damoski Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 If anyone's interested, a UK ultralight pilot is currently flying from Rufforth, UK to Sydney in his modified Quik 912s. Mods include a 135 fuel tank, and attachments for his wheelchair. http://www.soloflightglobal.com/ Live GPS track http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=06mEvoaRQpSkLGcIAKnq9WsAs8oR5030m Being from the UK, you occasionally hear of UK-to-Sydney trips. I wonder if there been many in the other direction? Damo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Crezzi Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 I've been tracking Dave's progress - its a brave effort & I wish him the best of luck. AFAIK Aus toUK hasn't been done in a trike. It would be quite a bit harder heading west as the winds would tend to be more against you Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Crezzi Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Are you perhaps thinking of Martin Bromage ? He was intending to fly from the UK to Aus in Jan last year but came down in the English Channel - http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/P&M%20Aviation%20QuikR,%20G-DALI%2011-2010.pdf Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damoski Posted May 8, 2011 Author Share Posted May 8, 2011 Western Greece now.. going well. Another long over-water; and he doesn't even have to, to transverse Europe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Crezzi Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 He'd better get used to flying over water - I was told by another trike pilot that one third of his trip from the UK to Aus was "feet wet". A lot of countries don't have much concept of uncontrolled VFR flight so you get routed via the airways albeit not at flight levels. Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechfx Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 The trip has been done two up a couple of times already in a trike including by a blind guy a couple of years ago. Solo would still be a major achievement though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracktop Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Solo, unaccompanied and from what I can see, without a lot of base support and a paraplegic as well. I believe it can take him up to an hr to get in or out of his trike. Balls of steel they say after some of his water crossings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damoski Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 Now in Cyprus, after a four-hour overwater flight, with a perfectly good land mass (Turkey) on his left side. Maybe they don't permit microlight, but still... wow! He's now heading towards a choice of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon or Israel. My money's on Israel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Crezzi Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 The "standard" route is (or used to be) another long water crossing to Egypt, then Saudi Arabia, the Gulf states and Pakistan. I think flights from Israel to its near neighbours are problematic. He's certainly chose an interesting time to be flying through that region but its always difficult & that parts of the fun/challenge ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damoski Posted May 15, 2011 Author Share Posted May 15, 2011 You're right, it's Egypt. And I assume he's forgotten to take the sat-GPS out of his pocket. Either that, or he's currently overflying central Cairo. BTW, recent news interview in Malta; interesting to see the wheelchair wheels mounted on the trike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Evan. Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 I look forward to seeing the doco! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damoski Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 Crossed Saudi and due to leave Oman shortly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deskpilot Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Bookmark this link and get daily updates on his progress. http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=06mEvoaRQpSkLGcIAKnq9WsAs8oR5030m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damoski Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 I do go and check it from time to time - well, most of the time I do it eagerly, but sometimes I get busy and leave it for a while. I suggested on the BMAA forums about Dave having some kind of push updates (RSS, Twitter, etc), but there doesn't seem to be anything. Anyway, he's flying through Mynamar / Burma. 4-5 hours' sleep a night, multiple transponder failures, landing a flexwing in 40kt gusts.. There'd better bloody well be a doco... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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