Expedition Global Eagle - Completed Route Details

Completed Route Details

The detailed route, times and other details of the completed trip were as follows:

  • 26 April 2004: Departure from Middle Wallop — Ostend (Belgium): Total distance 300 km, including 70 km over the North Sea
  • 30 April 2004: Ostend (EBOS, Belgium) — Friedrichshaven (Germany): — 630 km Total distance since start : 930 km
  • 3 May 2004: Friedrichshafen (Germany) — Bolzano — Trento — Casaleggio, Novara (Italy): — Total distance: 457 km
  • 3–6 May 2004: While on the way to Bolzano 60 km/h wind gusts cause Eagle to force land on a sports field 30 km north of Bolzano in the Alps.
  • 7 May 2004: Departure from Bolzano at 0900z and landing at Magni airfield in Casaleggio, Italy 13:22 local time
  • 10 May 2004: Depart Magni at 12:00 local time, refuelling at Forlì LIPK 11:23–13:00 — refuelling at Pescara LIBP — Arrival Bari LIBD (Italy) 1700 — Trip distance: 828 km Total distance since start : 2,215 km
  • 12 May 2004: Lift-off from Bari at 10:21 local time — refuelling at Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport Corfu LGKR. — Arrival at Athens Airport at 16:30 — Trip distance: 700 km Total distance since start : 2,915 km
  • 13 May 2004: Departure from Athens 0800 — Refuelling at Myconos — refuelling at Kos. Strong headwinds force landing at Rhodes LGRD.
  • 14 May 2004: Early morning lift-off from Rhodes and landing in Akrotiri (Cyprus) following a flight of more than 3 hours over the Mediterranean, with ground speed of sometimes over 170 km/h. Trip distance: 907 km Total distance since start: 3,822 km
  • 16 May 2004: Akrotiri (Cyprus) — Amman (Jordan) : 420 km
  • 17–19 May 2004: Break — 3 days off.
  • 20 May 2004: Amman — Turaif (Saudi Arabia) — Ar'Ar : 580 km
  • 21 May 2004: Ar'Ar — Hafr-AL-Batin : 420 km
  • 22 May 2004: Hafr-AL-Batin — Al Quasumah — Jubail (Saudi Ar) — Bahrain: 593 km. Total distance since start : 5,835 km
  • 24 May 2004: Bahrain — Abu Dhabi (Arab Emirates) : 452 km
  • 26 May 2004: Abu Dhabi — Muscat (Oman): 410 km. Total distance since start: 6,697 km
  • 30 May 2004: Muscat (Oman) — Karachi (Pakistan) : 880 km over the sea
  • 1 June 2004: Karachi — Ahmedabad (India) : 592 km.
  • 2 June 2004: Udaipur — Jaipur: 525 km.
  • 3 June 2004: Jaipur — Delhi (India): 249 km — Sandstorms. Total distance since start: 8,943 km. Barry Jones sick with stomach disease, resting.
  • 7 June 2004: Jones recovers, but the monsoon season has started. Waiting for delivery of administrative clearances
  • 9 June 2004: Departs from Indira Gandhi International Airport (New Delhi, India) — Bareilly: 220 km. Barry Jones forced to return to Delhi due to inclement weather.
  • 10 June 2004: Delhi — Bareilly: 249 km. Second attempt successful. Arrival at 10:05 local time.
  • 11 June 2004: Bareilly-Gorakhpur: 436 km.
  • 12 June 2004: Gorakhpur — — Patna — Baghdogra : 552 km. Departure at 08:30 local time. Arrival at 16:10 local time. Total distance since start: 10,150 km
  • 13 June 2004: Baghdogra — Guwahati : 330 km. Delays due to bad weather
  • 14 June 2004: Bad weather for the whole week. Flight clearances need to be renewed. Jones considers returning to Delhi using a commercial flight.
  • 15 June 2004: Jones arrives in Delhi. Trying to recoup and rethink the plan. New flights will be over hills and jungles. Weather is bad.
  • 21 June 2004: Baghdogra — Guwahati: 330 km. Jones departure at 0353 and arrival at Guwahati in monsoon rain. Flight time: 3 hrs 40 minutes.
  • 21 June 2004: Rain continues. Total distance travelled since start: 10,480 km Route now changes to Australia as the final destination due to difficulties and bad weather.
  • 1–5 October 2004: Barry Jones returns to India to re-evaluate mission. Decision is made to abandon effort.

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