WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT

[Shimithepilot11]

Hello everyone,

 

My name is Pieter van Jaarsveld and i am part of the "challengeyourlimits" team which has decided to attempt the recently set world record of being the youngest pilot to circumnavigate the world.

 

I will be the pilot for this attempt and obviously need all the support i can get from fellow supporters and aviation enthusiasts to achieve this huge task.

 

I have an official Facebook page which can be found with the link below, and would appreciate all the support i can get.

 

I am currently finishing off my official website which will entail the full details of my flight,charities, causes and history involved.

 

So give my Facebook page a look as it shares some details of the processes I'm going through and would love to hear from everyone.

 

Thank you and challengeyourlimits.

 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Challengeyourlimits/266727723509052

 

 

[Ignition]

Good to see another young person having a go

 

Just looking at your planned route, very seriously look at changing the Aleutians part (Attu Island & St Paul Island), weather in the Aleutians is marginal almost all year round, changes rapidly (you may experience every season in 10 minutes.) average rainfall is around 2000mm per year, the winds are so strong due to a semi-permanent low that most of the Aleutians have zero trees - basically you will have only a handful of days that are ok at best and you can expect fog and wind on those days too. If you get stuck there, you will want some long term survival gear (including a firearm, preferably two, absolutely necessary in bear territory) as it could be a few months before you fly out; not only this, you would have to factor in the risks that the rescue crews may have to put themselves into to rescue you if something were to go wrong, it isn't going to be safe for them either. If you end up in the water, which is highly possible in this part of the world, you will be dead in minutes, at most. It is simply one of the most dangerous places in the world to fly.

 

You could go a little more north via Russia & the Bering Strait which isn't going to be much better and could get expensive when dealing with the Russian Authorities, or what I personally would think is the far safer option and recommend you consider is to go over the Pacific ocean, like Ryan Campbell did.

 

If however you do choose to continue with the Aleutians, good luck and to put it frankly, if you survive the Aleutians, you will almost certainly find Alaska and well, the whole trip, a piece of cake in comparison. But please, consider changing the route.

 

 

[Shimithepilot11]

Good to see another young person having a go Just looking at your planned route, very seriously look at changing the Aleutians part (Attu Island & St Paul Island), weather in the Aleutians is marginal almost all year round, changes rapidly (you may experience every season in 10 minutes.) average rainfall is around 2000mm per year, the winds are so strong due to a semi-permanent low that most of the Aleutians have zero trees - basically you will have only a handful of days that are ok at best and you can expect fog and wind on those days too. If you get stuck there, you will want some long term survival gear (including a firearm, preferably two, absolutely necessary in bear territory) as it could be a few months before you fly out; not only this, you would have to factor in the risks that the rescue crews may have to put themselves into to rescue you if something were to go wrong, it isn't going to be safe for them either. If you end up in the water, which is highly possible in this part of the world, you will be dead in minutes, at most. It is simply one of the most dangerous places in the world to fly.

 

You could go a little more north via Russia & the Bering Strait which isn't going to be much better and could get expensive when dealing with the Russian Authorities, or what I personally would think is the far safer option and recommend you consider is to go over the Pacific ocean, like Ryan Campbell did.

 

If however you do choose to continue with the Aleutians, good luck and to put it frankly, if you survive the Aleutians, you will almost certainly find Alaska and well, the whole trip, a piece of cake in comparison. But please, consider changing the route.

Yes I have heard lots about that area of the world and so I take your advice as guidance and I thank you, I will be obviously looking at tweaking my route as my team considers the route in our flight plans in more detail, but so far this planned route has been based on the aircraft performance and the idea of the most efficient route according to that.

Obviously with departure date not being for another few months, there is not best option at the moment and all the advice we can get we will strongly consider as we don't know all the answers.

 

Again thank you and will surely be looking Into a better stretch to fly as that has always been the one section I've feared.

 

But a challenge is a challenge and I'm determined to succeed in my life goal.

 

Cheers

 

Pieter