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BIG EUROPEAN TOUR - Follow the adventure

BIG EUROPEAN TOUR - Follow the adventureBIG EUROPEAN TOUR - Follow the adventure

overview

About the Plane

The planned route

About the Plane

A 1962 SAAB 91D that first flew as a basic trainer in the Finnish Airforce.  Find out about the plane and its history here...

Sponsors

The planned route

About the Plane

The flight is backed by sponsors more of whom will be announced shortly... 

See more here.

The planned route

The planned route

The planned route

Find out more about the proposed route here.  The route will evolve as a result of politics and weather but the major objectives will remain the same.

Progress so far

Progress so far

The planned route

How far have we got?   This page is my blog that talks about everything from the planning and preparation, to individual trips on the adventure. To chart the progress of the plane and pilot click here.

About the Pilot

Progress so far

About the Pilot

John first started flying gliders in 1983. In 1989 he gained his Single Engine Plane licence and added an instrument rating in 1991. John has over 600 hours of flying experience gained in Europe and the USA.  Find out more here

Questions

Progress so far

About the Pilot

The most interesting and popular questions and answers will be shown here.

Photos © Keith Wilson

What next?

The next adventure?

There is a new adventure on the drawing board... it will involve a different plane and very different geography but just as much, if not more, excitement.  As this project comes into focus I will bring you more news.

FlightRadar24 - where am I now?

If I am flying...

...my flight will appear in the frame above. If I am not flying but have done so in the last 7 days then click the button below and in the top right hand corner of the Flightradar24 page, search for G-XCID and then select G-XCID (SB91). You will get my last 7 days of flight history and where I am now.

Flightradar24

Aviating and Famous John Hunters

Aviating

Aviating

Aviating

  

Captain John Hunter – DFC, DSC, a British World War I Flying Ace

John Hunter – Pilot Delta Airlines.

Pilot Officer William John Hunter RAF (VR) – Halifax Bomber Crew 

The Hunter Brothers, Albert, John, Kenneth and Walter – Aviation Pioneers

First Lieutenant John Hunter – US Army Aviation Pilot

Sergeant John Hunter – World War II Glider Pilot

Second Lieutenant John Hunter – World War II fighter pilot

Flight Sergeant Alexander John Hunter – Fighter Pilot World War II

John Hunter – Aviation Art 

Air Commodore Henry John Francis Hunter – Royal Flying Corps (and RAF)


And as a little cheat...


Hawker Hunter – ground-breaking warplane

Famous

Aviating

Aviating

  

Surgeon John Hunter – Scottish but London based Medical Pioneer

Vice Admiral John Hunter – 2nd Governor of NSW, Australia



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