Comments on: Record flight

By: Caleb

Caleb — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:11:51 +0000

That is amazing.

By: Tim McAdams

Tim McAdams — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:29:38 +0000

Byron,

You are right Scott Kasporwicz and Steve Sheik hold the offical world record and that was my oversite. Oliphant-Hope’s flight was solo and he has the fastest time for a solo flight. However, the Federation Aeronautique Internationale does not distinguish between solo and dual so Oliphant-Hope’s flight is not an offical record.

Thanks for finding my error as Scott Kasporwicz and Steve Sheik deserve the recognition.

Tim

By: Byron Wright

Byron Wright — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:06:00 +0000

This is either an old article or Mr McAdams didn’t do his homework before writing this article. The current eastbound record is 11 days, 7 hrs, 2 min set by Scott Kasporwicz and Steve Sheik in August 2008.Was Mr Oliphant-Hope’s flight possibly a record for solo flight?

By: Steve Fairchild

Steve Fairchild — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:07:14 +0000

Amazing flight; But what really intrigues me is the planning and logistics. Is there anywhere an article or record of all the stuff and procedures to pull to this off? I have flown, with the Baja Bush Pilots and independently, through-out Mexico, Guatemala and over the Bering from Nome to Providenia Russia, (we were the first private planes to do that, on the first day that it was legal, we waited in Nome for the OK), but getting past the red tape and logistics of deeper flights must be a night-mare. Details of such flights would be very interesting and may encourage more of this kind of flying. I fly a Robinson/Cessna Skylane and a Skymaster T337B. Keep noses up in the turns.

By: pdxpilot

pdxpilot — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:05:38 +0000

Cool story! Amazing what pilots can do when they set their mind to it…

By: Dale Long

Dale Long — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:48:47 +0000

That is amazing. I have flew a fixed-wing aircraft across the Atlantic to seal a sale and three times over to Western Alaska for working the fishing thing back in the early 1970′s – neither was any big deal. Traveling the world in a helicopter? Now, that’s a big deal.

Thank you for sharing information with the rest of us. I love choppers but can only afford to stay current. Though I love rotorcraft, I mostly fly fixed-wing. Hard to justify personally owning a helicopter if it’s not making money. Enjoy your postings. Thank you.