Mark Malkoff becomes Guinness World Record holder
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Congrats to friend of the blog Mark Malkoff, who just finished his one-month adventure living on an AirTran plane. Through his trips, he managed to snag the Guinness World Record of flights taken in a 30-day period – 134! That is so amazingly cool.
Not as cool as having his picture on the side of a plane, but darn close.
Mark has agreed to do an exclusive interview with us here at No Fact Zone. And we want YOUR help with the questions! Put any question you may have about Mark and his AirTran trip in the comments, and we’ll ask him as many as we can! And don’t forget to check out MarkonAirTran.com for videos, pictures, tweets, and blogs about his many different experiences during his trip.
And check out his final video, featuring his official exit from the plane, and his awarding of the world record!
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12 Comments
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:25 am
Wow!! A Guinness World Record! That’s so awesome! I can’t imagine spending 30 days straight on a plane, yikes. Go sleep in your bed, Mark!
Can’t help but notice he did the kissing-the-ground thing. Har har. Remind you of a certain Thunderbirds segment? :P
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July 3rd, 2009 at 11:43 am
Wow-weeeee, well done, Mark … best wishes to you with your feet on the ground! … DGG
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July 3rd, 2009 at 11:49 am
Congrats, Mark! It’s been a lot of fun following your adventures on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook for the last month! Hope you are finally over your fear of flying.
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July 3rd, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Well to go, Mark! Simply amazing.
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July 3rd, 2009 at 12:03 pm
How worried was he about swine flu? Could he have had worse timing?
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July 3rd, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Haha, my only question right now is, what do you do for an encore?
But what an incredible accomplishment! I’m so happy for him.
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July 3rd, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Wow! Congratulations Mark! What an accomplishment! Here’s a question: Was there any point during the journey that you felt your health was seriously at risk? Did you have a doctor on board? Before beginning this journey, did you have claustrophobia in addition to a fear of flying?
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July 3rd, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Did he have to deal with any particularly annoying people? Any screaming children or obnoxious folks wanting in on the excitement and pushing for attention? Did anyone give him a lot of crap over his project thinking it was stupid?
The photo on the plane is just way cool.
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July 3rd, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Wow that’s awesome! I can’t imagine myself “living on a plane” for that long. I already have a slight fear of airplanes.
My questions for Mark:
How did you end up with this gig? Did you approach AirTran with this idea and if so, how did the process go from coming up with the idea to everything materializing? Or did they come to you?
Did you ever get really air sick after so many takeoffs and touchdowns?
How was the airplane food? After this experience, will you be able to eat airplane food again?
It seems like recently, perhaps within the 30 days while you were on AirTran, there have been quite a few airplane accidents in the news. Were you aware of all these news stories or were you oblivious to them? If the former, did it affect you in any way, mentally/emotionally?
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July 3rd, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Holy Crap that is impressive! Well Done! :D
My question: How many people (if any) recognized you from The Colbert Report?
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July 4th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Congrats to you, Mark! I’m so happy you made it through the month safe and sound.
My questions for you:
What was the best thing to happen during your travels?
What was the worst thing?
At any point did you “hit the wall” and think you couldn’t finish?
BTW, I loved you in the seersucker suit. Really. It’s a good look on you. Also, fave video was the toilet paper one. But there were a lot of great moments. Nice job!
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July 5th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Congrats Mark! I followed your trip the whole time and loved the videos. You are awesome. Now questions:
Were you able to keep up with the news? (how long did it take you to find out Micheal Jackson died?)
Who was your favorite person to sit next to?
Did you watch the Colbert Report in Iraq on your computer?
Great job Mark!!
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