V ultralahkem letalu Dynamic-WT9 smo preleteli 22 500 km v skoraj 100 urah.

Marko Lukić, Lumar IG d.o.o.

Boris je bil steber poletov okrog sveta, prijatelj, ki sem ga lahko vedno poklical, domoljub iz sosednje hrastniške doline, Slovenec z veliko začetnico, skratka človek, ki je vedno vse uredil s širokim nasmehom.

The results from measurement campaigns were presented in over 30 conference contributions globally. We will continue these activities in cooperation with scientists modeling regional and global emissions, their dispersion and their influence on the climate.

On Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 2.15PM, at the Grand Lecture Hall on the 1st floor at the Jožef Stefan Institute at Jamova 39 in Ljubljana.

Concluding of The GreenLight World Flight – Asia 2018 project

He is back home

Video from start to Zhengzhou

At 3PM we invite you to the Maribor airport for the reception of Matevž Lenarčič upon return from the scientific route through Asia.

Today`s flight to Ufa has been difficult. Clouds, frost, possible freezing...

We descended through the hole in the clouds south of the city of Omsk. The flight to the destination, over the great Ob River, was more relaxed, despite the turbulence.

Despite the predicted strong rain and low temperatures, we will try to get at least to Celjabinska and then the next day across the Urals in Ufo

At night, the front should cross over us and we hope for better and more appropriate flight conditions against Omsk.

Some great photos from the way

Tomorrow in the nighttime around 03:30 Slovene time (01:30 UTC) Matevž and Andrey are going to fly together towards Krasnoyarsk.

Flying over China is much more demanding than I expected.

The logistics and responsiveness of the Chinese was today really of the crucial meaning.

Beside the army, weather is making flying over China difficult

Matevz was forced to make unexpected landing at Taiyuan International Airport due to icing

Matevz`s visit of the Airshow in China is coming to the end and tomorrow he is going to depart towards north.

Guilin National Forest Park – Dongting Lake - Yangtze - Zhengzhou

The reception I received on the ground was huge and unexpected...

The days in Nanning were truly stressful...

Flying to central China went according to plans.

Today at 22:30 UTC or 00:30 Slovene time is Matevž going to continue the flight over China towards north to the city of Zhengzhou.

Tomorrow at 01:00 UTC or 03:00 Slovene time is Matevž going to continue the flight over China towards north to the city of Zhengzhou.

Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary (Bangladesh) - Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park (Myanmar) - Nam Ha Protected Area (Laos) – Nanning (China)

Some photos from the way

Keti Bounder South Wildlife Senctuary – Indus River - Bhopal – Sunderbans National Forest – Chittagong

The weather forecast for the route has been very bad, yet, while flying, came out it was not so bad as forecasted.

Tomorrow at 2:00 UTC Matevž will take off from Chittagong and continue flight through Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam to Nanning, China.

It can been tough, hot and uncertain, but also amazing and peaceful.

The flight over India has shown again that the ground sources exert influence high in the atmosphere.

The longest stage of the GLWF is now completed successfully.

Tomorrow at 00:00 UTC, at 2:00 AM Slovenian time, Matevž starts the longest stage in this year's mission.

Oman – Persian Gulf – Hingol National Park

The data from the second and third leg of the campaign flight shows interesting phenomena.

"Poor visibility was the only thing that left a bitter taste"

Today's stage went according to plan and met our expectations.

Short clip from the air above UAE. Click and drag for 360-Degree View.

From UAE over bay of Oman to Pakistan

Red Sea – Saudi Arabia - Medina – Al Ain (United Arab Emirates)

After drama with the weather the third stage of the journey is completed.

The new stage of GLWF ASIA 2018 starts at 3.30 UTC.

Anatolian Plateau - Cyprus – The Nile Delta - Hurghada (Egypt)

Today's stage began optimistically despite the changed plan.

Due to high mountains and prognosed bad weather with icing (freezing)‎ on the route above eastern Turkey towards Teheran Matevz has decided to change the second stage from the planned one.

Maribor – Serbia – Bulgaria – Turkey (Nevsehir)

Matevž Lenarčič successfully completed the first stage of the new ASIA 2018 mission.

Preparations for the new project are never easy. Checking flight plans, testing camera angles, ... And off we go to the take off destination.

Letalec in okoljski raziskovalec Matevž Lenarčič bo v ponedeljek, 9. aprila, ob 7.15 uri z mariborskega letališča poletel na novo raziskovalno misijo Green Light World Flight.

Everyone plans tasks in a different way. With that in mind, we were seriously planning and taking the time to prepare before the start of the project. All of the involved need to be aware who is doing what.

April 24 - April 28, 2018: The 10th Earthrounders Meeting will take place in Zhengzhou, Province of Henan, China, during the Zhengzhou annual AirShow.

Diploma of achievement, issued by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI), was awarded to the Slovenian pilot, Matevž Lenarčič.

Matevž Lenarčič bo 9. aprila zjutraj poletel z Mariborskega letališča proti Aziji na novo letalsko in okoljsko misijo Green Light World Flight.

Spoštovani predstavniki medijev. Slovenski letalec in raziskovalec podnebnih sprememb, Matevž Lenarčič se te dni pripravlja na novo etapo misije Green Light World Flight. Z ultralahkim letalom, s katerim je leta 2016 obletel svet, se bo že naslednji mesec podal na novo letalsko in okoljevarstveno avanturo nad Rusijo in Kitajsko. Na tej poti bo zbiral dragocene podatke o koncentracijah črnega ogljika, letel bo tudi nad kraji, kjer je ta hip vse prej kot mirno.

Flying in Western Europe is easy, but flying in Eastern Europe, Middle East or Asia, and especially country like China, where the entire national airspace is restricted and you need a clearance from the military for every take-off... you can’t imagine how much there will be paperwork involved.

This year one of the goals of the GLWF 2018 project is to look for evidence for one of the big environmental issues which significantly contributes to the accelerated pace of global warming...

It is very important that aircraft is in a serviceable and reliable condition. This is the reason our airplane is still in Slovakia at Aerospool company.

Black carbon pollution research - ASIA 2018; The GLWF 2018 mission will look for evidence for two big environmental issues which significantly contribute to the accelerated pace of global warming: enormous forest fires and transport of desert dust of Asia. Join the unique scientific aviation adventure and show the world you care about our planet.

Recently, we had a final consultation before the start of the GLWF ASIA 2018 project.

Capt. Audrey Deepika Maben is India’s first woman motorglider pilot and also India’s first woman microlight flying instructor. She will attempt to circumnavigate the earth with her 19 year old daughter Amy Mehta in Pipistrel Sinus motorglider. We are more than happy to support them with our knowledge and experiences flying long distance over remote places of the world. http://wefly.org.in/the-flock/

Although we haven't post a lot of news about 2018 GreenLight WorldFlight Black Carbon research mission we are working hard for more than 5 months now. Asia is big, divers with a lot of political problems. High mountains, cold seas, high winds, bad visibility, snow, rain, low clouds are problems whith which we have to deal every day.