Trip Report Special Flights Archives - SamChui.com Sam Chui Aviation & Travel Fri, 27 Oct 2023 21:50:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://samchui.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1con2-100x100.png Trip Report Special Flights Archives - SamChui.com 32 32 108386868 Trip Report: Flying Airbus A340 to Antarctica Ice Runway + Tour https://samchui.com/2022/12/18/trip-report-flying-airbus-a340-to-antarctica-ice-runway-antarctica-tour/ https://samchui.com/2022/12/18/trip-report-flying-airbus-a340-to-antarctica-ice-runway-antarctica-tour/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2022 12:37:52 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=46592 On Dec 8th, I boarded a Hi Fly A340-300 chartered for White Desert Antarctica (Tour Operator) to fly to the seventh continent; Antarctica. I joined the one-day tour to Antarctica called "The Greatest Day". Video The Trip to Antarctica The flight time from Cape Town to Wolf’s Fang Runway in Antarctica was 5 hours and […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2022/12/18/trip-report-flying-airbus-a340-to-antarctica-ice-runway-antarctica-tour/feed/ 6 46592 Trip Report: A Flight to Mount Everest https://samchui.com/2022/11/13/trip-report-a-flight-to-mount-everest/ https://samchui.com/2022/11/13/trip-report-a-flight-to-mount-everest/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2022 06:38:30 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=46318 Video Our helicopter (operated by Manang Air) was one of the first to take off at sunrise around 6:20 am from Kathmandu Airport. There are many helicopter operators offering tours to see the majestic mountains in Nepal but there’s only a small window of the season to do this. I’d recommend going in April or […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2022/10/30/trip-report-my-zero-g-flight-complete-weightless-experience/feed/ 1 46219 Trip Report: The Most Beautiful Flight – Air Tahiti to Bora Bora https://samchui.com/2022/10/10/trip-report-the-most-beautiful-flight-air-tahiti-to-bora-bora/ https://samchui.com/2022/10/10/trip-report-the-most-beautiful-flight-air-tahiti-to-bora-bora/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2022 03:40:29 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=45911 After arriving in Tahiti on the most exotic and colorful B787, I traveled on Air Tahiti domestically to explore the beauty of the French Polynesian islands. My flight was from Papeete to Bora Bora with a stop at Huahine and back. This turned out to be one of the most beautiful flights I've taken. I […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2022/10/10/trip-report-the-most-beautiful-flight-air-tahiti-to-bora-bora/feed/ 1 45911 Trip Report: To the Faroe Islands with Atlantic Airways https://samchui.com/2022/08/01/trip-report-to-the-faroe-islands-with-atlantic-airways/ https://samchui.com/2022/08/01/trip-report-to-the-faroe-islands-with-atlantic-airways/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2022 12:46:39 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=45302 The Faroe Islands is a self-governing archipelago, part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It comprises 18 rocky, volcanic islands between Iceland and Norway in the North Atlantic Ocean. About Atlantic Airways On March 28, 1988, Atlantic Airways landed for the first time at its home base Vágar, located on the Faroe Islands, which is an […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2022/08/01/trip-report-to-the-faroe-islands-with-atlantic-airways/feed/ 2 45302 Trip Report: Flying The Soviet Transporter IL-76 to Iraq https://samchui.com/2022/06/12/trip-report-flying-soviet-transporter-il-76-to-iraq/ https://samchui.com/2022/06/12/trip-report-flying-soviet-transporter-il-76-to-iraq/#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2022 09:54:31 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=44657 The Ilyushin Il-76 is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau. It was first planned as a commercial freighter in 1967. Recently, I flew on SilkWay Ilyushin IL-76TD-90 transporter from Baku, Azerbaijan to Erbil, Iraq. It was a mission of a lifetime! Video About IL-76TD-90 Before the […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2022/06/12/trip-report-flying-soviet-transporter-il-76-to-iraq/feed/ 5 44657 Trip Report: Flying a 46-Year-Old Boeing 727 in Africa https://samchui.com/2022/03/19/trip-report-flying-46-years-old-boeing-727-in-africa/ https://samchui.com/2022/03/19/trip-report-flying-46-years-old-boeing-727-in-africa/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2022 10:56:49 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=43816 Last week, I traveled on an Astral Aviation B727-200F flying from Nairobi, Kenya to Mogadishu, Somalia. It is one of only a few active B727s still flying! The B727 freighter, registration 5Y-MWM, is 46-years-old but still going strong, operating frequent flights in harsh terrain from difficult airports. Our aircraft carried 14 tons of food and […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2022/03/19/trip-report-flying-46-years-old-boeing-727-in-africa/feed/ 6 43816 Trip Report: Pakistan’s Most Exciting Flight – Flying PIA to Skardu https://samchui.com/2022/01/09/trip-report-pakistans-most-exciting-flight-flying-pia-to-skardu/ https://samchui.com/2022/01/09/trip-report-pakistans-most-exciting-flight-flying-pia-to-skardu/#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2022 11:36:55 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=43070 After arriving in Islamabad from Dubai on PIA B777-200/LR, the next day I flew to Skardu in the Northern area of Pakistan. This is one of the most scenic and exciting flight in Pakistan. Captain Majid Akhter from PIA gave a quick briefing on the ATR-42-500 flight. This flight was also Captain Saqeeb Hamid's training […]

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