Off to the Wild Blue Yonder

It's another wild trek to Japan starting at 5:30 a.m. on Friday, flock. Wish me luck. Wish that I don't lose my latest $200 pair of glasses, misplace my credit card or have to land the plane when the pilot eats some poisoned chickenorbeef. (I've been busy on my flight simulator, taking off from Dorval airport and aiming the plane into St. Joseph's Oratory, then buzzing downtown and clipping the Big O before turning around and landing on Runway 24L, in 747s, 707s, 737s, Phantom F4s, A380s and my favorite, the Concorde).

All you have to do is follow my progress. 5:30 a.m. at Dorval on Comair to Detroit. Detroit to Seattle. Seattle to Osaka (11 hours and 45 minutes!)

Two nights at the airport hotel. Back on Monday via Seattle and Minneapolis with the Tiny Tornado in tow.

We are going to rock the world of aviation (Tai-chan's almost as good as me on the flight simulator, and he's only nine!) and I can pretend to be an Air Marshall the whole way, staring down all swarthy-looking types in First Class who are nervously fingering their prayer beads while pretending to read "Oregon Fishing Almanac."

So keep checking in with Breaking News and follow my trail of mayhem and derring-do and I'll be sure to give you a full report, with pics, on my return.

Uh, on my projected return.

Here's one of our adventures from about 2005.