The Journey

PILATUS G-ZUMO

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Smilingflyer will visit the following destinations: Crete, Egypt, Dubai/United Arab Emirates, Maldives, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Tontouta,...

DREAM IT. PLAN IT. FLY IT

One day a group of entrepreneur fronted by Morten Sondergaard, decided to take a single engine Pilatus PC-12 and travel...

TAKE OFF!!

3-11-2007 Weather was perfect, a warm sunny day. As we had to wait at the airport for one of our...

CAIRO & CO

Flight to Cairo was short, only two and a half hours, although the plane is very comfortable, we don’t want...

CAIRO – DUBAI

Dubai for sure is bigger than the pyramides! Jorn took us on a spectactular flight over the desert safe to...

SIGHTSEEING IN DUBAI

Well, you all know that Dubai is a city built up right from scratch in the last 10 years. It...

8 HOURS FLIGHT TO MALDIVES

Time in Dubai was great, we had so much fun and were treated very well by friends. I updated the...

KUDA HURAA – THAT’S THE WAY WE LIKE IT

Woo hooh! The long trip was worth it! Look at this fantastic resort we are staying in.

HAVE A LOOK AROUND THE RESORT

We visit Buda Huraa island Gallery: And more photos around the Four Seasons resort    Gallery:    

WANT SOME MORE OF KUDA HURAA?

Then these pictures will show you what to do on an island like this, 800 m long and 200m wide....

LONGEST FLYING DAY UNTIL NOW

From Maldives to Thailand we left paradise early in the morning. A speedboat brought us to Male airport around 7:15 and...

COLOURFUL THAILAND

Hey guys, we are in Thailand and very welcome at Peters brand new resort near Udon Thani. He is a...

ARRIVAL IN BANGKOK

Hey, only 1 hours flight to Bangkok, and everything went smooth! Only 20 min from leaving the plane to getting...

MORE BANGKOK

FROM BANGKOK TO SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA

We are starting the second leg joined by two new crew members! In Bangkok Mats and Niels left us (thank...

ANGKOR WAT

So, we really made it. We got up 4:30 in the morning and left 5am the Hotel to see the...

STUCK IN CAMBODIA

Indonesian authorities are not making it easy to get into their airspace. Yesterday we spent half a day at the...

THE FLOATING VILLAGE

Got up this morning with the question “What doing in Siem Reap, when you already did the temples?”.  The answer...

UP, UP AND AWAY TO BORNEO

This morning we will start direction Borneo. We also did some route changes, have a look at our map. We...

THE BORNEO ULTIMATUM

Leaving the cambodian airport of Siem Reap direction Pontianak, Borneo, we all were very happy and in the perfect mood....

#*!$&=#*!!!

We are still in Jakarta. No permit for take-off. Stuck again in a place where you do not want to...

FROM JAKARTA TO MAKASSAR

On our smooth flight to Makassar (Ujung Padang) we could see some fantastic clouds, volcanoes and the indonesian islands in the...

FUEL STOP IN BIAK, INDONESIA

Things happen just like you do not expect them to happen.  Fuel stop in Bijak was OK, but took a long...

EXCITING PAPUA NEW GUINEA

I just got back my laptop back from the police as I am writing these words. Go ahead reading and...

FLYING TO CAIRNS

G-ZUMO TAKING OFF IN CAIRNS

Here is a great picture that our handling agent in Cairns took when we were taking off. Thanks, Al!!!

SYDNEY! HALF AROUND THE WORLD!!

That’s it for now! Our flight to Sydney was just great and we all look back to a wonderful first...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!

We will be back on January 13th 2008.

WELCOME 2008

Europe’s values, America’s creativity and Asia’s drive………………. SmilingFlyer’s will give you all this in 2008

SMILINGFLYER PART II STARTS NICE AND BUMPY …

OK, the Smilingflyer Team is ready for take-off and we all hope that the wheather will be on our side....

TONTOUTA AND ILE DE PINS

We made it to Tontouta the first day, which was on schedule only a fuel stop. But as the weather...

QUICK STOP TONGA

We arrived on the main island of Tonga, Tongatapu, late afternoon and went directly to a very nice cafe &...

TIME WARP!!!!

Hey, we just crossed the dateline! Now we know why the hotel we stayed in was named “Dateline Hotel”, and...

FROM TONGA TO RAROTONGA

Well, this trip really beats everything out of us. After getting up at 4am local time we were picked up...

ITS CYCLONE TIME!

Maybe its not a bad idea to stay some time here an wait until our friend Funa has passed… a...

RARO RARO RAROTONGA

We are still waiting here in Rarotonga to get the permit for Tahiti. French authorities are not making it easy...

REUNION WITH AUTHORITIES

Here’s picture of our reunion with some oficials of Manihiki, an island we will visit tomorrow.

ANOTHER DAY

…. in Rarotonga and some impressions of the island  

MORE WAITING IN RAROTONGA

We try hard not to get bored on this island. As you can see …  

WHY ALL THE WAITING?

So you want to know why we got stuck in Rarotonga, eh? OK, here is the whole story. No, it...

TAHITI TO MANGAREVA

In Tahiti the 4 were happy to meet the 2 again to enjoy some G-force! A long flight ahead, we...

MEETING ROLAND OLDHAM

Got up in Mangareva (Gambier Island) we had breakfast with nuclear test activist Roland Oldham, the President of the Association...

MANGAREVA TO EASTER ISLAND

Manganeva in the morning…   and to Eastern Island…

FROM EASTER ISLAND TO SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Nice island, huge statues, very impressive. This is for sure a special place, and mystic, of course. Easter Island (Rapa...

UPDATE: LANDING ON ROBINSON CRUSOE ISLAND

Please have a look at the Robinson Crusoe Album! We added some pictures Wolfgang took on Robinson Crusoe Island. You...

A DAY IN SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Nobody of us has been in Santiago de Chile before, so we all were very keen on how this city...

BUENOS DIAS, BUENOS AIRES

Wow, we feel very good here, looks so nice the city! We will stay here until saturday 2nd and for...

BYE BYE TO A WONDERFUL CITY!

Hey, this city is really great! The second day here in Buenos Aires we felt absolutely comfortable and are a...

ARRIVED IN PUNTA DEL ESTE

After a short flight of 45 minutes we arrived in Punta del Este, Uruguay, with beautiful sunshine and nice beaches!...

YES, YES, YES …

… when sun comes out, everything is different! Yes! We know well! So we had fun around here, discovered nice places...

SO NICE IN FLORIPA!

Flying along the coast of brazil was just amazing. This country is really beautiful as seen from the air. All...

EXPLORING THE SOUTH COAST

So we are currently 8 travelers and thought maybe its not a bad idea to go different ways – at...

LET’S STOP IN SAO PAULO

Why? Some business during the trip can not harm anybody, that’s why we did stop today in Sao Paulo. As...

MEETING WITH NAGIB MIMASSI IN SAO PAULO

Morten met Nagib Georges Mimassi, CEO of Orolix in Sao Paulo.

FROM SAO PAULO TO RIO DE JANEIRO

After our short stay we left Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro. It was an amazing flight along the brazilian...

VISIT AT CORVOCADO, TOM & BIANCA

Thank God for the great views! 😉 Thanks Tom & Bianca for the great BBQ!  

IPANEMA SUNRISE AND FAVELA TOUR

Look at the beautiful sunrise over Ipanema beach, this is really nice to see. Also very interesting was our tour...

LEAVING RIO FOR NATAL

From now on things happen quickly. We left beautiful Rio de Janeiro in the morning and arrived late afternoon (-1h...

BREAKFAST IN BRAZIL, LUNCH IN CAPO VERDE, DINNER IN MARRAKECH AND NEXT AFTERNOON PALMA!

We had our longest flight day of the whole trip the day we left Natal for Cape Verde. Smooth flight...

WE MADE IT!

We found our way around the world in a single engine plane, which in it self is impressive but even...

THE BOOK

DOING DREAMS I may never have the midlife crisis everybody seems to be talking about. And if I get to...