The Sahara Desert is the largest sand desert in the world and spans over nearly a third of the African continent I thought to again take a picture of random place along the route and read up about it later – this is Dakhla in the disputed territory of Western Sahara (currently under Morocco) The … More Sunday flight along the Sahara
Arrived from the Portuguese Azores to the Spanish Canary Islands For anyone who knows me – I really resist looking at pictures of places we are going- I love to be surprised:) Today was no exception. I was surprised at the landscape of the island- anyone who has never been- what would you think the … More From Portugal to Spain
New flight plans are set – a few hours ago we received our permit to land in Dakar for Feb 20 so tomorrow we will fly to the Canary Islands and to Senegal the following day and then onward to Togo. We are adding Senegal to our stops because of a NOTAM stating that we … More Leaving the Azores and tomorrow – destination the Canary Islands
It was a harsh cold wind this morning with blowing snow. I read this morning that the search for lost fishermen was not hopeful – made much worse with the cold rugged water. 30 feet waves and 45 knot winds. There really are so few words in response to tragedy such as this – but … More The cold and harsh Atlantic
A clear morning in Quebec and on our way to St Johns Newfoundland – the most eastern point in North America (except Greenland) I thought it would be good to share a little about this Caravan- it’s a brand new aircraft – when we left Winnipeg it had only 80 hours. The Caravan is a … More Flying to the eastern tip
February 14- happy valentines! How wonderful it is to fly off with Dylan today – valentines- after 30 years of marriage and doing one of our favourite things together- going on an adventure and flying a plane to the other side of the world! We are departing in between Manitoba snow storms – a blustery … More And we are off…
Awaiting departure – destination Lubango (FNUB – airport identifier), Angola! Welcome. The last ferry flight in this blog “Flying in Covid” – was this past November- December when Dylan and our son Isaiah were destined for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As some of you may recall – Dylan and Isaiah were en route … More Wings of Hope – Destination Angola
Isaiah: The beautiful old colonial Azores islands. The islands of myths and legends even in the saga of Eric the Red mentions the islands deep in the Atlantic ocean which are believed to be the Azores. Mentioned in Greek, Irish, Norris, Arabic and Iberian seafaring tales- the islands would grow into mythical Islands. The Azores … More The unexpected last flight of the trip
Isaiah: The east coast of Canada I would say is one of the most underrated places that I have been to yet. From the history witnessed walking up to the old fort or to the point from where the first radio signal was sent across the ocean to the beautiful cliffs and treeless weathered rolling … More Cross Atlantic flight
Isaiah: Yesterday, landing in the small town of Stephenville I had noticed the enormous airfield – a runway which was 1000 feet long and a ramp space similar to the large international St Johns airport. In my research I discovered that Stephenville was one of the main fuelling points for the American Air Force in … More Up and away and back again…
Last night we spent the night in beautiful Quebec City ( the only fortified or walled city north of Mexico). We stayed in the historic district and were able to get the famous steak and fries before walking to check out the Chateau Frontenac Today we are having to change our flight plan due to … More Best made plans…
For those of you who are new to the blog, these blogs are about the adventure of ferrying aircraft around the world for MAF and creating awareness of all the good work that MAF does- all around the world. For those who have kept up with a blog in the past it will be a … More Here goes another ferry flight…
The day began not sure exactly where we would be at the end up. We came into Chitose last evening exhausted and the forecast outlook poor . The day started in fog but cleared up beautifully. If the weather would not have been good we would have needed to quarantine in our hotel until we … More Japan to Guam
North to South and back again - Bangladesh to Australia 