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A couple of days ago I read a report somewhere on the Internet about 2 British guys that crossed the Atlantic in their freshly built Velocity. I was so dumb not to bookmark this site, now I can't find it anymore. Anyone of you perhaps knows what I'm looking for? It was a trip made by two British guys out of a party of 4 who built the aircraft at the Service Center. Some of them were former airline pilots. It took them 5 days to fly to England, I think they did it round about 2005. I wanted to take another look at their routing, cause I might end up with the same mission... Who can help me out here?

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Hi Tom,

 

I've extensively run through that history but I can't seem to find it. Perhaps I bumped onto the Brits from a different location and this caused the site not to appear in the (extensive) history list. I've been browsing quite a lot lately because I'm considering to buy an aircraft. The options are countless: buy a (very old) 1977 C172 with a constant speed prop and 195 hp engine (advantage: Dutch licence on it, cabin space, reasonable cruise speed 130 kt, disadvantage: age), buy a brand new kit (advantage: I get to assemble my ideal configuration, can even put in a diesel engine that runs on Jet A-1 wich is cheaper in the Netherlands than AVGAS 100LL, disadvantage: very, very time consuming), buy a finished kit (advantage: it flies, it's relatively young, disadvantage: located in The States, means I need to get an American PPL and need to fly the machine to the Netherlands across the ocean or tear it apart and put it in a container, bring it to a harbour, put it on a boat, collect it at the harbour in Rotterdam and bring it to the airfield, etc, etc) So, to cut a long story short: I've been looking all over the internet to find info. During which period a tumbled across the British adventure. As it looks now, the most likely option is buying an American finished Velocity and fly it across myself. The Brits did it in 5 days (and were stuck due weather for 1 day), so it sounds doable. I wanted to have a closer look at their routing and now I can't find their story...

Thanks for your hint though!:cool:

 

Update: I've just checked the browse history on my desktop (normally I hardly ever use that one because I'm sort of attached to my laptop) and found the story again: http://www.debenlogic.co.uk/velocity/contact.htm and then scroll down a bit and, when your interested, you can read it yourself!

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Can't help you on the link, but there is a Velocity coming up for sale in South Africa soon :-) It's a nice one :-)

 

http://www.usda.co.za/

and

http://www.usda.co.za/gi_thumbgroupWEB.php4?00_African_Pilot_Best

Chap's name is Marco Schmidt.

I live in my own little world! but its OK, they know me here!

Chris Van Hoof, Johannesburg, South Africa operate from FASY (Baragwanath)

Cozy Mk IV, ZU-CZZ, IO-360 (200hp) 70x80 prop

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Thanks for the tip! As you can see in my edit in the post, I've found the link to the Brits and their Oddesey. South Africa - Netherlands is more convenient: practically the same time zone, no large water crossing. Distance slightly shorter. So, I'll keep an eye on that Velocity!

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Thanks for the tip! As you can see in my edit in the post, I've found the link to the Brits and their Oddesey. South Africa - Netherlands is more convenient: practically the same time zone, no large water crossing. Distance slightly shorter. So, I'll keep an eye on that Velocity!

Sorry for that stupid mistake: Johannesburg - Hilversum The Netherlands is of course a longer distance! It feels odd compaired to the routing I looked into (Plain View Texas, via Gandar, Greenland, Iceland, Schotland to Hilversum) the Routing Johannesburg - Lusaka - Dar Es Salaam - Nairobi - Adis Abeba - Al Khurtum - Aswan - Cairo - Eraklion - Rome - Hilversum is about 1050 NM longer! I know I'm taking a bit of a de-tour but I would like to avoid Congo and Rwanda. And I'm hoping things will turn for the better in Nairobi shortly.

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