Leaving for the Ice...

[just curious]

Whoops, Forgot. We made it across. Now of course we are locked in the plane, and away from the internet.
Later,
JC

[Phileas Fogg]

Right on dude...how are the bars down there?

[xsbank]

JC, your email still doesn't work. Will it eventually?

[just curious]

As many of you may know, it is pretty much winter in the Arctic now. A delightful mixture of cold, dark, and windy.

So, I am going, like so many old people, south for the winter. Naturally, being a type A personality, I'm going all the way south.

So, no moderating, or snide advice (which will delight many of you, I'm sure ), I'm off to go fly. A lot.

Some sage elder in the far east once said the the longest journey begins with that first, small step. Bullsh*t! It begins with an enormous stack of paperwork. Ferry permits, overflight permits, certificates of qualification, authorization to export technology, re-weights, amended Wt &Bals... fortunately, all I had to do was show up, throw my junk in the plane, and go. Or so I thought...

In any event, we are enroute. I say "we" with some conviction, since the prep work by engineers, and admin staff to garner the 300,000 permissions and approvals is mind-boggling. But they did, and we are underway.

Fortunately, the petty details like my training, ride, dental work, oh, and finding my luggage filled the time between rolling into the big city, and launching at an obscenely early time.

Well, it's happening again. Back to sleep for me, then tonight, I'm taking this season's ride from the Arctic down to Calgary, where it is going to be swarmed by cleaners, painters, maintainers, something like an Indy Pit Crew.

My paperwork for the voyage will be heightened by that pesky AEPIS paperwork, and an airframe change, but it's mostly done. Permissions, route planning and binder, a zillion general declarations, GPS route creation, snacks for three for a week, thermoses and a secure place for the cups... well, I have the thermos anyway.

It's winter here. Over a week, we'll have fall, summer, spring, and winter again.



From To Initial Heading Distance Time
12 segment path: 11261 nm 66:14
CYEV (68°18'15"N 133°28'58"W) CYZF (62°27'46"N 114°26'25"W) 117° (SE) 589 nm 3:28
CYZF (62°27'46"N 114°26'25"W) CYYC (51°06'50"N 114°01'13"W) 178° (S) 683 nm 4:01
CYYC (51°06'50"N 114°01'13"W) KAPA (39°34'12"N 104°50'58"W) 147° (SE) 793 nm 4:40
KAPA (39°34'12"N 104°50'58"W) KHOU (29°38'44"N 95°16'44"W) 138° (SE) 759 nm 4:28
KHOU (29°38'44"N 95°16'44"W) MWCR (19°17'34"N 81°21'28"W) 126° (SE) 980 nm 5:46
MWCR (19°17'34"N 81°21'28"W) SEGY (02°09'27"S 79°53'01"W) 175° (S) 1284 nm 7:33
SEGY (02°09'27"S 79°53'01"W) SCAR (18°20'55"S 70°20'19"W) 150° (SE) 1119 nm 6:35
SCAR (18°20'55"S 70°20'19"W) SCTE (41°26'20"S 73°05'38"W) 185° (S) 1389 nm 8:10
SCTE (41°26'20"S 73°05'38"W) SCCI (53°00'10"S 70°51'17"W) 173° (S) 700 nm 4:07
SCCI (53°00'10"S 70°51'17"W) AAXX (67°34'10"S 68°07'12"W) 175° (S) 880 nm 5:11
AAXX (67°34'10"S 68°07'12"W) NZSP (90°00'00"S 00°00'00"E) 179° (S) 1352 nm 7:57
NZSP (90°00'00"S 00°00'00"E) NZIR (77°51'14"S 166°28'08"E) 166° (S) 732 nm 4:19




Have a good winter. I'm going skiing.
JC

[Lurch]

Have a safe trip and leave the penguins alone

I have a friend going down as well as a FO, makes me almost want to go

I hope you guys have a safe season

Lurch

[Inverted2]

Nice pics! I always would have liked to fly to such interesting places, but then again I'm a whimp and whine if its below -10c

[niss]

Safe Journey JC!

Please keep posting pics! Is there anywhere else I can see some like a flikr account or something?

Antarctica is on my list.

[dune]

See ya down there! At least, maybe on the way back?

[Pratt]

Bon voyage and safe flying. cheers

[CFMartin]

This is by far one of the most interesting trip report that we can read on this forum!

I would definitely love to experience such a journey and work in the locations that Borek fly to.

[flyinthebug]

Great pics JC and a great journey. Thank you for sharing parts of your adventure. I wish you safe skies my friend.
Fly safe all.

[Rowdy]

Stay safe and fly hard.. or maybe it's the other way around

Hopefully I'll join ya next year.