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Spanish pilot plans around the world flight in RV-8
Saw this on General Aviation News. Might be old news to some but it will be fun to follow. Hopefully Michel Gordillo is a part of the VAF community and can give us the inside scoop on the preparation and execution.
http://generalaviationnews.com/2016/...light-in-rv-8/ |
If he parks up at S'n'F for 5 days to display his -8, that's going to ruin his speed, if the article is indeed accurate.
AIUI, on an FAI RTW run, the clock never stops. You go wheels up at LAX and head west, and it's running until you touch down again a week or so later. And C-1b isn't under 1500Kg, it is under 1,000Kg MTOW... EDIT: Just looked at his website, he as a belly-mounted drop tank fitted to his RV-8.....And it is jettisonable!! |
Where is Michel's website
KR,
I could not find Michel Gordillo's website. Could you point me in the right direction? Thanks! Steve |
Pretty cool. Actually his route will be pretty cold but I do not know how the route qualifies as a "around the world" flight. He barely gets into the Southern Hemisphere.
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Spanish pilot plans around the world flight in RV-8
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Funny comment on the effort - "Fight Climate Change" = burn fuel. I like it. I am looking forward to fighting it too. |
This is the trip
See this map on his website with the planned pole-to-pole trip
http://www.skypolaris.org/about/about-the-flight/ |
Where he's going this time....hopefully!
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Sheesh!
He has bigger cojones than I do.
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