PS Flying to the Canaries is a moderately challenging
adventure which will give you a good flavour of the
difficulties of getting permission to fly a Permit A/C
through. Non European country. It took me 5 1/2 months to
get permission! David
Frans Veldman <frans@privatepilots.nl> wrote:
><frans@privatepilots.nl>
>
> Hi Friends,
>
> After our recent north cape trip Ilona and I are looking
>fow a new
> adventure.
>
> Ilona and I always wanted to go to Australia and we are
>now wondering if
> we could do that in our own Europa. We suddenly realised
>that my son
> will graduate next year and now he is still living at
>home and yet old
> enough to carry some responsibility to take care of our
>house, webshop
> and animals, this might be a convenient moment to
>undertake such a journey.
>
> We haven't been doing more yet than looking at the world
>globe and
> seeing that technically it should be possible.
>
> Before putting some time in it and then discovering that
>some countries
> would be unsolvable obstacles, I think it may be faster
>to ask for info
> on this list. I remember having seen some references to
>such a trip or
> the preparations for it, if this is correct it would be
>very valuable to
> learn from it.
>
>First questions that come to mind are: What time of year
>would be best
> for such a trip? I'm aware of the mosson-rain in some
>countries, but is
> the whole period unsuitable for flying? What about the
>middle-east and
> aziatic countries, is General Aviation possible? Do they
>tolerate home
> built airplanes? How much bureaucrazy is involved and
>how much time is
> needed to get the necessary permissions?
>
> Any info for this wild idea is welcome, either positive
>or negative.
>
> Thanks,
>Frans
>
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