You’re my new hero! I’ve just completed my 13 year RV-9A build. Just yesterday had my first solo flight. What an inspiration, I hope to experience 1% of your adventures. Blue Skies
Sir, Let me first say congratulations on an incredible journey… The way you captured your experience and then shared it with the the rest of the world… you hit it Out Of The Park my friend!!!! I fly “Big Airplanes” for a living in one of those big White/Brown Cargo airplanes that could be seen on the Oshkosh ramp, and I have seen pretty much all the places you went to, however, I have seen it from 30,000+ feet, not 100 feet… :) I recently decided to get back in to flying small airplanes again and found a Great RV-8. (that I’m still trying to figure out how to land ) The experience you depicted in your videos should be a Huge inspiration to “Gas It Up, Crank It Up, and Go See The World”… it sure was for me. Again, sincerely, Thank You for sharing this incredible experience with the rest of us. Coba
I too was flying Cargo planes some time ago - and this is a cool way making money for living. Even flying at the weirdest times of the days is so cool, not worrying ( like the Pax guys do) about the bags, lunch, connections and whatever is a real plus. So I too saw most of the places from high above but seeing them from a lower altitude is one more great experience. Your RV-8 is a great sightseeing plane and it can do so many things so good. When you´re enjoying the landings then you figured out how to land it....
Hermann thanks for visiting Experimental Days last weekend. I just realize that I helped you park at OSH 2019. The guy you are talking with after parking is Dan. You can briefly see me at 2:18 next to him in the Gator. Funny :-)
Very cool - small world. The fly-in at Sanicole last weekend was great, perfect weather and great people there. When can we registrate for the next one??
Wow. What an incredible adventure! The flying over Greenland was amazing!!! Wish I could have talked to you about your trip and saw your RV-8 in person, I flew there in the black T-38 parked in Boeing Plaza.
Very impressive!! I enjoyed watching your progress on the RV discussion board. Was camped just south of you at Oshkosh, but just didn't connect that the -8 with the German registry was you!
Amazing and extraordinary! Absolutely inspiring and a living dream. Do you mind sharing a copy of your flightplan? Looking forward to do this from South Africa via Europe. Thanks.
I flew from home base to Calais/France - Wick/Scotland - Reykjavik/Iceland - Kulusuk/Greenland - Kangerlussuaq/Greenland - Iqualit/Canada - Sept-Illes. Crossed the US border at Sault Ste Marie. You can see my route on the first video to Greenland. To many destinations in the US to note here.
Time and effort - hard to specify! Did some preplanning about 8 months prior the flight and I really pushed it 5 months prior the planned departure. A few days to prepare the airplane - foam into the wings, install oxygen bottle, temporary Nav receiver and just looking over everything. Reading about cold water immersion or accidents, planning for the worst and applying for the overflight permits took some time I can´t specify. Flight planning itself was not really that time consuming, more so studying the weather over the Atlantic, especially the winds (also surface winds), temperatures and also water temps were of special interest to me. Of course getting a general idea of how SAR works was of interest as well as fuel availability at the airports on the way. All in all some serious investment of time to get ready.
@@skyrunner1818 Nice work there. You are a brave man flying SE over water in that remote area, I would never take my RV8 into that inhospitable terrain but we each have our limits:-) Enjoyed the vid, thanks:-)
I cannot tell you how many times I have watched the videos of your trip to the states, just amazing! Do you have an online record of your build or a list of any modifications done for the long distance trip? Safe travels!
Sorry, don´t have an online build blog. I had a 10 Gal aux fuel tank in the rear baggage hold, foam in the wings to keep the airplane afloat just in case and an additional NAV receiver for instrument approaches. Otherwise just the usual and required emergency equipment for the route flown.
@@skyrunner1818 Thank you for the information. If I may, how long was your build and was your kit a quick build or not? A friend just took 6.5yrs to build an RV 9A so I am worried about the time needed for a regular RV 8 kit.
I have a Vans RV-8A, very similar to yours, based in Missouri USA. I would LOVE to fly it to Europe. How is that done. Mine holds 40 gallons, 10 GPH=4 hours @ maybe 170kts, or 680 NM if I'm lucky. How do you cross the Atlantic on that? Do you have larger tanks or some sort of extra tank? Tnx.
Ein super Trip! Genau das ist auch ein Traum von mir und sofort kommen mir etliche Fragen in den Sinn. Bist du IFR über den Teich geflogen? Mir war so, als wenn es VFR so gut wie unmöglich (geworden) ist.
