this Atlantic crossing

but most of the flying was done by the autopilot

July 11th 2011
Last step of the Atlantic crossing is completed with the arrival in the US. It was actually quite a routine flight, but still the one I worried most about. There are many stories about big problems with immigration in the US, and although I believed I had filled all the required forms - but the final proof is to do it. So in the morning (after finishing the blog entry about the beautiful rainbo ... read more

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Martin Endemann

MartinDDN

This blog follows my flight over the Atlantic to the US to visit friends in Florida and Denver, and the Oshkosh AirVenture, the biggest fly-in in the world. I'm a pilot for 42 year now (I started glider flying with the age of 15), and I have been flying a lot since then in Europe, the US (where I got my pilot licence in 1977), and also a bit in Africa. But I haven't crossed the Atlantic yet with a small plane - next thing to do. I'll fly with my Mooney, an efficient four-seater with 180 hp engine and retractable gears. The call sign of my plane is DEDDN, or short DDN. Although it was built ... full info

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13th July 2011

Dieter
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congratulation - courageous adventure
herzlichen Glückwunsch zur Erfüllung des wohl lang gehegten Traumes und weiterhin viel Freude und schöne Flüge in den US.

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