MEGAN CAME TO PICK UP BRANDENBERG ONE WEEK AGO TODAY, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 AT 5:05 AM PDT AT HIS HOME FURTHEIM. HE PASSED WITHOUT PAIN. HE HAD 24 HOURS A DAY NURSES WITH HIM AT ALL TIMES AND I SLEPT NEXT TO HIM IN THE GREATROOM. AT 2AM HE TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE AND THE NURSE CALLED THE DOCTOR. AFTER ANOTHER EXAMINATION AND CONSULTATION THE DOCTOR INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THAT COULD BE DONE SINCE HIS LUNGS WHERE BEGINNING TO STOP FUNCTIONING. I THEN, HAVING IN MIND THE PASSAGE IN THE BIBLE THAT GOD HAD GIVEN US ANIMALS FOR OUR COMPANSHIP AND LOVE BUT HAD ALSO BESTOWED ON US "DOMINION" OVER THEM LEAST THEY SUFFER NEEDLESSLY, MADE THE DECISION. HE DIED IN MY ARMS. FATHER ANGELITO CAME AT 7AM AND WE HAD A SUNRISE SERVICE FOR HIM. HE LAY IN STATE AT MEGAN'S CHAPEL FOR THE DAY WITH SOMEONE ALWAYS WITH HIM. FATHER ANGELITO CAME AT 6PM. WE HAD A BURIAL PROCESSION TO HIS GRAVE SITE AND LAID HIM TO REST FOR THE AGES. THEREAFTER WE HAD A DINNER TO CELEBRATE HIS BRILLIANCE, KINDNESS AND LOVE-GIVING LIFE. HE WAS THE GREATEST OF ALL MY GREAT DANES AND WILL LIVE ON IN THE MEMORY OF EVERYONE WHO EVER MET HIM. HIS TOMBSTONE WILL READ “BRANDENBERG FURTH, FRED’S BEST FRIEND. HE GAVE FRED MORE LOVING COMMANDS THAN FRED GAVE HIM DURING HIS WONDERFUL LIFE”. TAKE CARE MY FRIENDS, FRED.
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Thursday, June 28, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
SIBERIA AT ITS SUMMER BEST MON AM MY TIME SUN EVE YOUR TIME
GOOD MORNING--GOOD EVENING...WE ARE IN YAKUTSK ANCIENT CITY OF SIBERIA WHICH STILL HAS STANDING THE 15TH CENTURY WOOD FORT .... THIS WAS THE ANCIENT ROUTE FOR RUSSIANS AND OTHER ASIANS--YES THIS PART OF RUSSIA IS IN ASIA....TO MIGRATE TO ALASKA AND BEYOND...WELL THE LAST TIME WE REPORTED WAS IN MOSCOW I THINK...WE LEFT MOSCOW AND FLEW TO YEKTERENGBURG FOR REFUELING...NOTHING SPECIAL ON THIS FLIGHT...THEN ON TO NOVOSIBIRSK WHERE WE OVERNIGHTED...IT WAS SELF SERVE ALL THE WAY AS 5 MEN STOOD AROUND WHILE WE SHLEPPED THE LUGGAGE....ACTUALLY IT IS GOOD EXERCISE BUT I MUST WARN ALL YOU APPLICANTS FOR THE NEXT TRIP THAT YOU SHOULD BE IN EXCELLENT SHAPE..ABLE TO LIVE ON 3 HOURS SLEEP..REMEMBER TO TAKE SOME NEWSPAPER WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO TO THE TOILET {NO. 2} AT THE NOVO AIRPORT...LIKE TO PIZZA AT 3AM IN THE ROOM AFTER TWO HAM SANDWHICHES IN THE PLANE....BUT ALL GREAT FUN TO DO..ONE GETS A GREAT SENSE OF ACCOMPOLISHMENT JUST GETTING THRU THE DAY AND DOING ALL THE LITTLE THINGS LIKE PILLING B TWICE A DAY...ANYWAY WE LEFT NOVO AND FLEW TO BRATSK FOR REFUELING THE NEXT DAY..HAD TO AVOID SOME HIGH LEVEL CBS AND TRS {FOR THE UNWASHED THOSE ARE CUMULIOUS NIMBUS BUILDUPS AND THUNDERSTORMS} ...11,100 METERS ALTITUDE..U FIGURE OUT THE FEET...METERS ARE USED IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR AVIATION ALTITUDE...MADE ALL AOK...BRATSK IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL..A GIANT DAM HAS CREATED A LAKE WHICH IS WONDERFUL ..PICS WILL FOLLOW..WE ARE ON HOTEL WIFI AND CANNOT USE MY COMPUTER ... THEN FLEW ON TO YAKUTSK THE RICHEST CITY IN ALL OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION...THE STREETS ARE LITERALLY PAVED WITH DIAMONDS...GRANTED SMALLER KARETS..USUALLY UNDER 2 KARETS BUT STILL NICE TO WALK ON....WE ARE OFF TO TOUR THE CITY....TOMORROW TUES WE FLY TO MAGADAN FOR FUEL AND THEN TO NOME AND ON TO ANCHORAGE WHERE WE SHALL SPEND THE NITE...WE SHALL LEAVE HERE ON TUESDAY ..TOMORROW BUT ARRIVE IN ANCHORAGE ON MONDAY.....INTL DATE LINE....ASSUMING ALL GOES WELL AND THE LORD WISHES WE SHALL FLY ON OUR SECOND TUES TO MEDFORD..MARK I SHALL ADVISE TIME TO HAVE CARAVAN THERE...CHUCK SEE THAT THE ESTATE IS PROPERLY PREPARED INCL ALL FLAGS EVERYWHERE FOR THE RETURN OF CHALK HILLS VERSION OF MAGELLAN...CAROL BE ON ALERT STATUS....BRANDEN IS FINE AND WANTED ME TO DO THE TYPING SINCE HE IS KNAPPING...PREPARING FOR THE TOUR AND NEXT FLIGHT...HE SAYS THAT NO-WHERE IN OUR TRAVELS HAS ANYONE ASKED FOR ALL THOSE PAPERS EXCEPT IN NOVO WHERE THEY LOOKED AT THE VERY IMPRESSIVE RUSSIAN FEDERATION LICENSE THAT WE GOT IN D.C....HAD NEVER SEEN SUCH A LICENSE...PEEEED IN THEIR PANTS AND LET US GO..ALSO FOR THOSE WHO WORRIED ABOUT BRANDEN MAKING THIS TRIP HE HAS BEEN THE EASY PERSON AROUND..HE LIKES THE ROUTINE AND MAKES ME FOLLOW IT EXACTLY..HE IS GOOD FOR 10 HOURS IN THE ROOM WITHOUT RELIEF..OK..THANKS FOR READING THIS IF YOU GOT THIS FAR......UNTIL WE TALK AGAIN ....B&F
Friday, June 22, 2007
BRANDEN TV STAR IN PARIS
GREETINGS FRI EVE MOSCOW...CHECK OUT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE FOR B ON PARIS TV...F
http://www.aintv.com/results.asp?CATEGORY_ID=42
Thursday, June 21, 2007
MOSCOW AND HOLDING
GREETINGS FROM MOSCOW...TOOK OFF FROM PARIS RIGHT ON TIME AT 8AM LOCAL TIME..EXPECTED A 2:15 FLIGHT TO WARSAW..ONE HOUR ON THE GROUND...AND A 2:00 HOUR FLIGHT TO MOSCOW...SO WHY DID WE ARRIVE IN MOSCOW AT 10PM...WELL THE FLIGHT TO WARSAW WAS UNEVENTFUL..WHEN WE LANDED OUR FARIS CO. AGENT SAID I HAD TO CALL UNIVERSAL IMMEDIATELY WHICH I DID TO FIND OUT THAT WE COULD NOT LAND AT VUKNOVO AIRPORT IN MOSCOW FOR UNDEFINED REASONS....WE HAD ALL PERMISSIONS AND PERMITS FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION BUT ARGUMENT WAS TO NO AVAIL..THE GOOD NEWS WAS THAT I WOULD RECEIVE A NEW PERMIT TO LAND AT DONOVOOO AIRPORT NEAR MOSCOW AND SINCE THEY HAD ASKED FOR THE CHANGE IT WOULD ONLY TAKE 20 MINUTES....7 HOURS LATER AFTER WE CONVINCED BELARUS THAT IT WOULD BE THE SAME ROUTE AND WHY SHOULD THEY CARE SINCE I HAD AN OVERFLY PERMIT AND WOULD NOT BE LANDING IN THEIR NATION AND CONVINCED THE RUSSIAN THAT I WAS NOT GARY POWERS BROTHER ...WE TOOK OFF AND HAD A FINE FLIGHT TO MOSCOW AIRPORT UUDD....SINCE WE DID NOT GET TO THE HOTEL UNTIL 1AM WE ARE GOING TO STAY FRI NITE..IT IS 3:47PM THURS IN CAL AS I WRITE THIS AND 2:47 AM FRIDAY IN MOSCOW....WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF BEING WITH MEGAN SEVERAL TIMES IN MOSCOW..SHE LOVED THIS CITY AND THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE AND SO DO I...BRANDEN TOO..HE IS THE ULTIMATE GENTLEMEN IN CONTRAST TO HIS DAD...WE HAD EVERYONE AT THE AIRPORT COME AND SEE B, TAKE A PICTURE WITH HIM INCLUDING THE RICHEST MAN IN ISREAL WHO WAS ON HIS WAY MOSCOW-KAZAKSTAN.....HOPE ALL ARE WELL AND ENJOYING THE SUMMER...SATURDAY MY TIME WE FKY TO YEKERENGBURG THEN OVERNITE IN NOVOSBRISK....B SAYS HI TO ALL. SENDING PICS BY BLOG.....F&B
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
WED EVE NEW BRANDEN NEWS =STAR OF PARIS AIRSHOW
GREETINGS ON WED EVE...BIG PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY WITH BRANDEN AS A SUPER STAR...AFTER CESSNA ANNOUNCED PURCHASE BY NETJET OF 75 NEW CITATIONS CHAIRMAN-CEO OF CESSNA JACK FELTON CALLED ON BRANDEN AND I TO TELL ABOUT OUR WORLD TOUR...CESSNA PART OF NEWS CONF LASTED 20 MINUTES..OUR PART LASTED ALMOST AN HOUR WITH BRANDEN WEARING A MUSTANG CAP AND PUTTING ON HIS USUAL SHOW FOR THE ALL PARIS PRESS CORP. ..THE ROOM WAS PACKED AND AFTER 10 MINUTES BY ME TO EXPLAIN THE TRIP MODIFIED TO BE AROUND THE WORLD..CHALK HILL WINERY IN SONOMA COUNTY CALIF TO CHALK HILL WINERY..15,000 MILES...21 STOPS...SINGLE PILOT WITH CO-PILOT AS DOG..THEY LOVED IT AND COULD NOT ASK ENOUGH QUESTIONS...PRESS DEMOCRATE AND NY TIMES REPRESENTED..CHECK THEM OUT ALSO CHECK OUT WEB SITE BELOW FOR FIRST STORY..B WAS ON THE COVER
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/06/20/214950/air-of-the-dog.html
RUSSIANS STILL PLAYING SOME GAMES...WARSAW MOSCOW TOMORROW...TRIP WILL PERMIT AND REQUIRE AN EXTRA DAY IN YATSUIK DIAMOND CAPITAL BECAUSE ANADYR AIRPORT NOT OPEN ON WEEKENDS AND TO RISKY TO TRY MAGADAN TO NOME WITHOUT FUEL STOP...SHOULD ARRIVE CHALK HILL LATE MONDAY...WISH US LUCK...B&F PS NEW PICS
PS. FOR ADDITIONAL READING
CESSNA PRESS RELEASE: Cessna Citation Mustang to Embark on Global Circumnavigation
Paris, June 20, 2007 – Frederick P. Furth, renowned attorney and a long-standing Cessna customer, will set off from the Paris Air Show tomorrow on a round-the-world flight in his new Citation Mustang. Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, holds orders for more than 300 Citation Mustangs and is on target to deliver 40 of the model this year. Following last-minute clearance to enter Russian airspace, Furth, accompanied by his faithful Great Dane “Brandenburg,” will set off at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow from Paris Le Bourget Airport on a 14,000 nautical mile marathon flight that will see them cover 15 stops in eight days. After making their first stop in Warsaw, Poland, Furth will fly across the entire breadth of Russia, landing for fuel and rest in locations including Moscow, Eketeringsburg and Novosibrisk. They will then make stops in Alaska, Canada and Iceland before returning to Le Bourget. Furth, who rose to prominence as a leading class action lawyer and owns California’s Chalk Hill Vineyards and Winery, has been an avid pilot for many years and also owns a Citation X and Cessna Caravan. He took delivery of his Mustang a month ago and has since amassed 80 hours flying time in the aircraft. “The Mustang is a great aircraft for single pilot operation and I felt this would be the ultimate way to test its mettle,” said Furth. “I have a close relationship with Cessna going back many years and I know they will be watching our progress with great interest.” Based on unit sales, Cessna Aircraft Company is the world's largest manufacturer of general aviation airplanes. In 2006, Cessna delivered 1,239 aircraft, including 307 Citation business jets, and reported revenues of about $4.2 billion and a backlog of $8.5 billion. Since the company was originally established in 1927, more than 189,000 Cessna airplanes have been delivered to nearly every country in the world. The global fleet of more than 5,000 Citations is the largest fleet of business jets in the world. More information about Cessna Aircraft Company is available at www.cessna.com. Textron Inc. is an $11 billion multi-industry company operating in 32 countries with approximately 40,000 employees. The company leverages its global network of aircraft, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell Helicopter, Cessna Aircraft Company, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Greenlee, Fluid & Power, Textron Systems and Textron Financial Corporation. More information is available at www.textron.com.
http://cessna.com/news/article.chtml?ID=kBBoqnjcUICaLTdkAhF4ewtX0akweyPs0TEWNqwCfs4kr5TvbR
Monday, June 18, 2007
WE SHALL OVERCOME--ON TO RUSSIA AND AROUND THE WORLD
GREETINGS FROM THE PARIS AIR SHOW...ARRIVED THIS AFTERNOON FROM CORSICIA ....AT 2PM TODAY THE RUSSIAN CAPITULATED AND INVITED BRANDEN AND I TO TOUR THEIR COUNTRY AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED ON A SCHEDULE OF MY CHOSING...ALL PLANS IMMEDIATELY CHANGED AND WE BEGAN TO SCRAMBLE....I GUESS IT HELPS IN THE END TO HAVE THE HELP OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, THE US AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA, NANCY PELOSI, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND THE VICE PRESIDENT INQUIRE AS TO WHAT IS THE PROBLEM....IN ANY EVENT WE SHALL HAVE A GRAND PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW FOR THE AVIATION PRESS WITH THE CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT AND CEO OF CESSNA PARTICIPATING TO TELL OF THIS GLORIOUS ADVENTURE WHICH INCLUDED A VISIT TO SPAIN TO MAKE SURE THE CORKS U ALL POP FROM CHALK HILL WINE ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD..WE BUY OUR CORKS IN PORTO PORTUGAL SO I WENT TO LISBON AND PORTO , PORTUGAL AND BILBOA ( A MUST VISIT FOR ALL TO SEE THE FABULOUS ARCHECTECTURE) AND MADRID , SPAIN...THEN TO CORSICA TO GET OUT OF RAIN FOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE GOING TO PARIS...KLAHADELLA IS PERFORMING MAGNIFICENTLY...BRANDEN NOW WEIGHTS 145 AS RESULT OF HIS NEW HUMAN DIET WHICH AMONG THINGS SCRAMBLED EGGS IN THE AM...I AM FINE A LOOKING TO THE JOUNEY...LAST BUT NOT LEAST I THANK GOD FOR THIS GIFT....SAY A PRAYER FOR US...WE LEARNED YESTERDAY THAT NO NON-RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT HAS EVER FLOWN THIS ROUTE WITH ALL THESE STOPS...SOME HAVE FLOWN ACCROSS RUSSIAN BUT NOT THIS ROUTE OR STOPS...SO IT WILL BE A FIRST AND A INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED RECORD....BY FOR NOW.. OR RE VOUW...B AND F
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
THE BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE AND GREAT DANES
WELL, BAD NEWS ON THE WORLD TOUR.... WE ARE WELL HAPPY BUT VERY FRUSTRATED...AFTER 2 DAYS OF INTENSE NEGOTIATIONS THE RUSSIAN HAVE REFUSED TO ADMIT THE MUSTANG....THEY STATE MANY REASONS BUT I THINK THE CHIEF CONTROLLER IN RIGA HAS THE REAL ANSWER. ..HE WORKED VERY HARD TO HELP US INCLUDING TALKING TO THE RUSSIAN AIRSPACE MANAGER WHO IS A FRIEND OF HIS ...I LISTENED TO THE CALL WHICH LASTED ABOUT ONE HALF HOUR IN WHICH AFTER EXCHANGING PLEASANTRIES THEY GOT TO BUSINESS. HE OFTEN GETS PERMISSION FOR AIRCRAFT ENTRY FROM THE RUSSIANS ON VERY SHORT NOTICE SINCE THEY ARE NEIGHBORS AND THEY RECIPROCATE..HE THOUGHT AT FIRST HE COULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM...BUT THINGS ARE IN HIS JUDGMENT BEING CONTROLLED BY HIGHER UPS IN THE RUSSIAN MILITARY...WHY...BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW PLANE WHICH THE RUSSIAN HAVE NO EXPERIENCE, HAVE NOT INSPECTED AND THE ONLY ROUTE THAT WORKED WENT RIGHT THRU SOME IN THEIR WORDS SENTITIVE MILITARY AREAS AND NO OFFER OF MINE TO HAVE THEM INSPECT THE AIRPLANE IN MOSCOW WAS TO ANY AVAIL....WE WERE TAKING A VERY NOTHERN ROUTE...WELL ANYWAY WHAT IS NEXT....WE ARE IN STRASSBOURG TONITE,WED, AND PLAN A FEW DAYS IN ALGARVE BEFORE COMING TO PARIS FOR A FEW DAYS OF THE AIRSHOW BEGINNING ON MONDAY...THE MUSTANG IS A FABULIOUS PLANE...I PROBABLY HAVE MORE HOURS FLYING IT THEN ANYONE EXCEPT THE TEST PILOTS AND WILL SOON EXCEED THEM..I REALLY ENJOY THE COMPLEXITY OF IT ALL....SO I WILL KEEP THE BLOG GOING FOR THE DEVOTED FEW......STRASSBOURG IS BEAUTIFUL TONITE...A REAL KISSAME NITE AS WE SAY IN SONOMA...LUNCH WITH CHRIS KRUEGER TOMORROW AND THEN ON TO LISBON...ALL BE WELL. B SAYS WOFFFFFF. FRED
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
RUSSIA ACCEPTS ME AND BRANDEN BUT NOT N4FF
GREETINGS FROM RIGA LATIVA..NOW HOW DID I GET HERE AND WHY AM I SPENDING MY SECOND NITE HERE...WELL WE FLEW FROM PARIS TO WARSAW UNEVENTFULLY AND AFTER THE USUAL SCREW UP BY UNIVERSAL REGARDING WHO WAS PAYING FOR THE FUEL...I WON UNIVERSAL PAID...WE TOOK OFF FOR MOSCOW...THE FLIGHT WAS VERY PLEASANT ..39,OOO FEET HUMMING ALONG AT 400 MILES PER HOUR WHEN....50 MILES FROM THE RUSSIAN FIR (AVIATION TALK FOR THE BORDER} MINSK CONTROL ANNOUNCED THAT WHILE THE PILOT AND DOG WERE ACCEPTABLE TO ENTER RUSSIA THE PLANE N4FF KLAHADELLA WAS NOT...AT FIRST THEY THOUGHT WE WERE A P51 WWII MUSTANG AND MILITARY PLANES MUST LOGICALLY BE APPROVED BY THE MILITARY....THEN WHEN I CONVINCED THEM WE ARE A PRIVATE JET THE NEW CESSNA CITATION MUSTANG THEY SAID OUR REGISTRATION WAS NOT CORRECT....I COULD GO ON BUT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF MINSK CONTROL AS TO WHAT I WANTED TO DO SINCE I WAS ALMOST AT THE FIR AND COULD NOT ENTER RUSSIAN AIR SPACE I IMMEDIATELY CONSULTED WITH MY CO-PILOT BRANDEN WHO SUGGESTED WISELY THAT WE BEGIN MAKING THREE SIXTYS IN THE SKY AT 390 SLOWTHE AIRPLANE DOWN AND PULL UP THE AREA MAP ON THE GARMIN 1000 WHICH SHOWS ALL THE COUNTRIES IN THE AREA. THAT B IS SMART AND I DID WHAT HE SAID....THEN I NOTICED THAT LATIVA WAS ONLY 40 MINUTES AND RIGA HAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN THE WORLD NEXT TO THE USA SO I ASKED MINSK IF I COULD GO TO RIGA AND THEY ARRANGED IT......WE HOPE TO HAVE A CLEARANCE TO MOSCOW LEAVING AT NOON ON WED TOMORROW THEN ON TO YEKTERENGBURG TO VISIT MY OTHER COUSIN, CZAR NICHOLAS...I AM SURE IT WILL BE A ROYAL DINNER IF HE IS STILL ALIVE..JOKE....WE HAD PLENTY OF FUEL...COULD HAVE EVEN RETURNED TO WARSAW THANKS TO BRANDENS INSISTANCE THAT WE ALWAYS LEAVE WITH FULL TANKS AND NOT MISSION FUEL PLUS RESERVE...WE ARE FINE..USED THE DAY TO REST..SLEEP IN...AND I STILL HAVE THAT EXTA DAY WHEN I CROSS THE INTL DATE LINE ON FRI AND ARRIVE ON THURS IN NOME...SEND ME A BLOG WITH ANY QUESTIONS..WHAT IS A BLOG ANYWAY..BRANDEN AND I SEND OUR LOVE F.
Saturday, June 9, 2007
BALTIMORE-SEPT ISLE- IQALUIT- KEFLAVIK-PARIS
B AND I FLEW FROM BALTIMORE TO SEPT ISLE ON THURSDAY 7 JUNE WHERE WE FUELED AND TOOK OFF FOR THE LITTLE KNOWN NATION OF NUNAVUT NORTH OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE. DAYS AND NIGHTS DO NOT MEAN MUCH WHEN THE SUN NEVER REALLY GOES DOWN. IT GETS GREY FOR A FEW HOURS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND TWO AM BUT YOU DON'T NEED A FLASHLIGHT OR ANY LIGHTS TO GET AROUND.
I HAVE BEEN FLYING THROUGH IQALUIT FOR MANY YEARS, FORMERLY KNOWN AS FROBISHER BAY. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THERE TEN MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR IS BY PLANE SINCE THERE ARE NO ROADS OUT OF TOWN AND THE BAY FREEZES SOLID. THEY SAY THE ICE BREAKER SHIP CAN'T MAKE IT UP HERE THIS YEAR UNTIL THE END OF JULY OR EARLY AUGUST. THEY ARE ASSURED OF SIX WEEKS OF SHIPPING LANES BUT HOPE TO GET AN ADDITIONAL FEW WEEKS THIS YEAR IF THE ICE BREAKER WILL STAY AND KEEP THE LANES OPEN.
ALL THE JET FUEL AND ALL OTHER FUEL FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR MUST ARRIVE DURING THAT SIX WEEK PERIOD AND LAST THE ENTIRE YEAR.
HOW BEAUTIFUL AND PRISTINE THE AIR IS AT NIGHT AND IN THE EARLY MORNING. BRANDEN AND I WENT FOR OUR USUAL WALK. IT IS SUCH A JOY TO BRING BRANDEN. IT IS SUCH A JOY TO SEE THE REACTION PEOPLE HAVE TO BRANDEN. IT BRINGS SO MUCH JOY IN TO THEIR LIVES AND THEREFOR JOY INTO MINE. HE IS UP TO 140LBS AND AT THE GEORGETOWN VET CLINIC WHERE HE WENT FOR HIS TEST AND PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS. I TRIED TO THINK WHY BRANDEN BRINGS SO MUCH JOY TO OTHERS. MY THOUGHT IS THAT HE IS JUST OVER SIZED THEN ANYTHING THEY EXPECT IN A DOG. HE IS LARGER AND GRANDER THAN WHAT ANYONE EXPECTS OF A DOG...AND PEOPLE NEED A BREAK FROM REALITY ONCE IN AWHILE. EVEN IF IT IS JUST IN THE FORM OF BRANDEN GIVING A KISS. HIS KISSES ARE ALSO OVER SIZED.
WE STAYED OVERNIGHT AT THA FROBISHER BAY INN WHERE BRANDEN WAS VERY WELCOME. SINCE WE GOT IN QUITE LATE WE DID NOT PLAN TO LEAVE ON FRIDAY 8 JUNE FOR SANDROSTROM GREENLAND UNTIL 1 PM IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SUN NEVER GOES DOWN THIS TIME OF YEAR AT SONDERSTROM SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHEN YOU LEAVE FROM A DAY/NIGHT STANDPOINT.
I HAD TROUBLE WITH UNIVERSAL AVIATION AND AS A RESULT THE TAKE OFF TIME BECAME SO LATE THAT WE COULD NOT MAKE SONDERSTROM WHEN THEY WERE OPEN. I DECIDED TO SKIP SONDERSTROM SINCE THE WINDS WERE VERY FAVORABLE AND FLY DIRECTLY FROM IQALUIT TO KEY..DIRECTLY. NO PROBLEM ON THE FLIGHT. THE PROBLEMS BEGAN WHEN WE LANDED AND CUSTOMS ABSOLUTELY REFUSED TO LET BRANDEN ENTER ICELAND EVEN IN TRANSIT. I KNOW THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE AIRPLANE IS THE TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THEREFORE HE CAN STAY IN THE AIRPLANE. HIS TEN HOUR BETWEEN PEE PEES CAME IN HANDY BUT SO DID A VERY NICE ICELANDER NEAR MY AGE WHO WAS OUR HANDLER. HE GOT US MOVED TO THE OLD UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BASE NOW ABANDON EXCEPT FOR MINOR USE BY THEIR TINY ICELANDIC AIR FORCE. HE WENT TO GET US FOOD AND SAID TO ME...WHAT CUSTOMS DON'T KNOW WON'T HURT THEM. I WILL BE GONE AND THERE IS NO ONE ELSE AROUND FOR MILES. BRANDEN GOT HIS EXERCISE ON THE AIR BASE AND WAS HAPPILY BACK ON US SOIL BACK IN THE AIRPLANE WHEN PEOPLE ARRIVED. WE SLEPT IN THE PLANE...QUITE COMFORTABLE ACTUALLY NOSE TO NOSE WITH BRANDEN TUCKING HIS LITTLE NOSE UNDERNEATH MY BIG CHIN OR WAS IT HIS BIG NOSE TUCKING UNDER MY LITTLE CHIN.
I DECIDED TO SKIP NORWAY AND FLY KEFLAVIK TO PARIS SINCE THE WINDS WERE PERFECT. EVERYTHING WAS GOING ALONG FINE UNTIL WE WERE APPROACHING THE UNITED KINGDOM LEAVING SCOTTISH TERRITORY AND THEY GAVE US SO CALLED .833 FREQUENCIES AND PILOTS WILL UNDERSTAND. AND WHEN WE COULDN'T BRING THEM UP THEY MADE US DESCEND TO 27000 FROM 39000 THE HIGHEST ALTITUDE PERMITTED IN EUROPE FOR PLANES UNEQUIPPED WITH .833 FREQUENCIES. HOWEVER WE ARE EQUIPPED WITH .833 FREQUENCIES BUT I HAD NOT BEEN BRIEFED ON THAT SUBJECT OR FORGOT IT AND THEREFORE WE LANDED AT LONDON'S LUTON AIRPORT FOR FUEL.
UPON LANDING I CALLED ROGER WHITE ONE OF THE TOP PEOPLE AT CESSNA WHO IS SPONSORING THIS TOUR AND THEY PROMPTLY GOT ME IN CONTACT WITH THE GARMEN 1000 EXPERT. IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES WE CONVERTED KLAHADELLA I NAMED THE MUSTANG AFTER MY TWO LOVELY GRAND DAUGHTERS ADELE AND CLARA WHILE SLIGHTLY GERMANIZING AND ITALIANIZING THE NAME.
THE LONDON PARIS CORRIDOR IS AS BUSY AS THE WASHINGTON BOSTON CORRIDOR AND B AND I WORKED VERY HARD WITH ALL THE TWISTS AND TURNS BUT MADE IT TO PARIS ON TIME AND UNDER BUDGET.
THE CESSNA CITATION SERVICE CENTER AT PARIS LE BOURGET AIRPORT GAVE US A GRAND WELCOME. WE SHALL REST IN PARIS UNTIL MONDAY WHEN WE ARE OFF TO MOSCOW VIA WARSAW. KEEP THOSE PRAYERS COMING OUR WAY AS WE CROSS 6,000 MILES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. - BRANDEN AND FRED
Thursday, June 7, 2007
DEPARTURE FROM BALTIMORE
GREETINGS..TODAY THURS 7 JUNE BRANDEN AND I LEAVE FOR PARIS ON OUR WORLD TOUR IN THE NEW JET CESSNA CITATION SINGLE PILOT . WE WILL REST ONE DAY IN PARIS AND THEN GO AROUND THE WORLD ARRIVING BACK IN PARIS ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE PARIS AIRSHOW 19 JUNE TUESDAY. CAPTAIN FURTH COPILOT BRANDENBERG. WISH US LUCK AND SAY A PRAYER.F.
Welcome to the Furth/Branden World Tour
Welcome to the blog for the Furth/Branden World Tour. Captain Furth and his co-pilot Branden (Captain Furth's 140 lb Great Dane) will pilot the new Cessna Citation Mustang around the world. Check in often to learn about their whereabouts...where they are, what they have seen, and where they are going. Enjoy...it is sure to be an incredible journey.
