Around the world in a turbocharged ultralight

[jonas]

Hello Everyone,

This adventurous guy just started flying around the world in a Pipistrel Virus Equipped with a Rotax 914 turbo, and a modified fuel system carrying a total of 350 litres of fuel. Crossing the ocean to Antartica and back should be interesting.


you can track his progress from his blog and "Spidertracks" tracking website.

He is a professional photographer, so if you have any places you have been dreaming of flying to, he will most likely write about it and post photos on his blog as he flies overhead at 35,000 ft, and as he visits the many different villages and cities along the way.

http://www.worldgreenflight.com
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 5AqAvoi7u4[/youtube]

ROUTE:
Over more than 50 countries
Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Brazil, French Guiana, Surinam, Guiana, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico, Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Antarctic, French Polynesia, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Seychelles, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Congo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, Libya, Tunisia.


CONTINENTS HIGHEST MOUNTAINS
Mt. Blanc - 4810m (Europe)
Aconcagua - 6960m (S. America)
Mt. Kosciuszko - 2230m (Australia)
Mt. Everest - 8872m (Asia)
Kilimanjaro - 5895m (Africa)
OCEANS
South Atlantic 1670nm - 3100km
South Pacific 7720nm - 14300km
Indian Ocean 2860nm - 5300km


NATURAL RESOURCES
Flying over more than 120 National Parks and hundreds of natural monuments and resorts.
Flying over thousands of rivers and lakes
Flying over deserts of Africa, Australia and Antarctica
Flying over tropical rainforests of Brazil, Indonesia and Africa

[PanEuropean]

...he will most likely write about it and post photos on his blog as he flies overhead at 35,000 ft

Must be one helluva Rotax engine in that little thing.

Geez, I've got to ferry a Twin Otter over to Asia next week - I should have just given the guy a couple of hours of dual, the keys to it, and a fuel credit card, and let him do the job for me... ...but the service ceiling on the DHC-6 is only 25,000 feet, maybe that wouldn't be enough.

Michael

[bmc]

I would argue that the engine less of a problem compared to the wad of cash he may need to carry to pay off people upon entry into some of those countries. The Piestral is a great little airplane. I get the impression that Rotax has greatly improved their product over the past decade.

As for single engine over open water, my nads are too small.