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Why is World Transsibiria Project so special?



    
Flight around the world is at the same time great adventure and achievement. Trying to pull this out with tiny, 450 kg heavy fully loaded aircraft is even more daring. Till now only few pilots flew this distance under similar conditions. Microlight aircraft's are in general relatively slow and therefore more sensible to wind and turbulence. Those aircraft's are handicapped with short range due to small amounts of fuel on board so they need more detailed and frequent pit stop landings. This and the weather can easily led to severe problems.
 
Until now no one rounded the globe in microlight aircraft without co-pilot and no airborne support. The pilot has to relay entirely on himself between flying over wild and hostile forests of Siberia, over rough terrain of Alaska and Canada and over freezing Arctic seas without landing possibilities. He has to fight the weather, winds, his own fears, illusions which sometimes can cause panic and irrational behavior.
 
The big challenge is Russia with its organizing difficulties and its sheer size. There is no place for organizing or pilot errors. Some problems occur with verbal communication. English as official aeronautical language worldwide is not widely spoken in remote areas of Russia.
 
Around the world flight is basically the same challenge to pilot and organizers of entire project.
 
All interested can take the co-pilots site from their homes and enjoy the adventure live over internet and other media. Here is the first such project with all necessary professional telecommunication equipment and computer experts who will track the flight trough regular personal contacts with pilot and they will prepare materials for all interested.
 
 

Setbacks before and in flight
Lasting daily flights (7 to 12 hours in small aircraft)
Possible ditch in the arctic sea due engine failure, illusions, running out of fuel 
Long oversea flights: 
Bering strait: 300 km 
Iqualit - Greenland: 480 km 
Greenland - Island 760 km 
Island - Faroe Islands: 500 km 
Faroe Islands- Great Britain: 420 km 
Large non populated areas (Siberia, Alaska, Canada, Greenland)  with no landing possibilities
Possible ice-building on flying aircraft (mostly over parts of Siberia, Chukotska, Alaska, Baffin Islands, Greenland, Island, Faroe Islands)
Radiation (not radio-active) fog in polar regions
Possible ice-building on flying aircraft (mostly over parts of Siberia, Chukotska, Alaska, Baffin Islands, Greenland, Island, Faroe Islands)
Strong headwinds, turbulence, unstable weather, cyclone