1. Sam Chui is a Chinese-Australian aviation and travel vlogger, photographer, and author.
12 Facts About Sam Chui
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Sam Chui was born on 7 November 1980 in Beijing, China.
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In 1999, Sam Chui started a website, publishing photos of aircraft.
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Sam Chui is known for overhead pictures of Los Angeles International Airport captured from helicopters.
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In 2019, Sam Chui was invited onto a Boeing 747-SP private jet owned previously by the Qatari Royal Family and he flew from Hamilton, Canada, to Marana, Arizona as the only passenger.
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Sam Chui has logged over a million miles on 279 747 flights and has flown on every commercial variant of the 747 across 37 operators from around the world.
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Sam Chui has flown on 240 airlines and 180 aircraft types.
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Sam Chui has flown from New York to London on Concorde, landed on a glacier in New Zealand, visited Lukla in Nepal, and taken the longest non-stop flight from Singapore to Newark.
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Sam Chui was the sole passenger aboard the world's only privately owned Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
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Sam Chui received his Private Pilot License in the USA in July 2021.
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In 2022 it was reported by several Nepalese online media that Sam Chui was allowed into the cockpit by Nepal Airlines Chief Pilot Vijaya Lama during the flight to Kathmandu violating safety laws.
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In May 2023 Sam Chui was suspected of violating Taiwan's Aircraft Flight Operation Regulations due to photos and videos of him inside the flight deck on Starlux's inaugural flight from Taipei to Los Angeles.