Three capitals flight of Great Britain - May 22nd 2010
The endeavour was to fly our microlights, starting and finishing at Sandtoft and land as near as we could to the three capitals, London, Cardiff and Edinburgh - in one day.
Participating Aircraft | ||
Registration | Type | Crew |
---|---|---|
G-CEGK | MXP740 VG | Steve Whittaker/Paul Etherington |
G-CECU | MXP740 VG | Brian Cook/Pete Wilson |
G-SAVY | MXP740 VG | Chris Hollingworth/Simon Yardley |
Flight Log | |||||
Leg | G-CEGK | G-CEVU | G-SAVY | Dist(m) | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sandtoft-Denham | Paul | Pete | Chris | 150 | 1:34 |
Denham-Pembrey | Steve | Brian | Simon | 189 | 1:52 |
Pembrey-Fife | Paul | Pete | Chris | 352 | 3:55 |
Fife-Sandtoft | Steve | Brian | Simon | 228 | 2:21 |
919 | 9:42 |
We flew from Otherton to Sandtoft on Friday and flew back on the Sunday. Total distance was 1007 miles with 12hrs 24mins flight time. Not bad for a week-end flying in a microlight!
