No I’m not half way to Bangkok like I’m supposed to be. More delays on the Navajo trip have me sitting in a holding pattern here in Wisconsin. When dealing with airplane owners who want you to deliver their new plane to them the communication goes one of two ways;
“When are you going to get my plane here? I need it NOW! NOW! NOW!” Or “I know I told you that it would be ready to go on the 25th but the FAA hasn’t released it yet, the new props aren’t on yet, we need a new seat belt and we decided to have it painted while it’s here in the U.S. Sorry you made all those planes and put your life on hold but I’m sure you didn’t have anything better to do.”
Guess which one I’m dealing with now. So with time on my hands I’ve been packing and playing video games going over survival gear and maps and I ran across this map in my trip package.
Avgas is getting harder and harder to find around the world. The reason I’m going through Greenland. Iceland, Europe is because there’s no avgas in Russia. It’s true that flying in below freezing environments can be difficult but I fly in the winter all the time, you just don’t fly in icing conditions.
If I recall, the guys with the green DC3s have big problems getting that stuff and often bring it with them. And even if you could you’d have ~30mins to do it before you’re cranking in molasses.
Which reminds me, how is that on the show you guys fly Cessnas with no anti-icing on the Canada->Greenland->Iceland route, or is there a season where it’s do-able?