| Year | Date | Carrier | Equip. | Route | Who travels why? and events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Aug. 13 (Sun.) | LH 0448 | A330-300 | Frankfurt (FRA) - St. Louis (STL) | Use MoX for STL to CoMO. James flies from FRA to Boston same day on an LH A340. Kayla flies on the same day from FRA to JFK on LH. |
| 2023 | Aug. 2 | LH435 | A340-600 | Chicago (ORD) - München (MUC) | Vacation in the German Alpen, Koster Ettal. Hiking the Klamm, Museum trip und Abendspaziergang. Drive to Freudenstadt on Sunday. Linsen & Spaetzle at Peter's. Ruhestein hiking und Fleischkaese dinner. Intersport Einkauf! Friedhof und Zwetschgenkuchen. Hornisgrinde and Familien-Dinner Hotel Gruener Wald. Cafe Bacher, Kuckucksuhr Einkauf, Kleider im Kaufhaus, Dinner Hotel Adler. Samstag ins Steigenberger at FRA. |
| 2023 | Aug. 2 (Wed.) | UA2075 | 737-Max8/9 | St. Louis (STL) - Chicago (ORD) | Family Trip to Germany. SIXT rental BMW M850i. James flies same day from Boston to MUN on A380. Kayla flies Saturday, 8/5 from JFK to Paris. Takes train on Monday, 8/7 from Paris to Karlsruhe and on to FDS. |
| 2022 | COVID-19 | ||||
| 2021 | COVID-19 | ||||
| 2020 | COVID-19 | ||||
| 2019 | July 15 (Mon.) | UA4765 | ERJ-145 | Chicago (ORD) - St. Louis (STL) | Take-off ORD: 7:35 pm. Arrival STL: 8:56 pm. |
| 2019 | July 15 (Mon.) | UA906 | 777-200 | Frankfurt (FRA) - Chicago (ORD) | Take-off FRA: 12:45 pm. Arrival ORD: 3:05 pm. |
| 2019 | July 14 (Sun.) | LH721 | 747-800 | Beijing (PEK, T3) - Frankfurt (FRA) | Take-off PEK: 10:30 am. Arrival FRA: 2:35 pm. Landed 40 minutes early. Spend the night at Holiday Inn Express Frankfurt Airport Hotel in Moerfelden-Walldorf. |
| 2019 | July 2 (Tue.) | CA1223 | 737-8 | Beijing (PEK, T3) - Xianyang (XIY, T2) | Take-off PEK: 12:20 pm. Arrival Xi'an (XIY): 2:30 pm. |
| 2019 | July 1 (Mon.) | LH720 | 747-800 | Frankfurt (FRA) - Beijing (PEK, T3) | Take-off FRA: 5:15 pm. Arrival PEK: 8:30 am (July 2, Tuesday). |
| 2019 | June 26 | UA907 | 777-200 | Chicago (ORD) - Frankfurt (FRA) | Take-off ORD: 6:20 pm. Arrival FRA: 9:45 am (Thu.). Train ride to FDS. |
| 2019 | June 26 (Wed.) | UA4724 | ERJ-145 | St. Louis (STL) - Chicago (ORD) | Take-off STL: 10:30 am. Arrival ORD: 1:20 pm. |
| 2018 | July 2 | UA4202 | ERJ-145 | Newark (EWR) - St. Louis (STL) | Take-off EWR: 4:20 pm. Arrival STL: 6:13 pm. |
| 2018 | July 2 | UA961 | 777-300 | Frankfurt (FRA) - Newark (EWR) | Take-off FRA: 11:20 am. Arrival EWR: 2:00 pm. |
| 2018 | July 1 (Sun.) | LH720 | A340 | Beijing (PEK, T3) - Frankfurt (FRA) | Take-off PEK: 10:30 am. Arrival FRA: 3:00 pm. Spend the night at IBIS Hotel Airport Frankfurt. |
| 2018 | June 10 (Sun.) | MU2108 | A321 | Beijing (PEK, T2) - Xi'an (T3) | Take-off PEK: 12:50 pm. Arrival Xi'an: 3:00 pm. |
| 2018 | June 9 (Sat.) | LH721 | A340 | Frankfurt (FRA) - Beijing (PEK) | Take-off FRA: 5:00 pm. Arrival PEK: 8:30 am (June 10, Sunday). |
| 2018 | June 1 (Fri.) | LH403 | 747-8 | Newark (EWR) - Frankfurt (FRA) | Take-off EWR: 6:00 pm. Arrival FRA: 7:30 am (Saturday). Get a Mercedes from SIXT. |
| 2018 | June 1 | UA4983 | ERJ-145 | St. Louis (STL) - Newark (EWR) | Take-off STL: 10:35 am. Arrival EWR: 2:11 pm. |
| 2017 | July 5 (Wed.) | LH9150 (UA906) - UA4201 | 777 - EM145 | Frankfurt - Chicago - St. Louis | Take-off FRA: 12:45 pm. Arrival ORD: 15:10 pm. Upgrade to UA Pioneer Business Class (very nice)! Planned UA4201: Take-off ORD: 4:25 pm. Arrival STL: 5:48 pm. Actual Flight UA4478: Take-off ORD: 5:52 pm. Arrival STL: 7:14 pm. MoX to CoMO from 8:30 - 10:30 pm. Super reception @Home!! |
| 2017 | June 25 (Sun.) | LH721 | A380 | Beijing - Frankfurt | Taxi to PEK. Take-off PEK (T3): 10:30 am. Arrival FRA: 2:45 pm. ICE and S-Bahn to FDS. Sommerfest July 1-2. Mom's 81st BD on July 3!! U21 wins European Championship (final against Spain). Germany wind Confed Cup (final against Chile). |
| 2017 | June 24 (Sat.) | China Eastern MU2107 | A321 | Xi'an - Beijing | Take Airport shuttle from Jiyuan International Hotel (25 RMB). Take-off Xi'an: 12:00 pm. Arrival PEK: 1:55 pm. Taxi to HI Deshengmen. Dinner with WHS. |
| 2017 | May 19 (Fri.) | China Eastern MU2108 | A321 | Beijing - Xi'an | Take-off PEK (T2): 12:50 pm. Arrival Xi'an (T3): 3:00 pm. Pickup by Dr. Zhang at 8 pm. Zheng He Hotel #401 Suite. |
| 2017 | May 17 (Wed.) | UA5681 - LH431 - LH720 | EMB 145 - 747-800 - A380 | St. Louis - Chicago - Frankfurt - Beijing | Drive to STL with Julia and Kayla. Take-off STL: 1.26 pm. Arrival ORD: 2.45 pm. Take-off ORD: 4:05 pm. Arrival FRA on Thursday, 5/18: 7:20 am. Take-off FRA (Z) on 5/18: 5:10 pm. Arrival PEK (T3) on Friday, 5/19: 8:30 am. |
| 2017 | Jan. 22 (Sun.) | LH402 & UA4202 | 747-800 & EMB 145 | Frankfurt - Newark - St. Louis | Train at 9 am to FRA. Sandwich. Takeoff at 1:30 pm; arrival at Newark at 4:20 pm. Catch United Express at 7:35 pm and arrive in St. Louis at 9:29 pm. FIT to CoMO, arrive about 11:30 pm. |
| 2017 | Jan. 18 (Wed.) | UA4355 & LH7602 | EMB 145 & 777 | St. Louis - Newark - Frankfurt | FIT to STL. EWR to FRA on LH7602 (operated by United); arrives Thursday at 9:15 am in FRA. Train to FDS via Mannheim and Karlsruhe; arrives FDS at 1:30 pm Thursday. Perfect weather. Dad's Trauerfeier on Friday, 1/19. Schwanen (1/19, 2x); Schlupfwinkel (1/20). |
| 2016 | July 21 (Thu.) | LH0432 & AA2201 | 747-8 & Super80 | Frankfurt - Chicago - St. Louis | Scheduled to leave FRA at 5:05 pm, left 2 hours late because of traffic over England. Great flight; super views of Southern Greenland, glaciers, icebergs. Everything delayed in Chicago; heavy thunderstorms. Flight to STL was scheduled for 9:30 pm or so and actually left at 3 am (!); flight through ligthning storm (twilight-zone like) and then along ligthning storm (nice from distance); arrival in STL at 4 am!! Taxi to Holiday Day Inn Airport West Earth City; sleep until 10 am. Catch MoX at 11:30 am at Lambert Field. Home by 2 pm. |
| 2016 | July 20 (W, 10:30 am) | LH721 & LH9252 (UA___) & LH9276 (____) | A380-800 & 777 & --- | Beijing - Frankfurt - Washington IAD - St. Louis (same day and about 22 hours later; W, 11:23 pm) | Got ripped off by cab drivers to terminals 2 (first) and terminal 3. Delayed for 7 hours in Beijing; two of these insight the plane. Heavy rains, two tires exchanged, electric problems on Nr. 1 engine. Flight was smooth and great. Connection to US missed. Lufthansa reserved and paid for night at InterCityHotel Franfurt Airport including diner at 23 pm and great breakfast. Productive Thursday morning in hotel; shuttle at 1 pm to airport. |
| 2016 | July 19 (Tuesday) | G88 | CRH | Xi'an - Beijing (ca. 1:30 pm - ca. 6 pm | Fast train to Beijing West. Pickup by Chi Zhan, taxi to Holiday Inn Dongzhimen; dinner at Beijing Market (Yunnan food, very excellent banana leaf fish). |
| 2016 | June 17 (F, 5:10 pm) | LH720 | A380-800 | Frankfurt - Beijing (S, 8:30 am) | Ueber Schwarzwaelder Hochstrasse (Regen, Nebel) nach Baden-Baden, durch Stau in Karlsruhe, dann Unfall Stau, nach FRA in vier Stunden; 20 liter @ 30 Euros, arrived shortly after 3 pm. Regenstart; smooth. |
| 2016 | June 13 (M, 1:35 pm) | LH8293 (UA6057) & LH9151 (UA907) | Embraer 175 & 777-200 | St. Louis - Chicago - Frankfurt (T, 9:45 am) | Get MoX at 9 am on Monday. -- Enterprise Corsa in FRA: Ueber Baden-Baden, Rote Laache, Forbach, Murgtal nach FDS for lunch at 2pm. Donnerstag: Nike Air, Kreissparkasse, Adler Essen. EM, Germany Polen 0:0. |
| 2015 | Dec. 21 (M, 1 pm) | LH9150 (= UA906) & LH8862 (= UA3351) | 777-200 & Embraer 145 | Frankfurt - Chicago - St. Louis (M, 9:58 pm) | Kiss Landing at O'Hare! Smooth flight to STL. Got MoX at 11:30 pm, home by 1:30 am. |
| 2015 | Dec. 16 (W, 11:10 pm) | LH797 | A380-800 | Hong Kong - Frankfurt (T, 5:30 am) | ICE to Karlsruhe, S-Bahn through Murgtal (slightly foggy) |
| 2015 | Dec. 10 (Th, 1:45 pm) | UA1638 & LH435 & LH730 | ERJ145 & A340-600 & A340-600 | St. Louis - Chicago - Muenchen - Hong Kong (Sa, 5:05 pm) | Flies over Southern Black Sea & Northern Caspy, HK Conference |
| 2015 | July 19 (Su, 4 pm) | UA850 & UA3519 | 747 & Embraer | Beijing - Chicago - St. Louis (Su, 4 pm) | Trains from Xiangtan to Wuhan, on to Xi'an, and later on to Beijing |
| 2015 | July 4 (Sa, 11:15 am | Xiamen Air MF8157 | 737-800 | Xiamen - Changsha | Pickup by XJ; drive to Xiangtan |
| 2015 | June 12 (Sa, 6:50 pm | Xiamen Air MF8106 | 787 | Beijing - Xiamen | Delayed one day; arrived one day late from O'Hare. |
| 2015 | June 12 (Fr, 9:50 am) | UA3367 & UA851 | RJ135 & 747 | St. Louis - Chicago - Beijing | Delayed one day; weather in Chicago delayed flight to O'Hare |
| 2014 | July 29 (Tu, 5 pm) | Lufthansa 9252 (UA) & 9276 (UA) | 777 & RJ145 | Frankfurt - Washington Dulles - St. Louis | Arrives at 10:58 pm in STL. Missed last leg due to luggage delay at Dulles. Spend night at Days Inn, Manassas, and took 8:05 am flight to STL, arrived 9:37 am. 11am MoX to CoMO. |
| 2014 | July 29 (Tu, 10:30 am) | Lufthansa 721 | A380-800 | Beijing - Frankfurt | Planned arrival at 2:45 pm in FRA; actual arrival ca. 4 pm. Left PEK over an hour late because of heavy rain in Shanghai & Nanjing. Delayed landing due to thunderstorm in FRA. |
| 2014 | May 21 (Wed) | Lufthansa 720 | A380-800 | Frankfurt - Beijing | Arrives Thursday 8:30 am. |
| 2014 | May 16 | UA3404 & UA964 | EMB & 767 |
St. Louis, Houston (IAH), Frankfurt | Left STL at 6:05 am, arrived in Houston 8:13am. Left Houston 6:05 pm, arrived FRA 11:35 am. Took until 6 pm to get to FDS. One missing ICE. Traffic accident in Karlsruhe delayed trip to FDS. Bayern : Dortmund = 2:0. Pokal. |
| 2014 | May 15 | Lufthansa 8793 (UA) & 9152 (UA) | CRJ-700 & 747 |
St. Louis, Chicago, Frankfurt | Bad weather in StL kept me overnight in St. Louis at Airport Plaza Inn. |
| 2013 | August 13 | United Airlines 888 & 345 | 747-400 A319 |
Beijing - San Francisco - St. Louis | |
| 2013 | July 16 | Lufthansa 720 | A380-800 | Frankfurt-Beijing | Second flight in A380! 57K. Arrives July 17. |
| 2013 | July 6 | Aer Lingus 656 | A320 | Dublin - Frankfurt | Nice. |
| 2013 | July 2 | Aer Lingus 651 | A320 | Frankfurt - Dublin | Mostly covered, rain in DUB. |
| 2013 | July 1 | Lufthansa 721 | A380-800 | Beijing - Frankfurt | First flight in A380! 70K. The wings are HUGE!! Last leg to fly around the world! Inner Mongolia, Novosibirsk, St. Petersburg. |
| 2013 | June 13 | United Airlines 3622 & 897 |
Canadair Reg. Jet 700 777-200 |
St. Louis - Washington Dulles - Beijing | North Pole Route. Totally Awesome! From Dulles, fly ca. 5.5 hours North, in NP Region flying EAST for ca. 2 hours (along the North shore of Greenland, top of Europe & Russia), then fly ca. 5.5 hours South-Southeast to Beijing. |
| 2012 | June 16 | United Airlines 850 & 3390 | 777-200ER & RJ145 |
Beijing, Chicago, St. Louis | Takeoff delayed >1h in Beijing (thunderstorms); missed connecting flight in Chicago; standby flight 3373 at 8:55pm delayed takeoff, altered route, arrived in STL after midnight (landing in lightning storm, exciting). |
| 2012 | May 20 | United Airlines 3669 & 897 | CARJ700 777-200ER |
St. Louis, Washington/Dulles, Beijing | Polar Route; Beijing: ICCAS and GUCAS; Wuhan: Talks. PEK - Wuhan Trip on Eastern China; 5/28/12, 8:20a, MU2460 (737); 6/2/12, 9am, MU2451 (737). |
| 2012 | Jan. 6 | United Airlines 131 & 3680 | 757 CR7 |
Paris, Washington/Dulles. St. Louis | Enormous headwind over Atlantic; <450 mph most of the time |
| 2011 | Dec. 15 | United Airlines 5148 & 152 | E70 757 |
StL, Newark, Stuttgart | Bumpy, quite stormy in Germany. Visit FDS & trip to Paris, France. |
| 2011 | June 15 | United Airlines 3629 & 851 | CRJ 700 747-400 |
StL, Chicago, Beijing | Smooth. Great vistas of Arctic Ocean North of Alaska, Siberia. Research & Teaching at GUCAS |
| 2011 | July 3 | United Airlines 888 & 492 | 747-400 Airbus 319 |
Beijing, San Francisco, StL | Nice |
| 2010 | June 11 | American Airlines | MD80 777 |
StL, Chicago, Beijing | Smooth, detours around TSs prior to PEK landing. 2 Talks & Teaching at GUCAS |
| 2010 | June 27 | American Airlines | 777 MD80 |
Beijing, Chicago, StL | Storm in Chicago, detours required but good landing, delays out of O'Hare, luggage one day late |
| 2009 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2008 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006 | April 6 | American Airlines | MD80 777 |
STL, Dallas, Frankfurt | Gudrun 35. Peter 50! Ostern. Talks in Erlangen & Manchester. Dalton Disc. 9. |
| 2006 | April 22 | American Airlines | A320 777 757 S80 |
Manchester, London, Chicago, STL | |
| 2005 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2004 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2003 | Nov. 6 | American Airlines | S80 767-300 |
STL, Chicago, Frankfurt | Paps is 70! Talk in Darmstadt. |
| 2003 | Nov. 12 | American Airlines | 767-300 S80 | FRA, Chicago, STL | My second most windy landing in Chicago ever! Delay to StL; missed limo, overnight at BW in StL. |
| 2003 | June 14 | American Airlines & SAS | MD80 A320 | STL, Newark, Copenhagen | IUT 2003 in Vaxjo, Sweden, Talks in Freiburg, Tuebingen and Wuerzburg |
| 2003 | July 2 | American Airlines | 777 MD80 | FRA, Dallas, STL | Lost luggage for 10 days on way to Sweden. |
| 2002 | July 17 | American Airlines | MD80 777 | STL, Dallas, FRA | with Julia, Kayla & Jamie Jamie Taufe, Klosters, WATOC'02 |
| 2002 | Aug. 10 | American Airlines | 767 MD80 | Zuerich, Dallas, STL | overnight in Dallas due to weather |
| 2001 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1999 | April 15 | - | ? 777 | STL, Chicago, FRA | Christian Konf., Frankfurt Lecture (4/16), meet Peter & Andrea on the flight Chicago to FRA |
| 1999 | April ? | - | 777 ? | FRA, Chicago, STL | - |
| 1998 | - | United Airlines | 727 777 | STL, Chicago, FRA | with Julia & Kayla Kayla Taufe (8/9), Konstanz Lecture (8/6) |
| 1998 | - | United Airlines | 777 727 | FRA, Chicago, STL | - |
| 1997 | July 3-4 | TWA122 JAL009 JAL565 | MD80 747-400 DC9 | STL, Chicago/O'Hare, Tokyo/Narita, Sapporo | JSPS Trip |
| 1997 | Aug. 2 | JAL010 TWA363 | 747-400 DC9 | Tokyo/Narita, Chicago/O'Hare, STL | - |
| 1996 | Dec. 7 | - | - | STL, NY Kennedy, FRA | C4 Bewerb. Braunschweig (12/8) |
| 1996 | - | - | - | FRA, NY Kennedy, STL | - |
| 1995 | Dec. ?? Dec. ?? |
- Nepal Airlines |
- A310 |
STL, London London, FRA |
8-Lecture Tour England, Germany, Switzerland |
| 1995 | - | - | - | FRA, NY Kennedy, STL | - |
| 1994 | May 4 | - | - 767 | STL, ??, Geneva, Muenchen | C4 Bewerb. Muenchen (5/6) |
| 1994 | - | - | 767 - | FRA, ??, STL | - |
| 1994 | Feb. 15 | - | - | STL, NY Kennedy ??, FRA | C3 Bewerb. Bonn, 3-Lecture Tour Germany |
| 1994 | Feb. ?? | - | - | FRA, NY Kennedy ??, STL | - |
| 1993 | May ?? | - | - | STL, NY Kennedy ??, FRA | with Julia 4-Lecture Tour Germany 5/17 - 6/9 |
| 1993 | June ?? | - | - | FRA, NY Kennedy ??, STL | - |
| 1993 | April ?? | - | - | STL, NY Kennedy ??, FRA | C3 Bewerb. Freiberg |
| 1993 | Feb ?? | - | - | FRA, NY Kennedy ??, STL | - |
| 1993 | Feb. ?? | - | - | STL, NY Kennedy ??, FRA | C3 Bewerb. Wuerzburg 2/5 |
| 1993 | Feb ?? | - | - | FRA, NY Kennedy ??, STL | - |
| 1992 | ?? | TWA ?? | - | STL, NY Kennedy ??, FRA | Toulouse Conference |
| 1992 | ?? | TWA ?? | - | Paris, NY Kennedy ??, STL | - |
| 1991 | - | - | - | - | Green Card Application |
| 1990 | - | - | - | - | Green Card Application |
| 1989 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1988 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1987 | - | - | - | NY Kennedy, FRA | with Julia, Christmas vacation in Freudenstadt |
| 1987 | - | - | - | FRA, NY Kennedy | - |
| 1986 | - | - | - | SFO, FRA | with Julia, 4-week summer vacation in Germany, Switzerland and Italy with Golf |
| 1986 | - | - | - | FRA, SFO | - |
| 1985 | - | British Caledonian, Northwest-Orient | - | Amsterdam, London London, Minneapolis, SFO |
continue PhD (return ticket not used) |
| 1985 | - | Northwest-Orient, British Caldonian | - | SFO, Minneapolis, London London, Amsterdam |
go home to Freudenstadt, camping at Bodensee |
| 1984 | - | British Caledonian, Northwest-Orient | - | Amsterdam, London London, Minneapolis, SFO |
Start PhD at Cal |
| 1983 | - | Lufthansa | - | SFO, FRA | with Jasmin, end of exchange studies |
| 1982 | - | Lufthansa | - | FRA, Kennedy, WDC WDC, SFO |
with Jasmin, Summer in Georgetown Exchange studies at UC Berkeley |