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Air Journey with AV WEB - Podcast
AVweb's Friday Podcast: Air Journey's Thierry Pouille on AJ's Guided Tours
By AVweb's Audio News Team, Reported by Mike Blakeney
“AVweb Contributing Editor Mary Grady sat down with Thierry Pouille of Air Journey at the recent Sun 'n Fun Fly-In to find out more about the fully-guided tours that the company arranges for general aviation airplane pilots.”
AV Web Podcast – May 2007 / Listen Article / Visit Website
Around the World - 2008
U.S. Bank Multi Service Aviation Provides Fuel Support for Air Journey Around the World Trip
"Tour operator and flying adventure company Air Journey successfully completed its first journey around the world utilizing the international fueling experience of U.S. Bank Multi Service Aviation. In support of the trip, Multi Service Aviation arranged fuel authorizations for all itinerary locations, and the Multi Service Aviation Card was selected as the fuel payment method of choice for all participating aircraft."
Red Orbit News - October 2008 / Read Article / Visit Website
GA Pilots Complete Around-The-World Flight
"It was a great adventure," said Thierry Pouille, president of Air Journey, this week, after his small group of GA pilots completed the company's first-ever 10-week-long, 25,000-mile trip around the world. "We're all back -- and we're doing it again!" Pouille said the company will definitely offer the tour a second time…”
AV Web Flash – July 2008 / Read Article / Visit Website
Around the World–Job Done!
“Air Journey LLC’s escorted around-the-world trip is now fully logged by all 8 of its pilot-participants. As you may recall from my earlier blogs, this saga began back in May at Quebec City, then crossed the Atlantic to Inverness, Scotland and Paris. On July 22, the trip officially finished the home stretch as the airplanes cleared customs in Alaska and then re-entered the good old continental United States. The trip itinerary included stops in Malta, Egypt, Dubai, Oman, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, South Korea, and Russia. Air Journey president Thierry Pouille declared the trip a success, but admitted that the pilots and passenger…”
AOPA Blog – July 2008 / Read Article / View website
A Mustang, in the home stretch
“May 21, 2008 by Thomas A. Horne, Editor At Large Bunchrew House was a nice stay, what with its dinner in the great room overlooking the Firth, and cozy ambiance. But what’s with the towel heater? Never could figure that out. Yesterday we took a gander at Loch Ness, then went to Cawdor Castle–supposedly the geographic locale in mind when Shakespeare wrote Macbeth. Only banged my head on the door sill once! Back at Bunchrew, it was time to sit around the coal-fed fireplace and shoot the bull about things aviation. In all, a great stay–just like…”
AOPA Pilot Blog – May 2008 / Read Article / View Website
Turbine Edition: Turbines Around the World - A lucky few take Air Journey's flying adventure of a lifetime
“What’s your idea of the dream adventure of a lifetime? It probably involves flying a high-performance, luxury airplane to exotic lands on a leisurely schedule, staying at five-star hotels along the way. And what about having agents setting up your flight plans, securing overflight permits, providing your meals, and giving you tours of scenic and historic locations as well? Turns out that such an adventure can indeed be yours—for $55,000 per head. Air Journey LLC, a Jupiter, Florida-based tour operator specializing in high-end general aviation guided tours, recently offered the first of its planned annual around-the-world trips…”
AOPA Pilot Blog – October 2008 / Read Article / View Website
2008 AIR JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD AIR RALLY, Organized by Thierry Pouille of AIR JOURNEY
Earth Rouder Article – 2008 / Read Article / View Website
Around the World II - 2010
Air Journey adds second around-the-world flight
“Air Journey, a Florida-based company that specializes in hosting and planning unique owner-flown unique flying adventures to many destinations, is expanding its trip options. The company announced that last year's 24-country, 70-day, around-the-world trip went so well that a second group has been added to this year's flight. There are restrictions for the round-the-world trip because of the long legs involved — all airplanes must burn Jet A, must have a cruise speed of 250 knots, must have 1,000-mile range, and must have a working deicing system “
AOPA News – October 2007 / Read Article / Visit Website
SOLIDFX and Jeppesen Go Global with the Paperless Cockpit on Air Journey Around the World Adventure
“Pilots will use the FX8 and FX10 eChart readers on a 10-week, 24,000 nautical mile journey across five continents. The Air Journey aircraft will depart on May 11th from Bar Harbor, ME, and plan to complete their circumnavigation on July 19th in Seattle, WA. Follow them on their journey at http://www.airjourney.com/blog/. “Air Journey makes possible the trip of a lifetime for many pilots,” said Thierry Pouille, president of Air Journey. “The key to our success is incredibly detailed organization and planning. For the many clearances, easy access to data and instrument approach charts is essential. The SOLIDFX FX8 and FX10 vastly simplify approach chart access, and Jeppesen…”
Jeppesen.com – May 2010 / Read Article / View website
Air Journey’s Round the World Trip uses iPad to navigate volcano ash
“Pilots flying Air Journey’s Round the World trip were each given an iPad and a SolidFX e-reader to facilitate their 72-day, 25,000-nm trip circumnavigating the globe. The group departed from Quebec last week and is currently touring Scotland. Air Journey’s Thierry Pouille credits the iPad for helping the group navigate. We gave each pilot in our group an iPad that is loaded with the day’s flight briefing, all weather data, NOTAMS, radar images and a Google view of the destination airport,” Pouille says. Flight crews can easily reference all pertinent information while airborne. “We also have an icon on the iPad desk top that enables pilots to upload the very latest information on the movement of the volcanic clouds. Air Journey also loaded Skype onto each iPad, which allows all the guests on his Round the World journey to enjoy”
GA News – May 2010 / Read Article / View website
Zipping around on Zulu Time
“A group of tourists passing through Siem Reap last weekend raised the stakes entirely when it comes to defining high-class travel. The owner-pilots of four private jets flew into Siem Reap on Saturday on Zulu Time* to see Angkor Wat, while staying at the Hotel de la Paix on a trip that combines exclusive luxury, adventure and culture in ways that the rest of us have probably never even imagined. These high flyers, travelling from Quebec and back to Seattle the long way over a 10-week period, have been winging their way to destinations as diverse as Inverness, Ibiza, Calcutta, Krabi, Sharm el Sheik and Siem Reap. Blazing through 39 destinations in 26 countries across all five continents, they’ll cover roughly 25,000 nautical miles…”
Phnom Penh Post – July 2010 / Read Article / View Website
Air Journey – Travel to Cuba
Air Journey plans trips to Cuba
“Flying adventure specialists Air Journey, LLC announced that it has begun accepting registrations to escort a limited number of American general aviation pilots to Havana, Cuba. This is something we’ve been working on for a very long time, and now it’s about to happen, said Air Journey CEO Thierry Pouille.”
AOPA News – May 2009 / Read Article / Visit Website
Flying to Cuba from southern Florida could be an exciting trip for a private pilot
“The easiest (legal) way for Americans to get to Cuba is, under new rules, to fly their own little planes there. Flying to Cuba from southern Florida could be an appealing trip for a pilot, it's only about 80 miles away, and the beach resorts and Cuban cigars still have the romantic appeal they had in Hemingway's time. But while flying your private airplane into Cuba is not expressly forbidden, it's not easy…”
Cuba Headlines News – May 2009 / Read Article / Visit Website
Air Journey Working To Offer Fly-Yourself Trips From Florida To Cuba
“Flying to Cuba from southern Florida could be an appealing trip for a GA pilot -- it's only about 80 miles away, and the beach resorts and Cuban cigars still have the romantic appeal they had in Hemingway's time. But while flying your private airplane into Cuba is not expressly forbidden, it's not easy to do, and restrictions…”
EAA Chapter 889 Newsletter June 2009 – June 2009 / Read Article / Visit Website
Air Journey
Air Journey's Thierry Pouille
“Today, Jim Campbell talks international flying with Thierry Pouille of Air Journey, a company that's part tour guide, part aviation concierge.”
Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts – May 2007 / Listen Article / Visit Website
Iqaluit airport out of aviation gas
“The Iqaluit airport has run out of aviation gasoline, which means some adventure pilots may have to change their flight plans. Aviation gasoline, also known as av gas, is the type of fuel often used by private aircraft such as small propeller planes. Commercial airlines use jet fuel and therefore are not affected…”
CBC News – April 2010 / Read Article / View website
All The Way To South America, Escorted adventures make big intercontinental fights available to everyone
“Thierry Pouille and his wife, Sophie, left a two-decade career in the travel business to launch Air Journey, a company that specializes in arranging and escorting general aviation pilots on dream-of-a-lifetime group trips. Their portfolio of destinations includes just about any place that’s accessible by small general aviation airplanes, and many places that are only accessible by small airplanes. Pouille and his Beechcraft Baron lead pilots all over the Caribbean, Central and South America and even across the Atlantic via Greenland and Iceland to visit Europe. “The fun of it is that I’m always trying to figure out where we want to go next; where is it that’s even more beautiful, more exciting; where is it that nobody has discovered yet,” Pouille says with a contagious grin. This trip to Angel Falls is his first, and he’s busy…”
Plane and Pilot Magazine / Read Article / View website
Escorted Adventures - Taking full advantage of being a pilot in Central America
“Bob and Jill Blettner flew from Wisconsin down to Key West, Fla., in their Cessna Centurion to meet Thierry Pouille for the first time. Jimmy and Diane Jones came from Georgia in their C-206. Don and Arlene Stoppe flew their Seneca from New Hampshire. Philippe Harsch arrived from Paris, and Marc Cotte from Johannesburg, South Africa. All came for a single reason: to join in a fast-growing activity in general aviation—escorted adventures with Thierry Pouille and his company, Air Journey. In the first of what’s to become a preflight ritual of…”
Plane and Pilot Magazine / Read Article / View website
Treasure hunting in the Bahamas
“It was a Canadian pilot’s winter wish come true; leave the land of long johns and pre-heat and fly to subtropical islands accessible only by yacht or private airplane. The Bahamian government has been promoting its islands as destinations for recreation flyers for years. It’s working. More than 120,000 people visited the former British colonies last year in small aircraft. The experience is different enough to be an adventure yet is easily accessible. A special way to enjoy the Bahamas is to fly with a group of aircraft on a professionally organized island tour. In February my wife and I joined such a group organized by Air Journey, a Florida-based…”
Aviation Article – HappyLanding.com / Read Article / View Website
A Journey to Merida - The Gateway to the Mayan Culture
“While the PA46 is a wonderful business tool, the aircraft is also well-suited to transport pilots, family and friends to destinations and opportunities not otherwise accessible to ordinary holiday travelers. This new column is dedicated to bringing you a bit of international flavor, with specific recommendations on where to fly your Malibu, Mirage, JetProp…”
MOPA Article – Spring 2006 / Read Article / View Website
Concierge service to Antigua - Flight to Antigua in the Amazing Cessna 210
“Two things were immediately apparent: it was a long way and there was a lot of water to fly over. Careful planning was essential and information gathering began immediately. Discussion with Thierry Pouille at Air Journey was very helpful in planning and yielded a great overnight stop : TJBQ, Borinquen in Puerto Rico. His gracious assistance is much appreciated. During the previous week, unanswered phone calls and e-mails to Great Inagua (our planned fuel stop and the last "out-island" in the Bahamas) indicated it was definitely "not on the grid" so we nixed this stop on the outbound trip.”
Aviation Article / Read Article / View Website
Nine Caribbean Islands In 9 Days!
“One of my goals with my Pilatus has always been to explore the Caribbean islands with friends and family. With my oldest daughter Ashley now in college and starting to leave the nest, my father Donald (a private pilot) getting on in years, and a friend of mine, Bob Kelley, constantly saying “Let’s just do it!” We finally made it happen in late May. To make our planning easier, I called Thierry Pouille at Jupiter, Florida based Air Journey www.airjourney.com for assistance with our trip. Thierry and his wife Sophie own Air Journey and typically arrange group escorted tours for several planes at a time to various destinations around the world. To meet our set goals, and timeframe, we asked Thierry to put together a custom unescorted journey, just for us. I have a lot of international…”
POPA Magazine – Page 9 - 2007 / Read Article / View Website