And one final question….we have not heard of Tracey flying since to continue these so called epic adventures
They're no longer epic adventures in a real sense, light aircraft have been flying on these sort of trips for decades. Epic for the pilot involved, such as Sam's two youngsters, but that's all. Look at the trips done by Louise Sacchi mentioned above, ferrying single engine aircraft from the manufacturer to whoever the purchaser was anywhere in the world.
Two friends flew a Baron around the world non stop in 1971 to break the speed record, by non stop I mean they only landed to refuel and immediately take off again. The Lions Club at the various stopping points had been organised to get the weather, file a plan and feed the crew. Shortly after departure from Darwin they lost all their nav gear save for one ADF, having spent 18 months and a lot of dosh they decided to continue on, neither of the pilots were well to do, chap who owned the aircraft, Trevor Brougham, had dug septic tank installations on weekends to get the coin to learn to fly and his offsider, Bob Diickenson, worked in the same company as I as an electrician, had a PPL and got an IMC rating for the trip. Route - Darwin, Rabaul, Bucholz (Kwajalein Atoll), Honolulu, San Fran, Toronto, Gander, London, Athens, Bahrain, Bombay, Singapore, Darwin.
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