Dear Friends,
Of the fifty-two weeks last year, more than two of them were cumulatively spent airborne covering 165,000 miles over 17 countries on five continents passing through 45 different airport. This page produced 374 posts, 29 videos, 3,033 photos and a potentially obscene number of tweets.
It is with that I say thank you for everything in 2010. I’ve said it before, but without all of you I’m just a guy talking to himself on the internet. Your unending passion for aviation fuels my own and never fails to inspire me to try and bring you a small slice of the commercial aerospace industry.
So with the two weeks airborne in 2010, I’m going to take the first two weeks of 2011 to stay on the ground. I’m going to be on vacation starting today, stepping away for a much needed breather. I’ll return to work on January 18.
Though no exciting destination is planned for this vacation, I intended to reintroduce myself to the city that I call home. I’ve been estranged from Washington, DC for far too long and being at home is exactly what I need. In fact, in my brief professional life I don’t believe I’ve ever taken off for this long.
I’ve had my vacations where I (try to) ignore the news and the happenings in aviation and social media, but those attempts at quitting cold turkey tend not to relax me at all. Yes, I know that makes me an addict. So, that being said, I won’t be far if you’d like to drop me a line.
I’m looking forward to spending the first two weeks of 2011 eating normally, sleeping normally, catching up on reading, movies and all that stuff. I’ll also be starting work on a new personal project that I’ll be sharing more information about as things unfold.
2011 will be the year of the CSeries, the A350 and the MRJ as they
see their first units moving into final assembly, setting the stage for
their 2012 first flights. 2011 will also be the year of the 787, and
perhaps its most challenging yet.
Again, just let me say thank you for another amazing year. This page turns four in March and it continues to challenge and surprise me in ways I never could have imagined.
With deepest gratitude,
Onward,
Jon Ostrower
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This post originally appeared at Flightglobal.com from 2007 to 2012.