Maldives to Cocos Islands
This is the eighth and longest trip so far. At 00:00:30 UTC Michel departed the Madivian Islands en-route to the Cocos (Keeling) Island chain, just south of Jakarta. Michel will fly 2700 Km over deep ocean 1000’s of miles from any land and of course 1000’s of miles from any kind of rescue equipment. The trip will take about 12-13 hours. You can track his position at any time by going to the tracking page.
How many of us would have the courage to fly so far for so long over the vast and lonely expanse of ocean? Anything can go wrong; bad fuel, electrical problems, engine failure, medical emergency, mechanical failure, weather, etc., etc. Yet there are courageous people who do this and one of them is the project leader, Michel Gordillo. His goal? To cross the south pole and land safely back in Madrid while collecting carbon particle data in the most remote parts of the world. Michel is risking his very life for the advancement of environmental science.
Please follow along and when Michel finally lands in the Cocos Islands, give a cheer that Michel can hear.
Also it is important that everyone post their comments to this project. When ever you see a post, or even an older post, feel free to make an encouraging comment.
Thanks you for your participation in this project!
Don Pearsall, Sky Polaris
7 Comments
Hi Don,
high speed half way at UTC 0600! Absolutely great! There seemed to be some big clouds in the fligth path…Hope everything is fine for the rest of that leg! Happy landing!
Not important, I wanted to indicate some flaws with the webpages.
-On my smartphone (Android) the spidertrack feature is not decoding the information in the gray window, which cannot be closed too to be able to view the map
-the “contribute” page does not show the adress informations on the right side of the forms/windows in my home Windows 7 version. It behaves different in another Windows 7 version in my office. That might prevent people filling them out.
-the opening page with the globe sometimes clips the latest post text/link
-IGC files are not updated
Hola Michel:
Según el sistema de seguimiento, ya has llegado a las Islas Cocos; refréscate con de esas frutas y tómate un buen pescado. Antes de saltar a Australia, relájate en las playas.
Cuelga alguna foto de ese paraíso.
Abrazos fuertes.
Hello Peter! Thanks for the comments. I will check out the website issues. I view the Spidertracks tracking page on my iPhone and the gray window can be closed with a X Close button in the lower left corner. Do you have that on your phone? I will report this to Spidertracks.
So far, Michel has not sent any IGC files since he left Madrid. I know he is extremely busy at each stop so that is probably the last thing on his mind. I will ask about it, but don’t want to overload him with things to do.
Bravo Michel! te deseo un buen y largo descanso nocturno en Islas Cocos
Hi Don,
nothing should be done which bothers Michels plans, of course. I could send you a screensopy of the Adroid smartphone appearance. The Sky Track information does not load the coordinates, speed etc, it shows the variables names in that mask. But also that is not so important.
Michel: enjoy the wonderful islands and prepare yourself with splendid colorful snorcheling tours in the lagoons, just to see what you’re gonna overfly during your next leg! Abrazos!!!
Animo!! Ya queda menos
Bon Voyage Michel from the Cocos Island. We enjoyed your company, safe trip to Port Hedland and onwards.
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