In and Out of Africa

[rgmwa]

Joost Conijn designed, built and flew this bizarre looking plane from Holland down through Spain, across the Strait of Gibralter and then across Africa from west to east in 2010. I hadn't heard of him until just recently when I was given a copy of his book. Although he doesn't go into details of the plane, I read on another forum that the wings are made from a Blanik, and the fuselage and tail are fabric covered. The engine was a Subaru. This was his third homebuilt. Conijn is a well known Dutch artist/adventurer, and once built and drove a wooden car across eastern Europe. Good to see there are still a few unconventional travellers out there. Flying that plane by the seat of your pants across Africa would not be for the fainthearted.

 

 

Technical details here:

 

http://avia-dejavu.net/photo OK-NUL-43.htm

 

The following video has snippets of his first plane and the one above:

 

His website (in Dutch, though):

 

http://www.joostconijn.org/index2.php

 

rgmwa

 

 

[Spooks]

Fantastic! Thanks for posting it up.