I talked to Ed and he stated the men are excited and have met many in Nagpur, spreading the word about their mission for research and the cure for Alzheimer’s. I see the donations so far are up to $14, 000 so we are doing great but must keep on promoting to get to out goal. We are a third of the way there! Tell you family and friends about our mission, and thanks for your support.
Steve Pellettiere

I loved the pictures listed above, shows you what it looks like when you build in the desert and the Arabian Peninsula countries are best at it.
A little history of the UAE…The UAE’s rich history is rooted in trade and tied to Islam, which came to the region in 630 C.E. The Emirates’ location between Europe and the Far East attracted merchants from India and China and was prized by Europeans, particularly the Portuguese, Dutch and British.

Ed told me of 2 and a half hours of clear moderate turbulence during the flight from Crete to Abu Dhabi. Turbulence did not show up on the weather prog charts for low level flight there so I did some more digging. I found out that frequent CAT (Clear Air Turbulence) is common over desert areas from 2000 to 10000 feet except up to 20000 feet in the fall winter and spring. All due probably to the hot dry sand and desert soils radiating daytime heat back into a dry atmosphere causing Thermals as part of the nighttime cooling process.

On this leg there is brief dessert areas then the Arabian Sea… A waning Gibbous moon will illuminate there trip aloft as they cross the water.
Over India, the monsoons are receding south as is typical in October. The men will be on the dividing line of hefty storms to the south and almost clear to the north… Arrival in Nagpur should be at about 8-9pm eastern Thursday October 13. We’ll look forward to their report after resting up Friday the 14th.
SPsr