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Hellooo!

 

We've been enroute for almost 4 hours now and had a scenic yet relatively busy departure. We are soon at our T/D point and will begin the evening arrival into Tokyo. Here are some pictures of our flight up to this point. Sorry I'm not as good with the updates as the others have been, still working on it - hope my pictures make up for the lack of text :D

 

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(ShadowPlay refused to take screenshots for some reason at this point so even though I thought that I had saved the sunset pictures, they apparently haven't been saved...annoying but such is life. That being the case, we jump straight into night time since ShadowPlay decided to be team player again at night :D - better late than never aye?)

 

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Konbanwa! 

Welcome to Tokyo! We have safely arrived in the magnificent city of Tokyo, and have a few days rest and sightseeing in store before continuing our trip to San Francisco! While Vincent was in charge of the departure, Vanessa got to exercise her ILS skills for the foggy arrival in. Very little to see on approach and final, but the photos are still definitely worth a quick look :) That's it from me tonight, we'll be heading to our hotel now for dinner before we turn ourselves in for the night. Early morning tomorrow for some city-exploring haha! 

Good night everyone! Blue skies, and happy trails!

 

Best regards, 

 

Perran and the crew

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

Hello friends!

 

We are back in our aircraft and are looking forward to our flight today direct to San Francisco. This flight will be operated by all 4 crew members, Ena and Perran handling the departure while Vanessa and I manage the arrival. We have had a great time here in Japan touring around and visiting beautiful Japanese parks and taking part in some culinary classes. We will definitely make this a routine to come visit as frequently as possible!

 

Here are some pictures during our preflight preparations. We still have some quite a bit of time until our departure, but are prepping nonetheless! 

 

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We're now on our way to San Fran! The sun is beginning its descent down the horizon as we climb to our initial cruising altitude of 31,000ft. Calm departure with the weather ideal for flying. All the best to everyone, hope you all had a rewarding Black Friday/Cyber weekend! :P

We will keep you updated as we progress :) 

 

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So we are well on our way and expect an on-time arrival to KSFO in 7 hours and 5 minutes. I'm heading off to bed now and will hand over 'Diary Duties' to Perran.

 

Good night everyone! Safe travels!

 

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What a beautiful arrival we had to KSFO this morning. Everything went well and we are now just a few more flights away from our starting point, EGLL. We've had a great trip so far and have enjoyed the exploring of each city we've visited. Hope this is the same case for everyone else.

 

Now we head off to explore yet another wonderful city and get an early start because we arrived so early today. Have a wonderful day everyone, we sure will! :D

 

Sincerely,

 

Ena

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  • 2 weeks later...

Hi @Mathijs Kok , I just noticed while checking the last date I could complete the KSFO-KJFK leg that there is a maximum amount when flying in a team, and just wanted to clarify that although I mention Ness, Ena, and Perran, I'm actually the one flying - they wanted to do this ATW trip, but due to excess uni work, we decided that I would actually do it and that they would be 'in spirit' along with the journey :lol: Thanks, just wanted to let ya know :) 

 

Have a great day!

 

Sincerely,

 

Vincent

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Hi folks!

 

We're on our way now from KSFO to New York. Departure was hectic with a lot of other departures and arrivals, but we managed to weave our way through and are now on our climb to a cruising altitude of 37,000ft. We're relatively light again today (surprise surprise), but do expect to pick up passengers and cargo on our final leg (KJFK-EGLL).

 

Hope everyone is doing well and having fun!

 

I'll keep you posted as we go, as always :)

 

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About an hour and a half still to go. Flight's been smooth so far and very enjoyable. Sad to have this be our second-last flight of this wonderful journey :( 

 

This is the current weather report we have of KJFK  -  10:54: KJFK 090951Z 01004KT 10SM OVC085 02/M08 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP147 T00221078 

 

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And so we have arrived safely to New York JFK, and had again a fantastic flight. Weather was good; it was only when we were descending that the cloud coverage began increasing to OVC. We are now on our way to have our debrief and then to the hotel to leave our stuff, and then to downtown NYC! Exciting!! 

 

Our next flight will be our last for this ATW trip, as sad as it is, we will enjoy every last bit of the flight and we sincerely hope all of you do too!

 

Until then, have a great day everyone! 

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

Hello everyone!!

 

Today we conducted our final leg of our Around The World Journey and have had an incredible trip the entire time.

 

Now I realize that I've missed posting updates and thus pictures as well of the trip, but I've had an extremely important test yesterday which took all my time away from this journey, but thanks to the miracle of autopilot, I could still conduct the flight and get right back to studying. I did, however, take pictures every now and then and will post them as soon as I get the chance to go through them.

 

Our final flight was flown by the entire crew, with Vanessa and Nux handling the departure while Perran and I handled the arrival. Our VIP's got a bit emotional towards the end, and I don't blame them...I did too :D We shared the journey of a lifetime and saw the World. Thank you everyone who followed our journey, and thank you Mathijs Kok for organizing this event! All the best to you all and I'll get back still with the pictures of the trip. 

 

On behalf of the flight crew and myself, thank you for flying with us, we hope you have a safe onward journey!

 

Yours Sincerely,

 

Vincent, Vanessa, Nux, and Perran.

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Finally got the chance to post these photos.

 

Hope you guys enjoy them!

 

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Congratulations on the successful conclusion of the journey around the world. Great flying, and lovely diary with nice screenshots.  Best wishes to you and Merry Christmas.

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Great Shots!!  I especially like the ones coming over the fence!  That makes a great "border" to define the ground from the air.

 

I've enjoyed your journey as well!!  Happy Boxing Day!

 

Rupert

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On 12/26/2017 at 9:34 PM, rupert said:

Great Shots!!  I especially like the ones coming over the fence!  That makes a great "border" to define the ground from the air.

 

I've enjoyed your journey as well!!  Happy Boxing Day!

 

Rupert

Thank you very much Rupert!!! I tried to give some perspective to the shear size of the 777-300ER. I really appreciate your kind words and hope you had a wonderful Christmas and Boxing Day!

 

All the best,

 

Sincerely,

 

Vincent

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Thank you so much Sean! I’m so glad that you liked the shots, thank you for taking the time to stop by and check them out and comment, really appreciate it :) 

 

Happy New Year and all the best!

 

Sincerely, 

 

Vincent

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