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frans(at)privatepilots.nl
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Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 5:47 am Post subject: Trip to Australia, is it possible?

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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davidjoyce(at)doctors.org
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Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:22 am Post subject: Trip to Australia, is it possible?

Frans, it is possible. A Tiger Moth did it in 2001 or 

thereabouts. I had planned to do it in 2009 with Ivor 

Phillips, in one plane each with long range tank sitting 

in passenger seat. Doing it 2 up would be considerably 

more of a challenge. We got to an advanced stage in our 

planning before my son developing Motor Neurone Disease 

put paid to my plans. We worked out that a March departure 

was probably optimal. I did write up an article in the 

Europa Flyer with a brief description of the main issues, 

but would be p,eased to share that reticle and other 

fruits of our research with you off list. I have to say 

hat the more research we did the more apparent it became 

that it would be very expensive and pone to considerable 

hassle in many countries once East of central Europe. 

Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ



On Thu, 04 Jul 2013 15:46:50 +0200

  Frans Veldman <frans(at)privatepilots.nl> wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   

<frans(at)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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davidjoyce(at)doctors.org
Guest

Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:25 am Post subject: Trip to Australia, is it possible?

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



On Thu, 04 Jul 2013 15:46:50 +0200

  Frans Veldman <frans(at)privatepilots.nl> wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   

<frans(at)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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Forums!

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jglazener

Joined: 14 Apr 2010
Posts: 76
Location: Schoonhoven, Netherlands

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 2:06 am Post subject: Re: Trip to Australia, is it possible?

Count me in!



Just one small problem- need to finish my plane first. I do however feel it might not take as long as getting all the permits..



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