Trip Stats

So here are the grand totals:

Travel

I spent 23 hours and 52 minutes on 9 flights and covered 8565 miles in that time for an average speed of around 360 miles per hour.

I visited 10 cities (Long Beach, Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland, Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, Washington DC, New York City and Brooklyn) and marked 13 pillows with pomade. I caught up with countless friends and made a number of new ones along the way.

Photography

I took 5800 photos for an average of 187 photos a day. 2165 of those come from the 2 burlesque shows I had the pleasure of shooting.

Camera breakdown:

  • Canon PowerShot G10: 611
  • Sony Alpha 700: 4782
  • iPhone 3GS: 316

I got a lot more out of my iPhone than the numbers would indicate. I enjoyed shooting little things along the way and the iPhone was always the camera on hand. I didn’t enjoy the G10 as much. It was good for in the plane shots and self portraits, but I didn’t get much out of it otherwise.

City Breakdown:

  • Long Beach: 195
  • Seattle: 539
  • San Francisco: 1755 (918 at Hubba Hubba Revue)
  • Chicago: 834
  • Boston: 241
  • Baltimore: 96
  • Washington DC: 255
  • New York: 1885 (1262 at NY Burlesque Fest)

Next step is going through all my photos and publishing the best. I’ll also be telling tales from the adventure as I remember them. I had a great time and couldn’t have done it without help from my friends, family and sponsors, both here and around the country. Thanks everyone!

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Nathan Black, October 18th 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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Flight Log 9 – JFK to AUS

The World from on High
JFK to AUS

4 hours 3 minutes
1519 miles
Seat 6A

This is it! Headed home! Every time they mention the air time for the flight it gets shorter. We are now down to a 3 hours 40 minute flight and we haven’t even left the ground. Oh, now we are paused at the gate while they do some maintenance. They are going to be speeding, I’m sure of it. It has been a great journey, but I’m looking forward to being home finally.

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Nathan Black, October 8th 2009 | Tags: , , ,
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Flight Log 8 – IAD to JFK

Gate Number 1 at T5
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1 hour 10 minutes
227 miles
Seat 3D

I got up early and took a cab out to Dulles since I had heard horror stories about long security lines and extra security measures. For me it was not so bad. I got patted down before I got on the plane, but otherwise I guess I got there early enough that the lines were fine. The airport was kind of crazy huge tho.

This was also my first time visiting the famous Terminal 5 (or T5 as the jetBlue folks like to call it) in JFK. It was really nice. Beautiful terminal, great restaurants. Honestly one of the few airport experiences that actually feels at all different from every other big airport. Leave it to jetBlue to create a better experience on the ground as well as in the air.

I decided to loiter in the airport until the #aycj party got kicked off. Met a ton of fellow jetters that I had only known through their twitter tags, including (but not limited to): @redelvis, @mhjohnston, @royaldrama, @girlonferry, @McCallYouCanJet, @aaronpk, @JohnRDowdy (again… are you following me?), and @AllYouCanJetNow. It was a great time and really cool meeting all these different people on this crazy deal and seeing all the adventures they are getting into.

Had a great time and then off to meet up with my friend in NYC and then off to the New York Burlesque Festival to see my friend Sparkly Devil perform!

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Nathan Black, October 5th 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
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T-7 Days Makes One Week

My first flight leaves Austin exactly a week from today!

Nathan Black - 30 Days in the Air

My room mate and painter-about-town Michael Schliefke just finished designing business cards for the project. I’ve got them on order and hopefully they will get here before I leave. Wish me luck

I am getting really stoked about the whole trip. Added to the trip plans are burlesque shows in San Francisco (the Hubba Hubba Review) and New York City (the New York Burlesque Festival). Can’t beat that shimmy shake. Especially when my pal Sparkly Devil is going to be shakin’ it in events!

To tide you over, check out some of my shots from Murder and the Art of Dance, a recent burlesque show here in Austin. Click on the photos to see the whole set!

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Nathan Black, September 1st 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
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The itinerary is mostly done

The ItineraryWhoop!

Looks great guys. I’ve got the itinerary nailed. Got the flights booked. A very nice lady named Sharon helped me out over the phone. Everyone at JetBlue has been really awesome and excited about people travelling. Sharon said that most of the people she has helped book have been consumer fliers like myself instead of business folk. I can’t wait to meet fellow fliers in the air. Should be a great trip.

Here is the itinerary as it currently stands:

Sept 8 – 9 Long Beach, CA
Sept 9 – 13 Seattle, WA
Sept 13 – 19 San Francisco, CA
Sept 19 – 23 Chicago, IL
Sept 23 – 27 Boston, MA
Sept 27 – Oct 2 Baltimore & DC
Oct 2 – 8 New York City, NY
Oct 8 – ? Austin, TX

I haven’t quite nailed down the Baltimore and DC sections of the flight plan, but everything esle I’ve got dialed in. Can’t wait to see everyone!

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Nathan Black, August 19th 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , ,
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