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Old 06-08-2010, 06:02 PM
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Default Count me in for the Northern route.

I've enough family members in Scotland to put the group up for a few days
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Old 06-08-2010, 06:15 PM
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i sold my RV 7A to a person in Adelaide, Australia. Jon Johansen ferried it over the Pacific. I think his longest over water was about 13 hours, from the mainland to Hawaii. He was very well prepared. He is a very easy person to talk to and would likely help you with preparation. I can get you an email address for him if you wish.
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Old 06-08-2010, 06:29 PM
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i sold my RV 7A to a person in Adelaide, Australia. Jon Johansen ferried it over the Pacific. I think his longest over water was about 13 hours, from the mainland to Hawaii. He was very well prepared. He is a very easy person to talk to and would likely help you with preparation. I can get you an email address for him if you wish.
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Old 06-08-2010, 06:58 PM
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Default C-GOJU

Mike ? crossed the North Atlantic and back after he built his RV-7A (subsequently converted to an RV-7) about 6 or 7 years ago. He sold the airplane about three years ago (advertised here). When I spoke to him, I asked him why and he told me that he just wanted to do it. He crossed using the Blue Spuce route from CYYR (Goose Bay, NF) across the tip of Greenland to BIKF (Keflavik, Iceland) and then on into Scotland. Same route on the return. I do not know what kind of survival gear he took, but my personal opinion is that this is crazy. Even with a bulky survival suit, if you have to ditch into the North Atlantic you will be dead in a short period of time from hypothermia - unless you are lucky enough to put it down right next to a ship. Even then, upside down first, and then what? fwiw

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Old 06-08-2010, 08:34 PM
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Default along those lines...but farther south...and less wet...

...my RV9 ought to be finished in summer...i have a hankering to take it to panama and back sometime before i am too old. anyone else interested in that particular jaunt? more airplanes make for more safe AND more fun! don olandese, south texas
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Old 06-08-2010, 08:56 PM
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Keep me in mind too... Flying across the Atlantic has always been in the back of my mind.
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Old 06-09-2010, 08:47 AM
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Sometime around 2013?


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...my RV9 ought to be finished in summer...i have a hankering to take it to panama and back sometime before i am too old. anyone else interested in that particular jaunt? more airplanes make for more safe AND more fun! don olandese, south texas
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Old 06-09-2010, 12:47 PM
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This guy did. Don't think that's what you have in mind, though.
http://www.southpolestation.com/news/rv4/rv4.html

Also, somewhere out there on the web is a photo of his GPS displaying a fraction of a degree shy of 90 degrees south latitude (89.something degrees south) .
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Old 06-09-2010, 07:55 PM
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Old 06-09-2010, 09:07 PM
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Roll inverted and ditch upside down so when it flips you are right side up!
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