Just a quick note to say we arrived Easter Island (SCIP) uneventfully yesterday. Although one of the most logistically challenging legs of the trip, everything went almost perfectly. Weather and winds were great and the all important refueling at Robinson Crusoe Island (SCIR) worked as planned. Josh worked very diligently to get fuel shipped in barrels to Robinson Crusoe and it all worked well. The long flight to Easter Island (about eight hours) from Robinson Crusoe went just about exactly as planned taking just a few minutes longer than the flight plan with beautiful weather and smooth air the whole way. Landed with more than 2.5 hours of reserve fuel. Many thanks to friend Giuseppe for acting as dispatcher for the flight by sending us regular wind forecast and weather updates via our satellite messaging service.
Internet on Easter Island is very slow, so I will post a more complete update with all the gory aviation details and photos when we get to faster internet.
Next flight is from Easter Island to Tahiti scheduled for next Monday (Dec 3).
Just one photo...refueling at Robinson Crusoe:
