controllers who guide the planes in and out of the airports. Many local
controllers join in from over the whole world to make the event a success.
Traffic levels are consistently high, and squeezing planes in can lead
to scary situations.
 One in, one out...
Fri Nov 6 10:12:26 UTC 2009
A bit sad: I handed in the keys to the Boeing 747-400 as the flight into
Anchorage was my last one for World Flight 2009. Real world commitments
prevent me from joining the crew during the rest of their journey into
Sydney. The flight board already shows this final destination...
 The end of the journey is in sight.
However, I am positive that the crew will successfully complete the trip
and raise money for the Air Ambulance in the process! I will be taking a
boat back to the Netherlands late tonight, but World Flight goes on.
This blog will be updated as news trickles through.
Fri Nov 6 08:10:05 UTC 2009
Aboard BAW744 from Edmonton to Anchorage, we (again) try to make up for lost
time during our previous two flights. There is a pattern: we are nicely
in time with the departure, then a silly technical problem develops which
delays us 20 minutes, after which we end up at the tail of the queue and
ATC sends us around the block. For the arrival in Great Falls, we got
a 150nm downwind at 220 knots. Hurray.
 We should have a red 'end of convoy' tail light.
Thu Nov 5 16:15:52 UTC 2009
Barely recovered, I set out helping John in getting yet another round of
English breakfast out the door. We are late out of Washington DC after some
tech problems, and need to hurry up. Bruce Cobb, F/O on the real machine,
joined us to fly two legs into Kansas City and Fargo. We will get
there!
 Here we go again.
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