Looking at Vertigo Studios newest project the Vans RV8 prompted my to look for a site I found a few years ago. It was a couple who were planning a flight around the world in a Vans RV 7. Should be quite the real life adventure.
Here is there site
http://www.flight-around-the-world.org/index.html
Here is there route
Good luck to them. I wish I had that kind of finances that I could take off like that for 3 years but I got the feeling some of those places they are going will not be too friendly.
Still Cheers
Here is there site
http://www.flight-around-the-world.org/index.html
Here is there route
As you can see they are clearly not taking the fastest way around the world.After 4 year of preparation, we are planning a flight around the world in an experimental airplane: RV7.
The journey will take approximately 3 years, with crossing every longitude and latitude. Our starting point was Florida, USA on 31.March 2009 and the routes will be as follows:
USA - Bahamas – Dominican Republic – Guyana – Surinam – Brazil – Argentina – Antarctica with landing on the South Pole – back to Argentina - Chile – Peru – Ecuador – Panama - Costa Rica – Nicaragua – Belize – Mexico – USA – Canada - Greenland – Island - Europe - Turkey - Saudi Arabia - Oman - Pakistan - India - Maldives - Sri Lanka - Thailand - Indonesia - Australia - Tasmania - New Zealand - most of all South Pacific Islands - Borneo - Philippines - China - Japan - Alaska – Canada and back to USA.
A total of approximately 130.000 nautical miles or 240.000 kilometers. This means about 6 times around the world. Normally we sleep in our tent, but we would be incredibly happy to enjoy one or two nights in a comfortable bed with a nice hot shower!!!
Good luck to them. I wish I had that kind of finances that I could take off like that for 3 years but I got the feeling some of those places they are going will not be too friendly.
Still Cheers
