jay(at)horriblehyde.com
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 Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:58 am Post subject: Around the world again... |
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Hi there everyone,
A couple of years ago two mates of mine, Mike Blyth and James Pitman, flew from Johannesburg, South Africa to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA and then continued around the world back to SA. The flight was an epic and record breaking one involving two 20+hour crossings over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The flew around the world in 38 days in a light sport aircraft that they had designed and built, with the aim of selling these as kits or ready built aircraft. Their aircraft, called the Sling, is a 2 seater, low wing, all aluminium aircraft powered by a Rotax 912 engine which proved its reliability over the long over water stretches of the trip.
Two years later, and some 27 orders of aircraft later, they and their new business partner, Jean Dasonville, are now doing it all again; this time from west to east – but now in their new 4 seater, christened, ‘Silver Bullit’, which is an enlarged version of their 2 seater, comfortably seating 4. They took off from Johannesburg on Sunday, headed for Reunion Island, with their 450 litre tanks (the whole leading edges of each wing are fuel tanks) filled to the brim. They landed safely and will take off on their next leg tomorrow morning at 4am SA time- this time a 24 hour flight to Colombo, Sri Lanka. They had planned to stop off at the Maldives on the way but there is only 80 octane MOGAS available in the Maldives so they are going to try and push through.
Its an epic adventure; iced wings on the first night and now extended legs because of fuel availability….
If you would like to read more about it have a look at http://www.airplanefactory.co.za/sling4atw_news.asp
Jay Hyde
South Africa
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