Chalkie's Henshaw record attempt is well under way

[Flying Lawyer]

Steve Noujaim, a Captain with Virgin Atlantic, aerobatics instructor and display pilot is attempting to beat the record from London in a home-built Vans RV 7

‘Chalkie’ Stobbart, an Airbus A340 Captain with South African Airways and very experienced long-distance light aircraft pilot, is attempting to break the record from Cape Town in an Osprey GP 4 homebuilt.





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Landplane with internal combustion engine and, to break one of Henshaw's records, take-off weight 500 to 1000 kg.
Link: FAI records

As far as I know (open to correction) the FAI no longer distinguishes solo or multi-crew but, even so, I doubt if many people would regard the record as truly broken except by a solo pilot.

Amazingly, there was only a 13 minute difference between Henshaw's airborne times to and from Cape Town.


FL