Friday, February 28, 2014

Sky Vectors to the Rescue

SkyVector is the most popular way to view aeronautical charts online. Always current, and always free, FAA Sectional Charts are used for VFR flight planning ...

We have depicted the 2014 Journey to Explore South America

This is allowing us to see where we are going, survey the surrounding terrain and view up-to-date weather information along the way.

You can zoom in, you can change for HI and LO altitude charts, you can check the weather (METAR) in real time.

Take a look and tell us if you like it

Click on the link below to start the interactivity of the map.

Sky Vector



Wednesday, February 26, 2014

The 2014 Journey to South America

For 2014, we have decided to create a journey to explore places we have not been to before - our first Explore South America Journey.

The South American Continent is such a diverse place with so many different cultures and histories, we have created a unique program to expand on our traditional Highlights of South America Journey.

This will be the fist time we visit a number of these places and are excited to share the adventure with you.

Here is the map of the journey


and theses are the flights and their distances:

South America Distance in nautical miles
  • Stuart, FL Ocho Rios, Jamaica 635

  • Ocho Rios, Jamaica Bogota, Colombia 835

  • Bogota, Colombia Iquitos, Peru 510

  • Iquitos, Peru Juliaca, Peru 855

  • Iquitos, Peru Arequipa, Peru 755

  • Arequipa, Peru Juliaca, Peru 100

  • Juliaca, Peru Cochabamba, Bolivia 260

  • Cochabamba, Bolivia Uyuni, Bolivia 185

  • Uyuni, Bolivia Tarija, Bolivia 135

  • Tarija, Bolivia Mendoza, Argentina 710

  • Mendoza, Argentina Montevideo, Uruguay 635

  • Montevideo, Uruguay Florianopolis, Brazil 580

  • Florianopolis, Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 410

  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Salvador de Bahia, Brazil 660

  • Salvador de Bahia, Brazil Sao Luis, Brazil 710

  • Sao Luis, Brazil Cayenne, French Guiana 660

  • Cayenne, French Guiana Bridgetown, Barbados 650

  • Bridgetown, Barbados Borinquen, Puerto Rico 550

  • Borinquen, Puerto Rico West Palm Beach, FL 870



Total Miles 9,890




A landscape of contrast and optical Illusion. the Salar de Uyuni high in the Altiplano of Bolivia could only be described as an ethereal existence......