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Macksolo 2022/08/07 10:51:43
MackSolo Team Update – Day 125 ✈️ 🌍
So let's talk a minute about #practicalities for a #pilot doing looooong journeys in a #plane πŸ˜…. Many people are asking about food πŸ₯’and fulfilling the most basic, biological needs: having a pee for example... Indeed, Sharky has no loo 🚽... and Mack's longest #flight was... 10 hours 😬.

Well, Mack is, on purpose, drinking ❌πŸ₯€very little before a flight, but he is of course wearing a full-body flight or immersion suit and sat for long hours on end in a tiny plane.

So, let's be honest. Men #pilots are definitely at an advantage here: a bottle with a broad neck will do it πŸ˜‚. For long journeys, pilots usually carry along something called a "Little John" bottle (just google it πŸ˜‰!). For women, the Litlle John will take a "Lady Jane adapter", but still, it's mucho much more complex πŸ˜‰ πŸ˜‚.

➑️ Anyone some funny stories to share on that side 😜???

Now on the food 🍟 side, there are of course no served in-flight meals! Apart from the random, packed breakfast, Mack takes with him, he is mainly carrying high-energy emergency foods in the plane: a variety of nuts, protein bars, and bultong (dried meats). Unfortunately, when he dug into his stack after landing on the uninhabited island of Attu, he discovered most of his food had a foul taste of fuel 😳. It seems that at some stage during the refueling process, there was a bit of spilling on the food... Luckily, the protein bars were the ones that saved the day, as well wrapped. But, no great gourmet meal to be had, on his solitary overnight…for sure.

Anyway, our Mackinson Crusoe survived on protein bars. He also survived the next flights, probably solely thanks to the fact he didn't eat an old, stale, petroly croissant πŸ˜‚.

Meanwhile, now that he is well over mainland #USA πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ, and if all goes according to plan, Mack might actually be back in the UK πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ and Europe πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί IN TWO WEEKS and land in Sofia, Bulgaria πŸ‡§πŸ‡¬, home of his sponsor ICDSoft around the 25th of August. Fingers crossed everyone!!!!

For now and in only a few hours, Mack is leaving for #PaloAlto, #California. Next, the #johnwayneairport at #newportbeach before heading to San JosΓ© Del Cabo, Mexico πŸ‡²πŸ‡½. On Tuesday, Mack is heading back over the Pacific Ocean for his SECOND ANTIPODAL (18.012N 110.98) near Isla #socorro, and, a special invite to land on an island, at a Mexican military airbase!

Latest updates here: http://www.Macksolo.com/journey

➑️ Cheer him on if you are anywhere in the vicinity and send us some pictures?πŸ™πŸ’ͺπŸ₯³πŸŽ‰

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