There are three additional passengers on our flight besides the Stanford group. Sarah is an environmental engineer who is volunteering with TNC and will be looking at the marsh that was established many years ago to handle waste water treatment on Palmyra. She is going to be on the island for 3 months. Jarrett is coming out to train as the diving safety officer and boat captain. He will be flying back with us in two and a half weeks to return in the fall for a 3 month stint. The third person is Theran who is coming out just for the day. He is flying out to look at the WiFi internet set up. He will return in the fall to upgrade the system to provide an increased bandwidth.
I have to say the Gulf Stream jets I flew the previous trips we more spacious and luxurious than the Falcon50. Of course part of the issue is we are bringing LOTS of cargo and this plane probably has less cargo space. On my past flights all our gear fit in the cargo hold except maybe a few bags that were stored in the very large bathroom area. We only had our personal backpacks with us in the cabin of the Gulf Streams. On this flight we had a lot of gear in the plane's cabin as you can see from the photo below. Compare this to photos on the blog entries for my previous two trips.
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| Falcon50 with seven passengers + one empty seat and lots of gear |
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