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kc2aqg
2010-02-18, 01:23 PM
So I've told some people (but not all) that for our MBA program, we are required to do a "mid-semester module". Some of these modules are travel modules where you go to another country and study business in that country for 10 days. Well, since my program is compressed into one year and we need global credits to graduate, it became sort of "mandatory study abroad". As such, one week from today, I'll be flying to Istanbul and onward!

The itinerary looks like so:
ATL-CDG (DL B767-300ER)
CDG-IST (AF A319)
IST-ADB (TK B737-800)
ADB-ESB (TK B737-400)
ESB-IST (TK A321)
IST-CAI (SU B737-800)
CAI-JFK (DL B767-300ER)
JFK-ATL (DL MD-88)

We'll be spending 10 days in Turkey flying between the three major cities of Istanbul, Izmir, and Ankara, and then after the academic portion of our trip is over, we will be flying to Cairo for 5 days to see the pyramids and tour around. This is definitely a trip I thought I would never be able to take in my lifetime, and to be able to do it with a big group of close friends just makes it all the more exciting. So I'll be away for a while starting next week, but I'll be back around mid-March.

This trip has a few aviation firsts for me too - first trips on Turkish Airlines and EgyptAir, first time on a 737-400 (look out for major videos from this trip!). Oh, and I forgot to mention that I am flying BizElite in both directions for the first time across the pond - SWEETNESS!

Iberia A340-600
2010-02-18, 01:50 PM
I think you will really enjoy Turkey. It is definitely one of the most gorgeous countries I have visited, with the best cuisine, and friendliest people.

Have a great trip!

MarkLawrence
2010-02-18, 04:00 PM
Sounds like an awesome trip Andy!!! Have fun!!!!

cancidas
2010-02-18, 08:03 PM
i'm insanely jealous of you! happy contrails!

kc2aqg
2010-03-25, 01:18 PM
Hey Guys-

Just an update, I am working on getting my pics up on a Flickr or Picasa kind of solution (my photobucket account kicked the bucket...) but I need to do watermarking & rights protection first, so look for those sometime next week. In the meantime, I thought I would share some of my aviation videos from the trip that have posted on my Youtube channel. Enjoy!

DAL166 ATL-JFK B767-300ER Departing ATL (OWX9ySh_dZo)
DAL166 ATL-JFK B767-300ER Landing JFK (sgu3KZiUp0o)
DAL72 JFK-IST B767-300ER Takeoff JFK w/deicing (BP1liqBCM4Q)
DAL72 JFK-IST B767-300ER Landing Istanbul (rPaDXDrkTMo)
THY324 IST-ADB A321 Departing Istanbul (9E3hoYrAJM8)
THY324 IST-ADB A321 Landing Izmir (2wwhCiCY8UA)
THY905 ADB-ESB B737-400 Departing Izmir (eG_akys42o8)
THY905 ADB-ESB B737-400 Landing Ankara (VizuLWSHBGk)
THY131 ESB-IST A321 Takeoff Ankara (iYu8KTYthGQ)
THY131 ESB-IST A321 Landing Istanbul (Sdeq6QuzTzo)
MSR736 IST-CAI B737-800 (Um1c-ZDZB8w)
DAL85 CAI-JFK B767-300ER (PbRaKW2c3Ow)