View Full Version : North Cape to Cape Town in a dH.60 Moth
semmern
4th Aug 2015, 10:54
Swede Johan Wicklund has finished the first leg of the journey from North Cape here in Norway to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, in his beautiful Moth. He flew from the North Cape to his home airfield at Barkaby outside Stockholm. On September 1 he will set out on the remainder of the journey. Follow him on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/FlyingCapetoCape , or on his home page, Cape to Cape | A grand adventure from North Cape to the Cape of good hope (http://capetocape.net) .
So good to see people still doing things like this! :)
Planemike
4th Aug 2015, 12:37
I do not have access to Facebook............. Pity !!!
Good luck to Johan Wiklund. Wonder if he will drop by The Moth Rally at Woburn 15 -16 August.
Will be interesting to compare this flight with that of Tracey Curtis-Taylor.
Katamarino
4th Aug 2015, 14:58
Will be interesting to compare this flight with that of Tracey Curtis-Taylor.
I imagine he won't have a support team in a turboprop, or an instructor in the airplane with him :p Awesome adventure, good on him!
creweite
4th Aug 2015, 19:15
That looks like a Tiger Moth, not a DH60
Jerico
4th Aug 2015, 19:21
Sounds as though you are following on from Richard Reid 'Dick' Bentley who flew G-EBSO in 1927 from London to Capetown. The 1st solo flight in a light aircraft from England to Cape Town. The aircraft was a de Havilland dh60X Moth with a A.D.C. Cirrus II engine.
He departed Croydon on 1st Sept 1927 arriving in Capetown on 28th Sept, at the time the longest solo flight in a single engine aircraft. He then flew the aircraft back to the UK with his wife and in 1928 flew the same aircraft back out to South Africa!
The Tiger Club aerobatic trophy is named in his honour, as it was given to the Club by his widow.
treadigraph
4th Aug 2015, 19:56
That looks like a Tiger Moth, not a DH60
It's a Moth Major (http://www.caa.co.uk/applicationmodules/ginfo/ginfo_photo.aspx?regmark=G-ABZB&imgname=G-ABZB001&imgtype=jpg) with an inverted Gipsy.
DownWest
22nd Aug 2015, 16:30
I might add here that David Cyster flew his DH82a from UK to Australia in 78? with rather less support or publicity. Solo, as he had an ag-tank of fuel in the front seat, and no chase plane. No GPS then, either.
DW
semmern
4th Sep 2015, 11:51
Currently on his way from Klagenfurt to Bolzano.
Follow Johan Wiklund live on Flightradar24 - Cape to Cape, (http://capetocape.net/flightradar-livefeed/)
I might add here that David Cyster flew his DH82a from UK to Australia in 78? with rather less support or publicity. Solo, as he had an ag-tank of fuel in the front seat, and no chase plane. No GPS then, either.
DW
Yes, by all means, downplay an amazing solo effort! :rolleyes: No matter the day and age, flying a Moth from one extremity of the Earth to another is a great achievement. No chase plane here either, and a tank up front. Oh, and no GPS either. He's replicating a journey made in 1929 by another Swede, using the same tools available to him back then. But I guess actually reading the link is too much to ask?
DownWest
4th Sep 2015, 16:46
Sorry, no intention of running him down. I could not access the links and came to this thread from the connection to the other one on Curtis-Taylor. I will try and follow what is going on..
DW
And that flight radar link seems to have problems too.
Yes, by all means, downplay an amazing solo effort!Being a little precious and disparaging there I think semmern. The way I read it, DownWest was just making a statement of fact, not belittling, and has no need to apologise.
semmern
5th Sep 2015, 11:56
Being a little precious and disparaging there I think semmern. The way I read it, DownWest was just making a statement of fact, not belittling, and has no need to apologise.
Indeed, slight overreaction on my part.
Sorry, no intention of running him down. I could not access the links and came to this thread from the connection to the other one on Curtis-Taylor. I will try and follow what is going on..
DW
And that flight radar link seems to have problems too.
No worries.
He'll stop for a few days in Rome when he gets there today or tomorrow. If you search for SE-AMO on FR24 you should be able to find his flight history.