Can you take public transit to Dusseldorf Airport?  Did you want to meet the Hackers on the Plane from all over North America AND get a cheap ride up to HAR?  Then you’re in luck!   We have extra spaces on the bus taking our HoaP crew from the airport to the campsite, and we want you to join us.  The bus departs on Thursday, 13 August at 08h and arrives at the campsite at 10h.  Head over to the HAR wiki for more details on how to get on Hackers on a Bus!

Most HoaP passengers have “E-Passports”, containing an RFID chip that can be cloned with low cost hardware.

Fortunately,  DIFRWear came to our rescue with RFID shielded passport wallets for all our passengers!  We’re very happy to have them as our first sponsor.

Of course, we wanted to do something even more special, so we customized them with the HoaP logo.

Using scrap acrylic and NYC Resistor’s laser cutter, and hydraulic press, we were able to get a few out before we had to catch our flight.  The remaining wallets for our HoaP 2.0 passengers are being worked on in NYC.  More results and pics to be posted soon!

Hackers on a Plane 2.0 and 1.6 are now officially sold out.  Thanks to everyone who helped this project work!

More info on t-shirts and itineraries after DefCon!

Since HAR2009 sold out, we’ve been fielding lots of requests for tickets.

Just tickets.  Without a corresponding flight, spot in the lodge, or any other part of the HoaP experience.

Just to clarify:  We have three tickets left for Hackers on a Plane. They naturally include admission to HAR.  We are holding on to these tickets for those who want to take part in Hackers on a Plane, namely those who live in North America or are otherwise willing to travel to New York to participate.

The organizers of HAR have made every effort to support Hackers on a Plane.  Quite simply, we would not be here were it not for their encouragement and support.  They arranged a permanent structure for those of us traveling from overseas, made  customized HoaP tickets and inspired us to build on the tradition we forged (and avoid the mistakes we made) at the Chaos Communications Camp in 2007.

To honor their efforts to bring North American hackers to Europe, we will hold these spaces out for those who want to travel to HAR from North America, with the other Hackers on the Plane on August 12.

If you can’t make it to HAR and have a ticket to sell, we will gladly connect you with one of the many potential buyers who have contacted us over the past few days.  If you want to buy a ticket, check out the unused tickets page at wiki.har2009.org!

If you still want on the plane, and hot showers during HAR, it’s going to cost you.

While they’re still available, tickets on HoaP 2.0 to Hacking at Random (12 – 19 August) are on sale for $2,009. Tickets to HoaP Phi (4 – 19 August in Vienna) are still available for $2,718.28.

First person to correctly guesses why $2,718.28 was picked as a price for HoaP Phi gets the first HoaP 2.0 t-shirt. (Leave your answer in the comments with a valid e-mail address.)

As we’re almost sold out, today is the last day to get your ticket for HoaP 2.0 at $1,337.00:

Hackers on a Plane 2.0: HAR Edition (August 12 – August 19, 2009)

• Round trip airfare from New York City (JFK) to Dusseldorf, Germany
• Transportation from Dusseldorf to Hacking at Random, this year’s Dutch hacker camp.
• Paid full admission to HAR, including a special limited edition admission ticket.
• Accommodations in an on-campsite lodge at HAR
  • Nights of August 13-16 in a permanent structure
  • Hot showers
  • Sheets and towels included

We have sold out all $1,618.03 tickets for HoaP 1.6.   If there is space available, we’ll put up information on potential last minute tickets once we get the best deal from our travel partners.

Matt Joyce and a cast of fellow resistors put together this little promo video for HoaP. NYCR founders Bre and George came up with the name and registered nycresistor.com while they were on HoaP 1.0! What wonderful things will the folk going on HoaP 2.0 start?

Thanks to Boing Boing’s Cory Doctorow, Emmanuel Goldstein from 2600, and everyone else who helped us get a mention on Boing Boing.  Here’s some text that BB quoted, from an e-mail Emmanuel sent out to the HOPE list:

Hackers on a Plane is one of those unique hacker events that defy all of the odds that the mainstream throws our way. What if a bunch of hackers got together and chartered space on a commercial airline, then journeyed throughout Europe to take part in various hacker conferences and see the emerging hacker spaces in several different countries? Not only is this very possible, but it’s all completely organized. It’s the perfect way to experience this summer’s hacker activities on a global scale and at an affordable price.

But we have a serious dilemma. Not all of the tickets have been sold, no doubt due to the lousy economy and other such mundane issues. As those people who refuse to let reality get in the way, the hacker community needs to come together and keep this project from falling short, a fate that would probably doom future such endeavors. So if you have any dream of being a part of Hackers on a Plane, or know others who might be interested, now is the time to step forward. We only have to sell around ten tickets for the expenses to be covered and this needs to be done by the 10th of this month to fulfill terms with the airline and all that fun stuff.

This is what you get. For a total cost of $1618.03, you get round trip airfare from New York City, accomodations while you’re away, admission to both PlumberCon and HAR, and a full tour of hacker spaces in Austria, Germany, and Holland. You leave New York the morning of August 4th and return the afternoon of August 18th.

European hackers throw a camp every two years.   Sometimes the Germans do it.   Sometimes the Dutch do it.

Back in 2007, a motley crew of 40 hackers from three continents attended Defcon 15, crashed the German camp, went back home and somehow launched the global hackerspaces movement.

Fast forward to December, 2008.   The next wave of Dutch hacker camp organizers approached the Johnny Appleseed of Hackerspaces, and made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.  Get a bunch of North American hackers, put them on a plane, and we’ll give them the on-campsite lodge so they don’t have to worry about camping logistics.

Hot showers?  Indoor plumbing? At a hacker camp?  Huh?

So we crunched the numbers.  Somehow, we made it work.  For $1,337.  The same price as last time.  Only this time, we don’t have to worry about camping.

And now, it’s your chance to jump on board the next episode of hacker history: HoaP 2.0.

But wait!  There’s more!

February 2009.  Nine hackers descend upon Nick Farr’s apartment for ShmooCon 2009.  One toilet fails to survive the onslaught.   Much Twittering and neighborliness later,  Plumbercon was born.

More numbers were crunched.  Somehow, for $1,618.03, a figure very close to the golden ratio, Hackers on a Plane Phi (~1.6) became a reality.

Wait, seriously?  Vienna, Germany, the Netherlands and a Hacker Camp for $1,618.03?  Really?

Yes.  We made it happen.

What will these 32 hackers do next time?  Find out for yourself.  Get on the plane!