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ONE MAN, ONE WORLD, ONE ULTRALIGHT PLANE 

Solo flight with ultralight plane without additional air support from Slovenia over vast wilderness of Siberia (Russia) to Kamchatka and forward across the Bering Strait to Alaska, Canada, over Greenland to Iceland, England and back to Slovenia.

Do not miss the extreme event of 2001! 

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One pilot

Matevz Lenarcic is a photographer and adventurer with alpinistic, paragliding and aviation pasts. He climbed peaks of Greenland, Patagonia, Himalayas. He flew from several Himalayan peaks with paraglider. In recent past his interests are mainly photography and aviation. He owns private pilot license (PPL), JAR private pilot license FCL and controlled visual flight license (CVFR). He flies mainly general aviation aircraft (Cessna, Piper).
 
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One Ultralight Plane
Aircraft used Zenith CH-701 is a microlight aircraft. First public appearance of this type was in the year 1986. This aircraft was developed as "off-airport" aircraft. This means that it can operate from short rough fields. This plane can be assembled in a garage from building kit by non skilled personnel. 
 
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One Support Team
The project will be supported by group of few people on the ground. Some will follow the pilot and some will take care of organization of events.