Leave at Noon, Arrive after 3

Our return flight is scheduled to leave Warsaw at 12:10 p.m. local time and arrive in Chicago at 3:15 p.m. It looks like a short flight, but we're flying against the Earth's rotation. It's actually 10 hours 5 minutes if I did the math right.

It's flight LO0001 on a Boeing 767-300.

We've Arrived in Lviv

Here's a picture of Lviv International Airport I found on Wikipedia. It was taken four years ago, but the exterior still pretty much looks the same.

I flew into this airport last fall. While the terminal is physically impressive it's certainly not designed for the 21st Century.

They're in the process of expanding the airport with plans to triple its capacity from around 110,000 passengers a year in 2005 to 330,000 passengers a year when it's completed, according to Wikipedia.

Here's the satellite view of the terminal.


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Leaving the European Union for Ukraine

Our flight to Lviv, Ukraine is scheduled to take off from the airport in Warsaw at 11:25 a.m. (which will feel like 7:25 a.m. Illinois time) and land at 1:45 p.m. Ukraine time which is an hour ahead of Warsaw.

It should be a hour and 25 minute journey on flight LO765.


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On the Wings of a Prayer, or at least LOT

Our flight is scheduled to leave Chicago at 5:25 p.m. It's flight LO0002 (that's LO as in LOT and 0002 as numbers) on a Boeing 767-200.

We're using LOT Airlines, which is the national carrier of Poland and one of the oldest airlines in the world according to its Wikipedia entry.

The seats are arranged in a 2-3-2 configuration so each of us only has a 1 in 7 chance of getting the middle seat. (Oh, why do I think this will be my lucky day!). The flight itself is 9 hours 25 minutes which means we should arrive in Warsaw at 9:50 a.m. local time.

Use this map. I think it will work to view our progress. It's from Flightview.com. If it doesn't work, or if you want more details such as when we actually took off, to to the website and search for flight LO (airline code) 0002 (flight number).