Picto Diary - 03 May 2017 - Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone

Above: Image of interactive map on flight from Abu Dhabi to Dallas 03 May 2017.

Image shows location of the plane at the time I snapped the image.

As we fly over the Black Sea, I'm reading Clive Cussler's "Odessa Sea," a novel/thriller set in the western Black Sea area. Two years ago, TIMDT and Mwah (sic) sailed in the Black Sea and visited cities where action in the novel takes place: Varna, Bugros, Constanta, Sinop, and Istanbul. Three years ago, we motorcycled along the Black Sea coast, further East from the novel's setting, from Trabzon, Turkey to Bitumi, Georgia.

Above: Image of interactive map on flight from Abu Dhabi to Dallas 03 May 2017.

Aircraft is now over the Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone of the north Atlantic, just south of the tip of Greenland.

Following are five images I liked which were not included in previous diaries of this trip - Bangkok to Abu Dhabi, via Regent cruise liner, Seven Seas Voyager.

1. Incense burner sculpture. Muscat, Oman. (through ship window post rain)
2. Driving along Corniche. Dubai, UAE.
3. Vintage Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle. Mumbai, India.
4. Patrol Boat. Abu Dhabi Harbor.
5. Sheikh Al Zayed Mosque. Abu Dhabi, UAE

Addendum:


Pictures are terrific and information is very interesting ;did you happen to ask what brand Sweeper they used on the carpet-😎

Mr. Z3,
Ojai, CA


Yas. Not yaz.

TIMDT,
Park City, UT

While the aircraft on the cover appears to be an American B-29, it would actually be a Tupelov Tu-4 (given the story-line about a Russian nuclear bomber that crashed into the Black Sea in 1955). Soviet engineers examined B-29s that had force-landed near Vladivostok during WWII and reversed engineered them. So, they were Soviet-made bombers that were essentially copy-cats of the American B-29.

Rudy Jr.
Salt Lake City, UT


Glad for the tip on Cussler. I gave up on Patterson due to his writing style (or that of his co-authors). I really enjoy DeMille and you might add Daniel Silva and David Balducci to your list of authors.

Mickey,
Chicago, IL


Hi Steve -- I appreciate the book report, and I agree. I really like Cussler more when he did all the writing. Like reading the other authors you listed also. Have you read any Preston and Child books with the character Pentergast -- very original? We've enjoyed his a lot as well as John Sanford's "Prey" books. Just in case you have another long flight sometime. Your trip was fun to share. Thanks --

Cheryl,
Hatch, UT

2017 Miami Skyline. Building under construction will be highest building on east coast outside of NYC when completed.
Image sent by Mezzanine, a Miami resident since 1991. TIMDT and Mwah (sic) moved to Miami (our second move there) from NY area in 1991. Mezzanine on board search committee that hired me into American Savings of Florida.