A festive arrival in Nagoya

Nagoya is the place to land in Japan.

Our local Friend Mickey san and his team are the master of organisation and make the arrival as easy as possible with a personal touch not equalled anywhere else.

After arrival and clearing the entry in Japan it is time to go to the train station for our Bullet Train to Kyoto

we made it in the local press

Anais route to Japan

Anais route to Japan is different been our onboard concierge, she is always at the next destination one day ahead of the journey to set up all what we need and check the rooms, the excursions etc...

And she enjoy the Bullet Train from Nagoya airport to Kyoto

Leaving Korea for Japan

Today is a great flight, 570 nm to Nagoya Japan.

We have slots to respect, the weather looks great, the grey ceiling have lift up so we are ready to go.

Tom is at the wheel as we launch as #2 on the Runway

Changes on the return journey via Russia

A week ago, Petropavlovsk Airport started constructions on the apron and the airport not accepting airplanes overnight and very limited number of operations during the day.

This is why we are changing airports in Russia

Original Itinerary (Magenta Line)

July 21: Nagoya – New Chitose – 500nm

July 22: New Chitose – Petropavlovsk – 930nm

July 23: Petropavlovsk – Anadyr – Anchorage (Arrive on the 22^nd) – 920+900nm

July 24: Anchorage - Seattle

Current Itinerary (Black line)

July 21: Nagoya – Sakhalinsk – 750nm

July 22: Sakhalinsk – Magadan – 830nm

July 23: Magadan – Anadyr – Anchorage (Arrive on the 22^nd) – 800+900nm

July 24: Anchorage - Seattle

we are now going to Madagan

Magadan was founded in 1929 on the site of an earlier settlement from the 1920s. During the Stalin era, Magadan was a major transit center for prisoners sent to labor camps. From 1932 to 1953, it was the administrative center of the Dalstroy organization—a vast and brutal forced-labor gold-mining operation and forced-labor camp system. The town later served as a port for exporting gold and other metals mined in the Kolyma region.^[10] Its size and population grew quickly as facilities were rapidly developed for the expanding mining activities in the area. Town status was granted to it on July 14, 1939.^{[citation needed]}

Magadan was temporarily transformed into a Potemkin village to mark an official visit by U.S. Vice-President Henry Wallace in May 1944.^{[citation needed]} He took an instant liking to his secret policeman host, admired handiwork done by prisoners, and later glowingly called the city a combination of Tennessee Valley Authority and Hudson's Bay Company. Wallace's collaborative stance towards Russia discouraged the Democratic Party of the United States from renominating him as vice president later in the summer of 1944, helping lead to the selection of Harry Truman in his place.

A Teppanyaki Dinner ( Japanese) in the hotel

A lot of fun for a Japanese dinner.

The mastering of the knife and the show

Do not try this at home

Cheju a discovery of Korea

I have always dreamed of going to Korea. Cheju an island south of the main peninsula is very appealing as an in between stop from Taiwan to Japan.

We are staying at the Shilla Hotel.

The setup remind me of Hawai and his hordes of tourists.

The accommodations are great, the weather very much overcast but the hotel staff very friendly and accommodating, it look like we are the only caucasien on site,

Under the grey overcast we launch a visit to the only green volcano in the world.

We have past the 20,000 nautical miles mark!!

We are about to leave Taiwan for Korea, so far ore than 20000 nm flown, we still have 6000 to Seattle and then 2400 back to home.

On our way to Korea. Jeju Island

In the previous Journeys Around the World, when leaving Taipei we were on our way to Japan. For 2014 I decides that a stop in a leisurely place would be perfect before the long crossing back to the US via Russia.

After some research I elected Jeju as the prefect place to relax before launching the Japan visit and the Pacific crossing.

Jeju Province (officially the Jeju Special Autonomous Province) is one of the nine provinces of South Korea. The province is situated on and coterminous with the nation's largest island of Jeju (also Jejudo; see Naming below), formerly transliterated as Cheju, Cheju Do, etc., or known as Quelpart to Europeans. The island lies in the Korea Strait, southwest of South Jeolla Province, of which it was a part before it became a separate province in 1946. Its capital is Jeju City.

The island contains the natural World Heritage Site Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes. Jeju Island has a temperate climate and even in winter, the temperature rarely falls below freezing point.

I was not expecting such a busy airport....Jeju is the Hawaii of the Far East and there is a lot of traffic on that airport, nearly as much as Hong Kong.

It was very hazy too...so making an ILS intercept at 220 kts and keeping the speed up all the way to the FAF was interesting...especially been in the soup....I recall calling VREF at plus 50...

But Tom did a beautiful touch down right on the computing number of 88 kts...very nice job especially after crossing the FAF at 180.

Overview
Tail #:	N15GJ	Type	User
Flight #:	N15GJ	Alt:	370	MAX	M57
Average Wind:	226° 35kts
Dept Alt:		Dest alt:
ETD:	14-July 02:35Z	ETA:	14-July 04:39Z
	14-July 10:35		14-July 12:39

Fuel	lb	min	Weight	lb
Enroute Burn	1295	01:54:00	BOW	5550
Alternate	0	00:00:00	Payload	400
Holding	0	00:00:00	Takeoff	8590
Reserve	600	00:57:00	Landing	7295
Taxi	80	00:10:00
Extra	745	01:11:00
Total	2720	04:12:00
Route	RCTP DCT SALMI B576 NIRAT DCT RKPC

NAVIGATION LOG
Name	ID	Title	Arwy	MC (Degrees)	Wind (Degrees)	GS (kts)	TAS (kts)	Time (HH:MM)	ActTime (HH:MM)	FL	Trop (Feet)	ISATemp (Celsius)	CmFuel (lb)	WindVel (kts)	Shear (kts)
	SALMI		DCT	42	219	356	340	00:54	00:54	FL370	52000	11	723	16	1
	BOLOD		B576	40	220	369	341	00:15	00:15	FL370	52000	12	870	28	2
	ATOTI		B576	25	220	367	341	00:04	00:04	FL370	52000	12	912	26	2
	TESIM		B576	26	218	382	341	00:16	00:16	FL370	52000	12	1066	41	2
	NIRAT		B576	26	227	396	341	00:05	00:05	FL370	51000	12	1104	55	1
	RKPC		DCT	20	242	246	226	00:20	00:20	DSC		15	1294	20	1

The Mustang is no match for a Jumbo 747-400

No need for shade here we are back to the temperature we love

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