You’re my new hero! I’ve just completed my 13 year RV-9A build. Just yesterday had my first solo flight. What an inspiration, I hope to experience 1% of your adventures. Blue Skies
Incredible flights. Personally, I would not be able to trust my airplane enough in that environment! If you had to ditch or land on a glacier....whoo boy. But this certainly is fun to watch.
Sir, Let me first say congratulations on an incredible journey… The way you captured your experience and then shared it with the the rest of the world… you hit it Out Of The Park my friend!!!! I fly “Big Airplanes” for a living in one of those big White/Brown Cargo airplanes that could be seen on the Oshkosh ramp, and I have seen pretty much all the places you went to, however, I have seen it from 30,000+ feet, not 100 feet… :) I recently decided to get back in to flying small airplanes again and found a Great RV-8. (that I’m still trying to figure out how to land ) The experience you depicted in your videos should be a Huge inspiration to “Gas It Up, Crank It Up, and Go See The World”… it sure was for me. Again, sincerely, Thank You for sharing this incredible experience with the rest of us. Coba
I too was flying Cargo planes some time ago - and this is a cool way making money for living. Even flying at the weirdest times of the days is so cool, not worrying ( like the Pax guys do) about the bags, lunch, connections and whatever is a real plus. So I too saw most of the places from high above but seeing them from a lower altitude is one more great experience. Your RV-8 is a great sightseeing plane and it can do so many things so good. When you´re enjoying the landings then you figured out how to land it....
Wow. What an incredible adventure! The flying over Greenland was amazing!!! Wish I could have talked to you about your trip and saw your RV-8 in person, I flew there in the black T-38 parked in Boeing Plaza.
Hermann thanks for visiting Experimental Days last weekend. I just realize that I helped you park at OSH 2019. The guy you are talking with after parking is Dan. You can briefly see me at 2:18 next to him in the Gator. Funny :-)
Very cool - small world. The fly-in at Sanicole last weekend was great, perfect weather and great people there. When can we registrate for the next one??
Very impressive!! I enjoyed watching your progress on the RV discussion board. Was camped just south of you at Oshkosh, but just didn't connect that the -8 with the German registry was you!
Amazing and extraordinary! Absolutely inspiring and a living dream. Do you mind sharing a copy of your flightplan? Looking forward to do this from South Africa via Europe. Thanks.
I flew from home base to Calais/France - Wick/Scotland - Reykjavik/Iceland - Kulusuk/Greenland - Kangerlussuaq/Greenland - Iqualit/Canada - Sept-Illes. Crossed the US border at Sault Ste Marie. You can see my route on the first video to Greenland. To many destinations in the US to note here.
Time and effort - hard to specify! Did some preplanning about 8 months prior the flight and I really pushed it 5 months prior the planned departure. A few days to prepare the airplane - foam into the wings, install oxygen bottle, temporary Nav receiver and just looking over everything. Reading about cold water immersion or accidents, planning for the worst and applying for the overflight permits took some time I can´t specify. Flight planning itself was not really that time consuming, more so studying the weather over the Atlantic, especially the winds (also surface winds), temperatures and also water temps were of special interest to me. Of course getting a general idea of how SAR works was of interest as well as fuel availability at the airports on the way. All in all some serious investment of time to get ready.
@@skyrunner1818 Nice work there. You are a brave man flying SE over water in that remote area, I would never take my RV8 into that inhospitable terrain but we each have our limits:-) Enjoyed the vid, thanks:-)
I cannot tell you how many times I have watched the videos of your trip to the states, just amazing! Do you have an online record of your build or a list of any modifications done for the long distance trip? Safe travels!
Sorry, don´t have an online build blog. I had a 10 Gal aux fuel tank in the rear baggage hold, foam in the wings to keep the airplane afloat just in case and an additional NAV receiver for instrument approaches. Otherwise just the usual and required emergency equipment for the route flown.
@@skyrunner1818 Thank you for the information. If I may, how long was your build and was your kit a quick build or not? A friend just took 6.5yrs to build an RV 9A so I am worried about the time needed for a regular RV 8 kit.
Ein super Trip! Genau das ist auch ein Traum von mir und sofort kommen mir etliche Fragen in den Sinn. Bist du IFR über den Teich geflogen? Mir war so, als wenn es VFR so gut wie unmöglich (geworden) ist.
I have a Vans RV-8A, very similar to yours, based in Missouri USA. I would LOVE to fly it to Europe. How is that done. Mine holds 40 gallons, 10 GPH=4 hours @ maybe 170kts, or 680 NM if I'm lucky. How do you cross the Atlantic on that? Do you have larger tanks or some sort of extra tank? Tnx.
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You’re my new hero! I’ve just completed my 13 year RV-9A build. Just yesterday had my first solo flight. What an inspiration, I hope to experience 1% of your adventures. Blue Skies
Great, great, great is right on. Just awesome!
JAWDROPPING
SPECTACULAR
SPELLBOUNDING
What a great video (series)!!!
Incredible flights. Personally, I would not be able to trust my airplane enough in that environment! If you had to ditch or land on a glacier....whoo boy. But this certainly is fun to watch.
You sir have balls of steel.
Wowwww....what amazing journey..👍
Your an inspiration for us all, unbelievable journey!!
i guess I am kind of off topic but do anyone know of a good place to stream new series online ?
absolutely amazing! What an adventure. Great video diary and thank you for sharing.PK
Ditto on inspiring. As an airline pilot, crossing Greenland was always worth the view, but your close up of flying by the ice is just WOW
Spectacular adventure. The photography, editing, and bringing us all along for the ride, first class. Thank You!
amazing trip and expedition!!!! lucky guy! what a plane too...
What an incredible adventure. I hope I'll get to do something like this one day. Cheers from France
So inspiring. That is living!
Spectacular! Especially loved the formation flight to breakfast.
goatflight - next time I hope there is another RV-8 in the formation!!
Wunderbar!
As always, inspirational. thanks Hermann.
WoW! Amazing flight over the Greenland! My husband was a F16 pilot who used to be based in Spangdahlem AB, Germany, and he just bought a RV8.
Sir,
Let me first say congratulations on an incredible journey…
The way you captured your experience and then shared it with the the rest of the world… you hit it Out Of The Park my friend!!!!
I fly “Big Airplanes” for a living in one of those big White/Brown Cargo airplanes that could be seen on the Oshkosh ramp, and I have seen pretty much all the places you went to, however, I have seen it from 30,000+ feet, not 100 feet… :)
I recently decided to get back in to flying small airplanes again and found a Great RV-8. (that I’m still trying to figure out how to land )
The experience you depicted in your videos should be a Huge inspiration to “Gas It Up, Crank It Up, and Go See The World”… it sure was for me.
Again, sincerely,
Thank You for sharing this incredible experience with the rest of us.
Coba
I too was flying Cargo planes some time ago - and this is a cool way making money for living. Even flying at the weirdest times of the days is so cool, not worrying ( like the Pax guys do) about the bags, lunch, connections and whatever is a real plus. So I too saw most of the places from high above but seeing them from a lower altitude is one more great experience. Your RV-8 is a great sightseeing plane and it can do so many things so good. When you´re enjoying the landings then you figured out how to land it....
Wow. What an incredible adventure! The flying over Greenland was amazing!!! Wish I could have talked to you about your trip and saw your RV-8 in person, I flew there in the black T-38 parked in Boeing Plaza.
I´ll be back and show you. Would you mind to change planes??
Brilliant video and brilliant aviation.
Felicidades , gracias por compartir
What a great trip, very inspirational
Excellent!
Hermann thanks for visiting Experimental Days last weekend. I just realize that I helped you park at OSH 2019. The guy you are talking with after parking is Dan. You can briefly see me at 2:18 next to him in the Gator. Funny :-)
Very cool - small world. The fly-in at Sanicole last weekend was great, perfect weather and great people there. When can we registrate for the next one??
Congratulations and great job👍.
From: Arizona, USA🇺🇸
Just simply amazing. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.
Very impressive!! I enjoyed watching your progress on the RV discussion board. Was camped just south of you at Oshkosh, but just didn't connect that the -8 with the German registry was you!
Have a lookout again, I might be there once more - although not next year!
What a fantastic adventure you have had.
Great to watch:-)
I remember tracking your flights last year across the US. Looks like it was an amazing adventure!
OUTSTANDING!
Unbelievable. Well done sir
Well done 👍
Intrepid, inspiring.
Please share your cockpit equipment list. I'm looking to start building an IFR capable RV-8. Your trip was inspiring and phenomenal.
Amazing and extraordinary! Absolutely inspiring and a living dream. Do you mind sharing a copy of your flightplan? Looking forward to do this from South Africa via Europe. Thanks.
From South Africa to Europe and on to the US - how cool! What do you mean with flightplan - my route, destinations...?
@@skyrunner1818 your route and destinations. I would fly from South Africa to Europe and then cross the atlantic to Greenland and Oshkosh.
I flew from home base to Calais/France - Wick/Scotland - Reykjavik/Iceland - Kulusuk/Greenland - Kangerlussuaq/Greenland - Iqualit/Canada - Sept-Illes. Crossed the US border at Sault Ste Marie. You can see my route on the first video to Greenland. To many destinations in the US to note here.
@@skyrunner1818 Thank you so much. I will keep contact to let you know how I am doing with my dream. I first need to buy the kit and build my plane.
This is amazing! How much time and effort went to planning all of it? Thank you for sharing it with us.
Time and effort - hard to specify! Did some preplanning about 8 months prior the flight and I really pushed it 5 months prior the planned departure. A few days to prepare the airplane - foam into the wings, install oxygen bottle, temporary Nav receiver and just looking over everything. Reading about cold water immersion or accidents, planning for the worst and applying for the overflight permits took some time I can´t specify. Flight planning itself was not really that time consuming, more so studying the weather over the Atlantic, especially the winds (also surface winds), temperatures and also water temps were of special interest to me. Of course getting a general idea of how SAR works was of interest as well as fuel availability at the airports on the way. All in all some serious investment of time to get ready.
@@skyrunner1818 Nice work there. You are a brave man flying SE over water in that remote area, I would never take my RV8 into that inhospitable terrain but we each have our limits:-) Enjoyed the vid, thanks:-)
Very impressive job! What brand helmet are you using?
Honestly I don´t know. I borrowed it from a friend and is made for aviation use.
@@skyrunner1818 copy that, thank you.
The irony of a D registered airplane painted in ALLIED invasion stripes does not escape me. :D
I cannot tell you how many times I have watched the videos of your trip to the states, just amazing! Do you have an online record of your build or a list of any modifications done for the long distance trip? Safe travels!
Sorry, don´t have an online build blog.
I had a 10 Gal aux fuel tank in the rear baggage hold, foam in the wings to keep the airplane afloat just in case and an additional NAV receiver for instrument approaches. Otherwise just the usual and required emergency equipment for the route flown.
@@skyrunner1818 Thank you for the information. If I may, how long was your build and was your kit a quick build or not? A friend just took 6.5yrs to build an RV 9A so I am worried about the time needed for a regular RV 8 kit.
You win
Ein super Trip! Genau das ist auch ein Traum von mir und sofort kommen mir etliche Fragen in den Sinn. Bist du IFR über den Teich geflogen? Mir war so, als wenn es VFR so gut wie unmöglich (geworden) ist.
Doch das geht VFR, da fliegen sogar ULs rüber. Allerdings unter 6000 ft, darüber ist Luftraum A im Oceanic Airspace.
@@skyrunner1818 Bist du denn auch tief rüber geflogen?
I have a Vans RV-8A, very similar to yours, based in Missouri USA. I would LOVE to fly it to Europe. How is that done. Mine holds 40 gallons, 10 GPH=4 hours @ maybe 170kts, or 680 NM if I'm lucky. How do you cross the Atlantic on that? Do you have larger tanks or some sort of extra tank? Tnx.
It is doable on standard fuel with proper planning, I had a 10 Gal fuel tank in the rear compartment which made planning much easier.
What helmet is that and how do you like it? What headset or ear pieces are inside?
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