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SUPPORT TEAM



The support team is responsible for whole Internet part of the project and for communications over satellite, GSM and other networks.Members of support team are proven individuals with experiences from many similar projects. Already well done projects like Dhaulagiri'99, Lhotse 2000 or Ski Everest 2000 in Himalaya gives guarantee that we will follow this project on most exciting way. 

To provide you with all daily informations before,during and after flight we will use different systems on the ground and in the air.It will be done with the help of Inmarsat M4 (D+) and Iridium satellite systems as well as GSM(GPRS) and POTS, ISDN systems on the ground.The level of redundancy is high enough to stay in touch with the pilot all the time.

Join us at most exciting flight around the world!

ANDREJ KMET
Although he prefers to "keep himself at the back", as he says, he will handle satellite communications, internet, filming... in short, a sort of jack-of-all-trades.
He took care of internet and satellite communications in expeditions like Dhaulagiri'99, Lhotse 2000 and Ski Everest 2000
Andrej Kmet is also the 2000 Winner of the Slovenian Viktor Media Award for special effects.

 

KREA - BOJAN MARAŽ


DEJAN MAUER
Web site and internet trace of the flight.

ROK MARIN
He is gliding instructor and PPL licensed pilot. His total flight time is 700 hours. He flies in Aeroclub Celje. At age 28 he is student of law on Ljubljana university and at the same time working in Slovenian Aeronautical Association (member of FAI). His part on this project are translations of en-route diaries and technical support.

 


IZTOK ŠALAMON
He is glider and CPL pilot with total of 800 flight hours. He is a member of Aeroclub Celje. At the same time he is owner of firm AIRNET. This firm provided CH 701 aircraft for this project. At age 26 he is student of civil aviation on University of mechanics in Ljubljana. His part on the project is technical support and spare parts logistics. During the flight he will take care on flight planning.

JAN ZORZ
Looking for a challenging Systems administration and research in a team of skilled Unix/Network Administrators with posibility of full research on integration of multimedia and Internet technologies.

R&D in area of Internet multimedia, streaming, extreme technical projects of live coverages on Internet, advisory and implementation of new technologies of delivering multimedia content over any kind of network...

Read his CV here.


MATJAZ KMET
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e is HAM radio operator since 1984. His part on project are HF communications.