5 July 2005
The French aviation magazine Aviation & Pilote and Dassault, manufacturer of the Falcon series business jets, have teamed up to organize the ultimate $100 hamburger trip!
On July 17th, 25 aircraft will leave Le Bourget for Oshkosh where the pilots plan to attend Airventure 2005.
The trip will take a week, routing from Le Bourget via Aberdeen, Reykjavik, Kulusuk, Sondre Strom Fjord, Iqualuit, Schefferville, Montreal, Burlington, Fond-du-Lac and finally Oshkosh.
An IR rated pilot will be aboard each aircraft. Almost all of them are AOPA France members.
Companies such as Exxon, Sporty’s, SMA, Snecma, Dassault, Eurocopter, EADS, and Socata have shown a tremendous support for this project. Dassault has been so enthused that they have decided to fly themselves using a Falcon.
A week later, all the aircraft will leave for Paris.
