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Fall 2004 Whirled Tour
During October 2004, Matty Chopper attempted
the first helicopter world tour ever to be completed in less
than 3 weeks.
We chronicled our trip with photos and video to see it all click here.
Unfortunately, much of the trip shown below didn't happen. But we
did get to say hello to a bunch of people and had some fun.
South America
Join us as we
see the sights above Costa Rica, Brazil,
Argentina, the Galapagos Islands and More!!
We understand the South America is lovely this time of the year so w e
don't plan on missing a single country, mountain, or coastal
destination. We're especially
interested in seeing the Sao Palo
heliport which is one of
the largest helicopter destinations in the
world.
We are of course going to spend time in
Peru touring the ruins and Columbia working with the government to help
with the cocaine trafficking problems there. If we're lucky we'll
get actual live footage of major cartel employees as they fire their
automatic weapons at us!! Should be exhilarating.
Africa
 The
African Elephant has always been a symbol of strength for us.
We're hoping to see some of these wonderful animals. As you may
know, with mankind building more and more, the natural habitat for the
elephants has been dwindling. We've been in touch with the
Southern Tootsie Organization Managing People and Elephant Movement
(STOMP
EM) which is as you may know one of the key associations for elephant
rights. We are planning to help in
their annual event to draw attention to the elephant issues. We
will be participating in this years "Village Trot" event.
Each year a
small village is selected to be the "Trot Village" which is apparently
quite an honor. Then, volunteers release a wild herd of African
elephants that trample the village and destroy everything in their
way. Should be exciting.
China
One of the highlights of the
trip will be our visit to the Great wall of China. While we don't
actually have permission from the Chinese government to fly over the
great wall, we're confident that once we get there, the local Chinese
government will provide us  with
the warm reception that they're so famous for. Actually,
come to think of it, we
don't have permission to fly into anywhere in China so we may actually
get the opportunity to flim an actual in flight interception with some
representatives from the Chinese Airforce, all the more fun!!
While in China, we plan to seek out the origin
of Chinese chicken salad and those darn fortune cookies. More on
that as the story unfolds.
Itinerary
October 2 - Depart San Francisco for Las Vegas
October 3 - Depart Las Vegas East
October 4 - Mess around in the mountains
October 11 - Stop in Oklahoma to visit relatives.
October 15 - Depart Oklahoma complete trip through all of South and
North America
October 16th - Depart Greenland complete tour of Europe and Africa
October 17th - Depart Morocco Complete Tour of Australia, Asia, and
Alaska
October 18th - Depart Alaska for San Francisoco
October 19th - Arrive in San Francisco.
Note:
The above schedule is aggressive so some dates may slip. There is
also a strong possibility that we may need to abandon the remainder of
the trip after arriving in Oklahoma because we might have to go back to
work.
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