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EAFerguson(at)aol.com
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 Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:35 am Post subject: Round the world trip |
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Buz stuck in a one line comment to me at the very end of his last posting on the build manual. I almost missed it, and some others probably did too. He ask about a possible round-the-world flight.
As it happens, I was looking at a recent round the world done in a Europa, so I had looked at the possibility. The challenges are daunting. Check out the Europa trip on www.Thomas.Schrerer.com
Alas, the 600+ NM overwater legs from Newfoundland or Labrador across the G-I-UK gap will be difficult with my 450 NM range (w/o reserve). I would need roughly a consistent 50K tailwind. Also, as Buz knows, VFR overwater at night is an ICAO no-no which adds another minor problem. Incidentally, I didn't know that there are (were) no private aircraft in Mongolia.
I think I'll pass for now.
Earl Ferguson
N17EF World Record Holder
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cdewey6969(at)yahoo.com
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:06 am Post subject: Round the world trip |
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Earl- The link is not wroking. Cd
--- EAFerguson(at)aol.com wrote:
| Quote: | Buz stuck in a one line comment to me at the very
end of his last posting on
the build manual. I almost missed it, and some
others probably did too. He ask
about a possible round-the-world flight.
As it happens, I was looking at a recent round the
world done in a Europa, so
I had looked at the possibility. The challenges are
daunting. Check out the
Europa trip on www.Thomas.Schrerer.com
Alas, the 600+ NM overwater legs from Newfoundland
or Labrador across the
G-I-UK gap will be difficult with my 450 NM range
(w/o reserve). I would need
roughly a consistent 50K tailwind. Also, as Buz
knows, VFR overwater at night is
an ICAO no-no which adds another minor problem.
Incidentally, I didn't know
that there are (were) no private aircraft in
Mongolia.
I think I'll pass for now.
Earl Ferguson
N17EF World Record Holder
**************
Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all
time on AOL Music.
(http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300000002548)
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:55 am Post subject: Round the world trip |
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Charles:
try http://www.thomas.scherer.com/
Jim!
On 2/4/08, Charles Dewey <cdewey6969(at)yahoo.com (cdewey6969(at)yahoo.com)> wrote: [quote]--> Lightning-List message posted by: Charles Dewey <cdewey6969(at)yahoo.com (cdewey6969(at)yahoo.com)>
Earl- The link is not wroking. Cd
--- EAFerguson(at)aol.com (EAFerguson(at)aol.com) wrote:
| Quote: | Buz stuck in a one line comment to me at the very
end of his last posting on
the build manual. I almost missed it, and some
> others probably did too. He ask
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| Quote: | about a possible round-the-world flight.
As it happens, I was looking at a recent round the
world done in a Europa, so
I had looked at the possibility. The challenges are
> daunting. Check out the
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| Quote: | Europa trip on www.Thomas.Schrerer.com
Alas, the 600+ NM overwater legs from Newfoundland
or Labrador across the
> G-I-UK gap will be difficult with my 450 NM range
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| Quote: | (w/o reserve). I would need
roughly a consistent 50K tailwind. Also, as Buz
knows, VFR overwater at night is
an ICAO no-no which adds another minor problem.
> Incidentally, I didn't know
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| Quote: | that there are (were) no private aircraft in
Mongolia.
I think I'll pass for now.
Earl Ferguson
N17EF World Record Holder
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dashvii(at)hotmail.com
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:19 pm Post subject: Round the world trip |
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If any of you guys (or gals) get ready to try an around the world trip give me a holler. The company that I work for has a couple round the globes going right now and one that will be coming out that will be a huge promotional for a new and well known aircraft. Overflights, landing permissions, real-time weather and flight following available. Probably would need a small aux fuel tank to make sure that you have enough fuel. Typically these types of flights are also shadowed by one or two other aircraft that have a wide range of radios so that help can be called for if needed. There's also all kinds of special rules and regs that you have to be aware of. Brian W.
P.S. you can always try a polar route instead of equitorial!
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Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 12:33:16 -0500
Subject: Round the world trip
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Buz stuck in a one line comment to me at the very end of his last posting on the build manual. I almost missed it, and some others probably did too. He ask about a possible round-the-world flight.
As it happens, I was looking at a recent round the world done in a Europa, so I had looked at the possibility. The challenges are daunting. Check out the Europa trip on www.Thomas.Schrerer.com
Alas, the 600+ NM overwater legs from Newfoundland or Labrador across the G-I-UK gap will be difficult with my 450 NM range (w/o reserve). I would need roughly a consistent 50K tailwind. Also, as Buz knows, VFR overwater at night is an ICAO no-no which adds another minor problem. Incidentally, I didn't know that there are (were) no private aircraft in Mongolia.
I think I'll pass for now.
Earl Ferguson
N17EF World Record Holder
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