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Flightless Streak to End after 448 Days
May. 12th, 2021 08:01 amThe last time I entered an airport or boarded an airplane was 20 Feb 2020, coming home from a business trip in Las Vegas. Days after that business trips started getting canceled as companies took precautions against the emerging pandemic. Not long after that came the lockdowns. While flying was never totally banned (I have a colleague who's flown between San Francisco and Chicago twice a month the whole time) most of us realized it wasn't that safe and was a optional risk we could avoid.
Over the past 15 months I've wondered many times how long my flightless streak would last. At first I thought it might be less than 2 months. Ha! Within weeks I realized it would be at least 6 months, then 8, then 9 when Thanksgiving was canceled, then 10, 12, and so on.
Well, barring some kind of natural disaster, my flightless streak ends tomorrow. Hawk and I are flying to Spokane, Washington for a weekend of hiking in eastern Washington and the Idaho panhandlle. By the time we're wheels-up in a 737 I'll have spent 448 days, just one week shy of 15 months, on the ground.
Over the past 15 months I've wondered many times how long my flightless streak would last. At first I thought it might be less than 2 months. Ha! Within weeks I realized it would be at least 6 months, then 8, then 9 when Thanksgiving was canceled, then 10, 12, and so on.
Well, barring some kind of natural disaster, my flightless streak ends tomorrow. Hawk and I are flying to Spokane, Washington for a weekend of hiking in eastern Washington and the Idaho panhandlle. By the time we're wheels-up in a 737 I'll have spent 448 days, just one week shy of 15 months, on the ground.
