Wed, Sep 08, 2004
Kings Experience the Freedom of Around-The-World General
Aviation Flying
"We now personally know the world really is round," says John
King upon returning from his and Martha's around-the-world flight
which included flying the entire breadth of Russia.
"We learned a lot about IFR flying in the rest of the world,"
added Martha. "The 14,000-mile flight was close to flawless, but in
Russia the cockpit workload quickly grew challenging while flying
IFR with altitudes in meters above the airport instead of feet
above sea level, altimeter settings in hectoPascals, and wind speed
in meters per second. Throw in foreign controllers, large
distances, marginal weather, 'interesting' approach plates and a
flying environment where every airport and every runway was new and
you could get pretty busy."
John King observed, "Martha and I
marvel at the ability to fly our own airplane through Russia
un-chaperoned. For those of us who remember crawling under our
school desks to practice air raid drills it is amazing that we flew
our own airplane to Moscow and sat with a drink in hand on the
historic Red Square that was home to Mayday parades and the bizarre
landing field for Mathias Rust's Skyhawk. Although we never
entertained serious thoughts of landing our Falcon 10 on Red
Square, the whole Russian experience made us feel there really is
hope for the growth of general aviation throughout the world."
The 13-day flight began and ended at Montgomery Field in San
Diego and included stops at Regina, Churchill, and Iqaluit in
Canada; Reykjavik, Iceland; Bergen, Norway; Moscow, Yekaterinburg,
Novosibirsk, Khabarovsk, Magadan, and Anadyr in Russia; Anchorage
(AK) and Everett (WA).
The Kings plan on sharing their experience in articles and talks
on the subject of IFR Around The World.
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