Blogs in 2025

"Nobody flashes lights like that, believe me"

10 December 2025

Looking down at Washington DC at night, during a crystal-clear evening from...

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First Light

10 November 2025

It started with a faint glow: the Zodiacal Light: sunlight reflected off a...

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UPS tragedy

7 November 2025

It’s with a heavy heart I’ve finally decided to write this post. A few...

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Hold Your Horses

10 September 2025

Straight from the horse's mouth: I was fortunate to fly a very special flight...

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From This Corner of the Galaxy

6 July 2025

Cruising from one part of the planet to another, far removed from the nearest...

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Thirty West and Twenty Years On

4 July 2025

Having just completed another rotation across the Atlantic — and another...

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New York, New York… the city that never sleeps. Or: New Amsterdam revisited.

9 May 2025

The unique metropolis I first visited when I was just two years old....

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40,000 km in nine days

19 April 2025

Trump tariffs or not, the flow of cargo between China and Europe is at an...

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The Netherlands under a starry night.

30 March 2025

After riding a strong jet stream across the Atlantic on a moonless night, our...

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"We're floating in the moonlit sky"

18 January 2025

Cruising comfortably at 36,000 feet, the wind beneath my wings and the bright...

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