Fairbanks Alaska. Likely to be there for several days as the forecast is not too promising. Next stop Nome, then across the Bering Strait...

An overnight charge sees the little Darlin' cross the International Dateline via Nome and currently at Anadyr in Russia.

Motored on a bit via several stops in Russia, landed this morning at Sapporo on Hokkaido in Japan just as Australia beat Fiji at the local stadium. Some maintenance coming up next apparently.

. . . just in time to coincide with a few rugby matches [[i]and why not!] . . . as I remarked in an earlier post, it's simply a marvellous marketing wheeze . . . and very good luck to them but I've reached the point where I can hardly contain my indifference!

A flight of a rather more meritorious and foolhardy nature [[i]perhaps even heroic, IMHO] has just ended - and for charity, not wrist decorations
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-49786883

..... there is just one thread on this site with a measly TEN posts . . . shouldn't there be more! Praise where praise is due, etc etc

https://www.pprune.org/private-flyin...l#post10566265

It's amazing seeing it land in Japan. In Hanamaki now Girty will resume journey in mid October.

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Beautiful aeroplane but looks totally out of its element at a large international aerodrome. How do they keep the coolant temperature down with a long taxi like that. Also as much as I support these things they are a pain in the arse for ATC and Commercial traffic. Several times in the middle of the Pacific I have had to act as a relay for various singles plodding along at very low levels. Always have my admiration but they are very exposed if anything goes 'sudden twang'. Still life is all about risk. Good luck to them.

Website hasn't been updated for weeks: still showing Kelowna on 5th September as last stop and anything else as 'TBC'. It's up to them what they do I guess, but if anyone wanted to see the aircraft I imagine they wouldn't have a clue.

When was the last time a Spitfire landed in Japan?

About two weeks ago :)

I hope that they have done their homework regarding China. Their visual route has them; Japan-South Korea-China-Vietnam but their written route is; Japan-Taiwan-Hong Kong-Vietnam.

The Chinese government may not be receptive to the aircraft taking that route even though it has been used many times before by Trans-World small aircraft and the situation in Hong Kong is an ideal excuse.

Take a look at their Social Media Feeds on their website.

...if you do that stuff. Meanwhile......

Flew down to Nagoya today, get her out of the way of the typhoon that's threatening Japan.

Blimey, shifted on just a tiny bit - arrived in Da Nang from Hong Kong this morning!

Shifted a bit more - Nagpur. Via... er, several places.

Now just arrived at Pasni from Karachi. Presume the next leg, perhaps today, will be across the Gulf of Oman to Muscat.

Edit: nipped further along the coast to Gwador. Next stop Dubai?

Airborne again, heading out across the Gulf of Oman.

Edit: Just landed at Abu Dhabi. Over 500 miles that trip with a bit of a kink to avoid Iranian airspace...

After a night in Kuwait, G-IRTY is currently some 600 miles further west and heading towards Eilat which I reckon would be around 800 miles...

Edit: at Eilat, apparently a total of 720nm - longest leg by quite some way.

Edit 2: apologies, Aqaba! Should have looked at the map more closely!

Back in Europe - arrived at Heraklion yesterday and has just set off northwards - looks like they will island-hop their way up to Athens.

Getting close... I was planning to try to catch it at Amsterdam, but I wonder if I'll be able to. Mind you, they would be well advised to land somewhere else in The Netherlands, as the landing fee at EHAM is not very GA friendly. Then again, this particular Spitfire spent quite some time in the Aviodome there, so a return visit would be fitting.