The picture that said it all !
Ken Amer sent us this photo within a few hours of Brian's arrival in Orkney.

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The Book - Global Flyer
Entitled "Global Flyer" and packed with incredible stories the book is published by Mainstream (ISBN 1-84018-129-X) and was launched on 23rd November 1998.  Price is £16.99 (UK). You should be able to obtain a copy by ordering it from your local bookstore  (quote the ISBN reference above).

Or order online from Amazon UK

Alternatively Brian has offered to send out signed copies by mail order! If you would like your very own signed copy (with personal message!) please email Brian with your full postal address and he'll let you know how to order.
Email your book order to Brian here!

Dont miss the review - by Nick Bowles of Nick's Micro Pages

Press Release 21 Nov 1998

The Film
The documentary film is being produced by the BBC and will be transmitted as a 4 or 6 part series on BBC2 in 1999. It is hoped that world-wide distribution will follow. Brian is also considering the production of a retail video - watch these pages for more information!

If you have any photographs of Brian we want to hear from you!
PHOTO GALLERY

We have preserved the Progress Page as it was at midnight on 21st July 1998, the day that Brian made his triumphant return to London.
PROGRESS PAGE

See who joined Brian for the final push! I hope to update this page with details of more flyers soon. 
THE FLIGHT OF HONOUR

If you have met Brian or Keith anywhere on this incredible flight
I would like to add your story - please email me details with
dates, times and a few comments:
phutchinson@stargate-uk.co.uk
(we would be particularly interested in hearing from that MIG pilot in Syria!!)

Thanks for all the hard work - the flight could not exist without you...
THE SUPPORT TEAM

I am now compiling a list of related sites - microlights, ultralights, expeditions etc
LINKS PAGE

This site was thrown together at very short notice to try to give Brian Milton the welcome back he deserved following his incredible FIRST Round the World Flight by microlight.

Our aim was to give as much information as possible so that fellow UK flyers and any other well-wishers had  the opportunity to meet up with Brian as he makes his way home to London on the final leg of this Epic Flight.

So did it work?

As in any adventure, it wouldn't have been as fun if everything had worked out as planned! From the moment Brian arrived in Orkney, John Hunt's carefully worked out schedule went right out of the window! All due to the horrendous British summer weather. High winds and low clouds turned the "gentle jaunt" to London into a major expedition on its own!

The route seemed to change almost as fast as I could type the words in! In the end Brian was forced to fly down the East side of the UK missing out Carlisle, Liverpool and Shobdon, leaving many flyers no doubt very disappointed at being unable to join in the final push - people like Phil Morton, who sat in a caravan for four days at Graham Hobson's field in Lancashire, hoping to meet our hero.  But flyers understand these things only too well and we didn't get a single complaint (as yet)!

Amidst the disappointments, the new route provided an unexpected bonus for some - Kevin Armstrong of Yorkshire, for instance, who called me for information. He just could not conceal his excitement when I told him the new route. I called him back a few minutes later with the latest ETA and his wife told me he was already airborne and heading for Bagby!

My second highlight of the day occurred when Hang Gliding Champion Judy Leden (The first highlight was Judy ) called me from Bagby and handed the phone to the Great Man himself. As I have never spoken to Brian before, this was a total shock and I blurted out something totally useless, like "how are you....".

After an overnight stop at Netherthorpe, the flight moved south to White Waltham to prepare for the final hop to Brooklands. Work commitments had kept me away from the keyboard for most of the day, but I managed get on-line about thirty minutes before ETA. I had asked the team to ring me when Brian was on approach, knowing that they would be much too busy!  Then without warning Sky News switched to live TV coverage from Brooklands! I managed to get one message on the Flying Talk page as Brian made his flypast and then a second at the actual time of touchdown.

So what about that touch down! For those of you that haven't seen the TV footage, Brian has described it as "one of his top five hairy landings". Blustery crosswinds had him fighting all the way down. In fact one of the eight escorting microlight was blown over.  With willing helpers clinging to the wires, Brian and the Flyer were coaxed gently to the waiting mass media reception and hugs from his daughter Jade!

TV News reports covered the story throughout the evening, including his arrival at London's Reform Club. The next morning Brian gave a long interview on Sky News Sunrise program.