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Old 18th May 2009, 15:38
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Sam Rutherford
 
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Wink the bureaucracy is the easy bit!

Hi,

Did this flight about 6 months ago, I understand others had an epic with insurance, but I got cover with (at the time):

FAA piggyback ppl
Less than 150 hours fixed wing
80 hours tailwheel, 20 on type (Maule MX7)
no night, IR or, indeed, anything else

I paid a surcharge of Eur500 for the crossing! That was full risk. Try Finserve (www.finserve.be) but you might need to tell them that you live in Belgium!

For the rest, in short:

Weather
Weather
I had no documentation check at any stage from Texas to Denmark!
Weather

It's a great experience, and it is way easier than you are expecting, Sam

The only caveat, if it goes wrong, it goes REALLY wrong
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