Thursday, March 5, 2020 Rajab 10, 1441 AH Doha today 140 - 260 THE TEAM: The One More Orbit crew that completed a 48-hour Round-the-World flight over the North and South poles. OVER Milestone C STORY How One More Orbit mission team, Qatar Executive joined hands to set world circumnavigation speed record using a premier Qatari jet. P4-5 REVIEWS BOLLYWOOD Kelly Reichardt’s masterpiece Who would’ve thought I’d make explores untamed Western frontier. a fi lm based on a slap: Sinha Page 14 Page 15 2 GULF TIMES Thursday, March 5, 2020 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.36am Shorooq (sunrise) 5.54am Zuhr (noon) 11.47am Asr (afternoon) 3.09pm Maghreb (sunset) 5.39pm Isha (night) 7.09pm USEFUL NUMBERS The Invisible Man was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia CAST: Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody Emergency 999 DIRECTION: Leigh Whannell can see. Worldwide Emergency Number 112 SYNOPSIS: When Cecilia’s abusive former husband takes Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death THEATRES: Royal Plaza, Landmark, The Mall Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Humanitarian Services Offi ce (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, 40253369 Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 Qatar Airways 40253374 VFW local VFW post and an innocent teen against a deranged drug CAST: Stephen Lang, William Sadler, Fred Williamson dealer and his relentless army of punk mutants. DIRECTION: Joe Begos SYNOPSIS: A group of war veterans must defend their THEATRES: Landmark, The Mall te Unqu uo ot Q “Your e attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” – Zig Ziglar Community Editor For movie timings and Kamran Rehmat further details please scan e-mail: [email protected] the QR code above with your Telephone: 44466405 mobile phone camera or visit qatarcinemas.com Fax: 44350474 Thursday, March 5, 2020 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY Ballet Lessons information, 66053485, 33232490 or visit WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier www.SmedleyToastmasters.org WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 4pm – 8pm For more info e-mail at registration@ atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. Whiskers & Purrs WHERE: Tennis Courts, The Pearl-Qatar WHEN: March 7 Time: 1pm – 6pm A fun-fi lled event for the family which will promote responsible pet ownership. The objective is to raise community awareness MIA Park Bazaar 2020 Street Food is the ideal venue for a leisure about animal welfare and highlight the plight WHERE: MIA Park experience for the whole family off ering over of pets that have been abandoned by families. WHEN: Ongoing till April 25 20 dine-in options and 18-hole World Mini- TIME: 2pm — 8pm Golf setup. MIA Park Bazaar is a modern version of Katara Winter Festival & Bazaar the Old Souq tradition with vibrant mix of Hobby Classes WHERE: Katara Cultural Village around 120 stalls. You can browse and buy WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art WHEN: Ongoing till March 14 handicrafts, accessories, paintings, clothing, Centre TIME: 10am-10pm food, jewellery, photography and art. WHEN:Wednesday – Monday Katara has an indoor bazaar with more than Mamangam is an art and performance 200 stalls from 18 diff erent countries. You centre started with a vision of spreading can buy clothes, perfumes, bags, handicraft, our knowledge, interests and experience in footwear, other accessories and much more. various disciplines in arts across different The festival also has a vast playground for countries for children and adults. children. We offer regular classes in disciplines like traditional classical dance, art and craft, Public Speaking Classes for Adults Bollywood and hip-hop styles, Carnatic WHERE: Sharq Capital, C-Ring Road music, robotics, percussion instruments, WHEN:Ongoing till July 1 keyboard, yoga, zumba and martial arts TIME: 6:30pm – 9pm like Karate, Shaolin Kung Fu and Kalari. Get trained by experts to be a good speaker. For those who wish to register e-mail Smedley Toastmasters is conducting a at [email protected] or call on six-month speech-craft programme that 33897609/44723680 teaches new members to speak confi dently and develop leadership skills. For more Qatar National Robotics Challenge WHERE: Qatar National Library WHEN: March 31 TIME: 8am — 4pm Beach Holi Festival at Sealine The Qatar National Robotics Challenge is an advanced robotics competition in which WHERE: Sealine Beach students of Grade VIII-XI design, build, programme and operate robots to compete in a WHEN: March 13 head-to-head challenge. The programme is designed to encourage interest in science, TIME: 2pm onwards technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Get ready to escape the day full of fun and euphoria with vibrant colours, foot-stomping Bollywood music, delicious food and more!! And all this done On the beach and under sunny skies.Come brace yourselves for one of the most amazing Holi in Qatar. Metro Street Food WHERE: DECC Metro Station WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 12:30pm Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Thursday, March 5, 2020 COMMUNITY COVER STORY One More Orbit, one more glory The aircraft landed at Kennedy Space Centre on July 11, successfully setting the new world record of flying pole to pole in 46 hours, 39 minutes and 38 seconds, breaking the previous record time of 52 hours and 32 minutes, writes Mudassir Raja THING OF BEAUTY: The fastest ultra-long-range business jet in the world, the Gulfstream G650ER is capable of reaching Mach 0.925 and sustaining a comfortable Mach 0.90. Powered by two Rolls-Royce BR725 A1-12 Turbofans delivering 16,900 pounds of thrust, the extended range variant is capable of flying 7,500 nautical miles at up to 51,000ft. Thanks to the Qatar Airways network around the globe, we were able to prepare every fuel stop efficiently and swiftly, a major component in breaking the world speed records. We wrote history during that mission, something that will remain in the books for a long time — Ettore Rodaro, executive ‘ PILOTING TO GLORY: The pilots flying One More Orbit. vice-president, Qatar Executive ’ Thursday, March 5, 2020 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY hen one sees the map of the world, Qatar may seem geographically smaller but it is Wsecond to none when it comes to major international achievements and visionary steps. One More Orbit is the accomplishment that to a great extent owns its success to the visionary mindset that has already been driving Qatar to international repute and glory. The identically named documentary and the fl ight it recorded circumnavigating the Earth in record speed might not have been possible if Qatar Executive had not courageously off ered one of its premier jets for the journey. Marking the 50th anniversary of man’s landing on moon, the One More Orbit mission team and Qatar Executive joined hands last year for the world circumnavigation speed record using the Gulfstream G650ER plane. The documentary that was recently screened for a select gathering at Novo Cinema in Souq Waqif off ers real time CIRCUMNAVIGATION: The chart depicting the flight journey. excitement and the challenges that both the fl ight and the fi lm crew the International Space Station, faced during the world record fl ight. In addition to setting the new excelled himself directing the The QE Gulfstream G650ER pole-to-pole world speed documentary, while simultaneously departed Cape Canaveral on July participating in the record.” 9, 2019 at 9:32am to begin its record, Magdalena Starowicz, Terry said: “One More Orbit pole-to-pole mission. The onboard mission is so much more than just One More Orbit team comprised Qatar Executive’s flight a world record. It is an adventure Terry Virts, Nasa astronaut; unlike any other. Celebrating Hamish Harding, Action Aviation attendant during the mission, Apollo’s 50th and Magellan’s chairman; Jacob Obe Bech, Jeremy became the first woman in [Ferdinand Magellan, organiser of Ascough and Yevgen Vasylenko, the fi rst circumnavigation of the Qatar Executive pilots; Benjamin history to complete the polar Earth in 1519] 500th anniversaries, Reuger, Qatar Executive engineer; we did something that had never Magdalena Starowicz, fl ight circumnavigation of the earth been done before, with an amazing attendant; Jannicke Mikkelsen, live international crew. There has also streaming cinematographer, with never been a documentary made friends and families of the crew pole-to-pole world speed record, Canaveral, the home of Nasa. working with Inmarsat [a British like this done before and we hope completed the team. Magdalena Starowicz, Qatar The documentary was produced satellite telecommunications the viewers will laugh, feel the The mission was split into four Executive’s fl ight attendant during by Untitled and directed by Nasa company] and SD Com [a PR tension of crossing the South Pole sectors. The fi rst leg was from Nasa the mission, became the fi rst astronaut Terry Virts, one of and press agency, specialised in the Antarctic winter and be Shuttle landing facility in Florida woman in history to complete the team members on board the in in transport and logistics] to inspired.” in US to Astana in Kazakhstan. The the polar circumnavigation of the Gulfstream G650ER during the reposition satellites specifi cally for Ettore Rodaro, executive vice- second fl ight was from Astana to earth.