Flying a small plane over water, from Northern Ireland to Scotland?
Has anyone done this? My father has a small one engine plane (two seats) that he has had about a year.
We have flown a lot in it but only 30 miles or so within Northern Ireland. We were discussing flying to Kintyre or Ayrshire as a trial run.
Whilst this is a short distance, given the plane size I would be wary.
Our plane cruises at around 150-200mph. We talked about going to 10,000 feet.
Has anyone done a similar crossing? What kind of weather conditions would you need?
We would want to get across as fast as possible so it would be the shortest distance from NI to Scotland. We would not want to spend more than 5 minutes over water.
Is this a risky idea?