Pick a plane to fly around the world

DHC5 · Post by **DHC5** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:23 pm

do a small mod to this and have a flying hotel!!

linecrew · Post by **linecrew** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:09 pm

DHC5 wrote:do a small mod to this and have a flying hotel!!

Ditto!

Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:50 pm

Darkwing Duck · Post by **Darkwing Duck** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:21 am

Realistically a KA200 would be my choice. You would still be able to see some stuff from the air, the range and reliability is there, and Jet A is a hell of a lot easier to get as opposed to the Avgas. Overflight permits would be easier to accomodate as well.

Fantasy, a nice pimped out B757. Still has the range but has the room to party.

Really a fantasy - a A380 with a small Citation Jet with foldable wings stored down below.

. ._ · Post by **. ._** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 8:24 am

Let the Bear take you there!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQkVbOi ... re=related

(Me like airplane noise.

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Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:22 am

I'm pretty excited that this has become the, "What's the best plane to convert into a hotel?" thread.

Kilo-Kilo · Post by **Kilo-Kilo** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:13 pm

A Caravan of course. Fly it at night in IMC when there is less traffic with the incidental passengers you picked up from your craigslist ad to "share" the costs of your round the world, time building exercise.

Or just try to set a record and fly a Cri-Cri.

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:59 pm

Beefitarian wrote:I'm pretty excited that this has become the, "What's the best plane to convert into a hotel?" thread.

You and me both! Flying hotels FTW! However.. I think I'd convert one of these..

As I'm a HUGE fan of the turbojet era...

The super 61's with the turbofans look pretty sweet too! I can remember riding the jumpseat on the freighters with my dad when I was 8!

Doc · Post by **Doc** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:01 am

linecrew wrote:Without a doubt...

Totally with you on that one! Easy to fly. Very comfortable. EVERYBODY loves them!

skymarc · Post by **skymarc** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:30 pm

TBM all the way !!

AaronP · Post by **AaronP** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 4:51 pm

I'd take a 737-200. I couldn't imagine circling the globe in the cramped seat of something like a Tiger Moth.

Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:57 pm

That DC-8 looks too sweet to make into a hotel but what a perfect personal jet that would be. I wonder if there's any flying somewhere?

all_ramped_up · Post by **all_ramped_up** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:52 pm

A318 in VIP config for sure.

GlobalXV · Post by **GlobalXV** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:04 am

Worth watching .... Nothing more amazing . Would be nice to zip by at circuit alt .. M 1.2 or something ... say hi to everyone in a few hours .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... d9H5pxpB8M

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:38 pm

all_ramped_up wrote:A318 in VIP config for sure.

So you'd be a short bus rider eh?

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:41 pm

Beefitarian wrote:That DC-8 looks too sweet to make into a hotel but what a perfect personal jet that would be. I wonder if there's any flying somewhere?

A FLYING hotel.. think austin powers Seven four Seven classic

With rotating bed in the back!

sidestick stirrer · Post by **sidestick stirrer** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:28 pm

I think the ultimate airplane that someone with pockets not-all-that deep could fly around the world has already been built and started to go around the world before coming to grief in British Columbia.
I can't remember the name of it, but it was of geodetic constuction, fabric-covered, looked like a flying Airstream trailer with twin Lycomings mounted on a high wing, had wheels that retracted so the whole thing could float.
The interior had a glass nose with a huge cockpit, looking more like a movie-theatre with wrap-around screen, a proper galley, a lounge, a bedroom, even a hatch in the floor to allow scuba diving when afloat.
It crashed awhile ago and was stripped by locals when unattended.
The engines were 0-540's with lower-compression pistons so that it could burn the lowest-octane mogas the designer could locate on the planned route around the world.
How about that pilot in Edmonton that decided one winter was lasting too long, loaded up his friends and flew his PBY nonstop to Hawaii?

sidestick stirrer · Post by **sidestick stirrer** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:33 pm

It's replacement is the Wilson Global Explorer, noted in Wikipedia although there's no mention of the original one lost in British Columbia

Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:01 am

Here's a picture of the first one. Says they both crashed.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Fondatio ... 1474800/M/

And and article about Dean Wilson the guy that designed and built the plane.
http://www.avidflyeraircraft.com/assets ... Wilson.pdf

sidestick stirrer · Post by **sidestick stirrer** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:17 am

Yes, that's the one.
"Wingabago", that says it all.
I guess that I took the title of this thread at face value, other than a couple of other suggestions, most of the airplanes mentioned would certainly be on my "Bucket List" but not what I'd like to putt around the planet in, or on...

Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:33 am

Well, how about this?

sidestick stirrer · Post by **sidestick stirrer** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:01 pm

Could you post the link: all my computer shows is a blank square with a little icon in the corner?
I'm a posterchild for the Luddites, I know...

Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:25 pm

Yup, no worries, I'm not that far advanced in hardware. Possibly behind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI088oIiZEQ

sidestick stirrer · Post by **sidestick stirrer** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:38 pm

Right towards Waikiki and Diamond Head, that brings back memories!
I saw this airplane one year at the Abbotsford Airshow, it did an amazing figure-eight, steep turn while staying in the infield, very slow with a very-high roll rate...

Beefitarian · Post by **Beefitarian** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:52 pm

I may have that on a VHS tape. The announcer was talking about the tires. I have seen it at Namao before they closed the base runways. And I also have seen it in YYC picking things up.

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