Category: Flight

  • Wrenching

    You hear about it, you see it in films, read it in books, but nothing prepared me for the feeling when I had to leave my wife and son back in Europe and head back home to work. I’m not unemotional, but I was completely taken aback by how powerful the feeling was when it […]

  • The First Journey

    With some trepidation the trip home approached. This would also be the first on an aeroplane for our Little Boy, and considering one half of the family suffers from bad ears on flights, it was a little worrying – especially as the flight is seven hours long. Purposely we had chosen a night flight as […]

  • Blimps first A380 Flight

    Dubai to London Heathrow – after days of uncertainty, LHR is open again and we can finally land.

  • Scans and Travel Arrangements

    Unfortunately, a scan needs to be done on Thursday. I really need to go but I have looked at every route for getting there but it can’t be done by 3pm on Thursday! I’m very unhappy, especially as this is probably going to be a long weekend due to the end of Ramadan and I […]

  • Thoughts above the Clouds

    Here I sit, looking out at the world from my seat 34,000 ft above the planet thinking how small and inconsequential we are. But at the same time, there is a small place, a person, who to me is the most important thing in the world. Almost two weeks ago good news arrived and that’s […]