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Port Hedland to Ayres Rock

Posted on October 24th, 2016 by skypolarisadmin

At about 0321 UTC Captain Gordillo once again began another leg in this historic journey by taking off in the Sky Polaris RV-8 and is now heading 912 miles southeast to Ayres Rock, Australia.  You have seen Ayres Rock many times - in books, magazineRead more

Goodbye Cocos Islands, Hello Australia

Posted on October 21st, 2016 by skypolarisadmin

Island hopping again, Captain Michel Gordillo departed Cocos Islands at 01:19 UTC after a brief stay.  He reported to Sky Polaris Headquarters that the Cocos personnel there treated him very well and the airport was very easy to get around on. No feRead more

Maldives to Cocos Islands

Posted on October 18th, 2016 by skypolarisadmin

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 Read more

First Landing!

Posted on October 1st, 2016 by skypolarisadmin

Michel has landed at Menorca after about 3 hours of flight. The Spidertracks system is working excellently and as designed. On landing at the airport, a false SOS signal was raised and transmitted to several ground based key members of the project inRead more

Destination – The South Pole

Posted on October 1st, 2016 by skypolarisadmin

The second half of the Sky Polaris project has officially begun! At 15:51 UTC Michel departed Madrid on the first take of of many he will make in the next months. Part two of the Sky Polaris project is now officially underway! The first destinatioRead more