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Congrats Chalkie

Postby Nkwazi » Mon May 11, 2009 7:44 pm

Congratulations to Chalkie Stobbart on completing his world record attempt on a flight from Cape Town to London and back.The take off time was 23:03:27 and the arrival time 14:20:38 giving an official time of 3 days, 15 hours, 17 minutes and 17 seconds. The record held by Alex Henshaw was beaten by 18 hours and 59 minutes.

Well done Sir, I salute you (^^) (^^) (^^)

Now we wait for the next big one, Mike Blythe to Oshkosh :o
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Re: Congrats Chalkie

Postby RV4ker (RIP) » Mon May 11, 2009 8:30 pm

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Re: Congrats Chalkie

Postby kloot piloot » Mon May 11, 2009 10:40 pm

I followed the Chalkie record with pride because he is a member of our Brits Flying Club !

He is (at 60) such a gentleman, yet loves his speed. Stands maybe 1.68m high, yet has more stamina than a bull . Well done Captain !! Likes fast cars too !

As for Mike and Sling, even more anticipation coming up !!

What a year for SA aviation ! Fantastic.
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Re: Congrats Chalkie

Postby Wart » Tue May 12, 2009 6:48 am

Well done Chalkie. Tracking him all the way and it was an epic journey.

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Re: Congrats Chalkie

Postby Grumpy » Tue May 12, 2009 8:52 am

Yeah, Followed his track and progress with interest. What an aviator with enormous spirit. Congrats to all concerned. (^^)
I don't think his record will last as long as the Henshaw record did.
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Re: Congrats Chalkie

Postby Morph » Tue May 12, 2009 8:59 am

The man's endurance is incredible

I followed the whole thing from Thursday evening to the successfull landing. Fantastic, (^^) (^^) (^^)
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Re: Congrats Chalkie

Postby Ranger » Tue May 12, 2009 3:46 pm

Well done Chalkie. Hats off to you. (^^) (^^) (^^)
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Re: Congrats Chalkie

Postby FO Gyro » Tue May 12, 2009 8:07 pm

Was there to congratulate him yesterday. Makes us proud to be South African. Well done Chalkie.

I gave it a bash for the first time posting a YouTube video. See my video clip at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdArDRqguYA

I have also flown with him on B737's and he's so down to earth. Nothing gets me more than some guys whose ego's are so large, you battle to fit into the cockpit because their ego gets in the way! What a role model.

CAA might not allow NTCA to overfly built up areas, but they seem to manage to fly from Cape Town to London and back again, and break a 70 year old record as well. Maybe this might make them re-think NTCA, or maybe not...Wishful thinking... :?
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Re: Congrats Chalkie

Postby Boet » Tue May 12, 2009 8:09 pm

Mooi gedoen Oom Chalkie, Baie geluk. I hope your record remains standing as long as Alex`s. (^^) (^^) (^^) (^^) (^^) (^^) (^^) (^^) (^^) (^^) (^^)
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Re: Congrats Chalkie

Postby andreb » Wed May 13, 2009 5:51 am

Well done!!
What plane did he do it in?
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Re: Congrats Chalkie

Postby cobra » Wed May 13, 2009 6:06 am

andreb wrote:Well done!!
What plane did he do it in?
http://www.henshaw-challenge.com/dnn/

Well done Chalkie (^^) 8)
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