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“DREAM IT. PLAN IT.

FLY IT”
Morten Sondergaard
MOTIVATION:
DOING DREams
I may never have the midlife crisis everybody seems to be talking about. And if I get to avoid it, I am almost certain
it will be due to the fact that I chose to live this one dream at exactly the right time.

It’s not that I regret not having followed most of my dreams and ambitions – small or big; personal or business.
But flying round the globe in my own plane is something else – less important than my family or my friends but
certainly bigger than anything else I have experienced. An ultimate adventure, which somehow encapsulates
everything. Not a myth like we know from books or movies. But an adventure that was waiting for me –
waiting to be lived.

This had nothing to do with following either Jules Vernes or Christopher Columbus. I know that somehow, both in
fiction and real life, they were chasing the same frontiers – with one significant difference; my own “tour de force”
was so much easier, and its significance a personal one compared to their groundbreaking historical ventures.

Doing all this with friends - fellow entrepreneurs sharing my values and ambitions - added more than one man
could dream of.

We had our moments, but like modern men we mixed biz with pleasure, luxury with simplicity and to some extent
desire with necessity. With this book I want to share our adventure.
Copyright © Morten Sondergaard - 2009

First edition
Enjoy!
ISBN 978-87-993204-0-0

Photography: Tom Solo

Design: Eli Markovska Job


Best regards
Printed in Denmark: Elbo Grafisk

Paper: Multiart Silk Morten Sondergaard


Morten Sondergaard
The Circumnavigator
Born in ice cold Scandinavia and now enjoying one of the friendliest climates on earth when at home in Mallorca
– from the darkness of the north to the brightness of the world’s most beautiful island. In many ways this also de-
scribes the bandwidth in Morten Sondergaard’s life.

As a young man growing up in Denmark, Morten was more attracted to pure action than dipping his nose in books.
He barely finished high school and speeded head on down the entrepreneurial road. Today he is the founder of
more than 50 companies over the past 20 years.

After selling his first business within the chemical industry, he moved into high tech telecommunications in the late
80s, creating various companies in Denmark, Germany, Spain, Morocco, San Marino, United Kingdom, Hong Kong
and Brazil, all operating in the wholesale and value added service sector.

In the late 90s ventures from within the telecommunications market lead to the creation of various Internet startups
or SMS and Digital TV companies. Basically, Morten has surfed and enjoyed these and the latest waves of prosperity
– not least on the Internet.

To challenge the limits of the telco marketplace you simply must be a fighter. If you top that with the ability of surviving
not only the Internet bubble but also the 2009 financial crash with cash in your pocket, you can see the framework of
the businessman, Morten Sondergaard.

But his core Modus Vivendi has changed. In the last couple of years Morten stopped always eating the cake himself
realizing that it is much more exciting to share the success being an active investor instead of owning and controlling
everything himself - a shift that creates more value and bigger smiles.

His friends describes him as generous and ambitious but also lacking the gift of patience and almost unable to relax.
Morten is basically a curious guy. Not digging into the riddles behind the newest algorithm but constantly in pursuit
of an open minded view of a whole world – no surprise he learned to fly…

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Leg 1
Greece 020 Crete
Egypt 024 Cairo
United Arab Emirates 042 Dubai
India 054 Mombay
Maldives 058 Male/Kuda Huraa
India 074 Chennai
THAILAND 078 Chiang Mai
080 Udon Thani
086 Bangkok

Leg 2
Cambodia 100 Siemreb
Indonesia 116 Jarkarta
124 Biak
Papua New Guinea 126 Wewak
Australia 148 Sydney

Leg 3
New Caledonia 162 Ils de Pins
Tonga 172 Tongatapu
Cook Island 180 Rarotonga
French Polynesia 196 Tahiti
198 Mangareva
Chile 208 Easter Island
218 Robinson Crusoe Island
220 Santiago de Chile

Leg 4
Argentina 226 Buenos Aires
Uruguay 236 Punta del Este
Brazil 246 Florianopolis
254 Sao Paulo
256 Rio de Jaineiro
264 Natal
Cape Verde 266 Sal
Leg 4

Leg 1

Leg 2

Leg 3
Morocco 270 Marrakech
Spain 280 Mallorca

6 7
Greece
Crete
Egypt
Cairo
United Arab Emirates
Dubai
India
Mombay
Maldives
Male/Kuda Hurra
India
Chennai
Thailand
Chiang Mai
Udon Thani
Bangkok

8 LEG 1 LEG 1 9
10 LEG 1 | Mallorca | Palma de Mallorca LEG 1 | Mallorca | Palma de Mallorca 11
12 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 1 | Mallorca | Palma de Mallorca 13
14 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 1 | Mallorca | Palma de Mallorca 15
16 LEG 1 | Mallorca | Palma de Mallorca LEG 1 | Mallorca | Palma de Mallorca 17
18 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 1 | Mallorca | Palma de Mallorca 19
Greece
Capital: Athens
Official language: Greek
Population: 11.2 mio.
Area: 131,990 km2
Government: Parliamentary republic

Crete

20 LEG 1 | Greece LEG 1 | Greece 21


22 LEG 1 | Greece | Athens LEG 1 | Greece | Athens 23
Egypt
Capital: Cairo
Cairo
Official language: Arabic
Population: 75.6 mio.
Area: 1,002,450 km2
Government: Semi-presidential republic

24 LEG 1 | Egypt LEG 1 | Egypt 25


26 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 27
Originally built for a princess...

28 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 29


30 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 31
32 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 33
34 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 35
36 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 37
Two big smiles - The advantage of being late is having the place to yourself.

38 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 39


40 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 41
United
arab Capital: Abu Dhabi

Emirates
Official language: Arabic
Population: 4.6 mio.
Area: 83,600 km2 Dubai
Government: Islamic Federal
constitutional monarchy

42 LEG 1 | United arab emirates LEG 1 | United arab emirates 43


44 LEG 1 | United arab emirates | Dubai LEG 1 | United arab emirates | Dubai 45
46 LEG 1 | United arab emirates | Dubai LEG 1 | United arab emirates | Dubai 47
When getting tired of shopping in Mall of the Emirates
you might want to add to the CO2-emissions enjoying
yourself on the five runs of the Mall’s indoor ski resort.

48 LEG 1 | United arab emirates | Dubai LEG 1 | United arab emirates | Dubai 49
Buddha behind a bar...

50 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 1 | United arab emirates | Dubai 51


52 LEG 1 | United arab emirates | Dubai LEG 1 | United arab emirates | Dubai 53
INDIA
Capital: New Delhi
OfFIcial language: Hindi, English
Population: 1,148 mio.
Area: 3,287,240 km2
Government: Federal republic
Parliamentary democracy

Mombay

54 LEG 1 | India LEG 1 | India 55


56 LEG 1 | India | Mombay LEG 1 | India | Mombay 57
Maldives
Capital: Malé
Official language: Dhivehi
Population: 0.4 mio.
Area: 298 km2
Government: Presidential republic
Male/Kuda Hurra

58 LEG 1 | Maldives LEG 1 | Maldives 59


60 LEG 1 | Maldives | Male LEG 1 | Maldives | Male 61
62 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 1 | Maldives | Male 63
At Kuda Huraa, there was time for a fish and a read.

64 LEG 1 | Maldives | Male LEG 1 | Maldives | Male 65


... and even yoga

66 LEG 1 | Maldives | Male LEG 1 | Maldives | Male 67


68 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 69
70 LEG 1 | Maldives | Male LEG 1 | Maldives | Male 71
72 LEG 1 | Maldives | Male LEG 1 | Maldives | Male 73
INDIA
Capital: New Delhi
OfFIcial language: Hindi, English
Population: 1,148 mio.
Area: 3,287,240 km2
Government: Federal republic
Parliamentary democracy

Chennai

74 LEG 1 | India LEG 1 | India 75


76 LEG 1 | India | Chennai LEG 1 | India | Chennai 77
Thailand
Capital: Bangkok
Official language: Thai Chiang Mai
Population: 63.0 mio.
Area: 513,115 km2 Udon Thani
Government: Parliamentary democracy
and constitutional monarchy

Bangkok

78 LEG 1 | Thailand LEG 1 | Thailand 79


80 LEG 1 | Thailand | Udon Thani LEG 1 | Thailand | Udon Thani 81
82 LEG 1 | Thailand | Udon Thani LEG 1 | Thailand | Udon Thani 83
Bridging gaps and building Buddhas.

84 LEG 1 | Thailand | Udon Thani LEG 1 | Thailand | Udon Thani 85


86 LEG 1 | Thailand | Bangkok LEG 1 | Thailand | Bangkok 87
88 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 1 | Thailand | Bangkok 89
90 LEG 1 | Thailand | Bangkok LEG 1 | Thailand | Bangkok 91
92 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 1 | Thailand | Bangkok 93
Bars and clubs...

LEG 1 | Thailand | Bangkok 95


96 LEG 1 | Thailand | Bangkok LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 97
Cambodia
Siemreab
Indonesia
Pontianak Borneo
jarkarta
Makassar
Biak
papua New Guinea
Wewak
Australia
Cairns
Sydney

98 LEG 2 LEG 2 99
Cambodia
Capital: Phnom Penh
Official language: Khmer
Population: 13.4 million
Area: 181.035 km2
Government: Constitutional
Monarchy, parliamentary
representative demodracy
Siemreab

100 LEG 2 | Cambodia LEG 2 | Cambodia 101


102 LEG 2 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh LEG 2 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh 103
The temples of Angkor Wat will exist long after
we have left.

104 LEG 2 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh LEG 2 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh 105
106 LEG 2 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh LEG 2 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh 107
108 LEG 2 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh LEG 2 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh 109
The floating village in Siam Rieb is constructed to survive
5 meter floodings and even the fierce monsoons.

110 LEG 2 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh LEG 2 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh 111
112 LEG 2 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh LEG 2 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh 113
Two days delay offered more time in colourful
Cambodia - the three girls were heading for
a wedding.

114 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 2 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh 115


Indonesia
Capital: Jakarta
Official language: Indonesian
Population: 237.5 mio.
Area: 1,919,440 km2
Government: Presidential republic

Pontianak
BIAK

Makassar

Jarkarta

116 LEG 2 | Indonesia LEG 2 | Indonesia 117


The authorities forced us west to the wonderfully
chaotic streets of Jakarta, where we were stuck
and enriched for a couple of days.

118 LEG 2 | Indonesia | Jakarta LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 119


120 LEG 2 | Indonesia | Jakarta LEG 2 | Indonesia | Jakarta 121
122 LEG 2 | Indonesia | Jakarta LEG 2 | Indonesia | Jakarta 123
124 LEG 2 | Indonesia | Biak LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 125
Papua
new Capital: Port Moresby
Wewak

guinea
Official language: English,
Tok Psin, Hiri Motu
Population: 6.3 mio.
Area: 462,840 km2
Government: Constitutional monarchy

126 LEG 2 | Papua New guinea LEG 2 | Papua New guinea 127
128 LEG 2 | Papua New guinea | WEWAK LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 129
130 LEG 2 | Papua New guinea | WEWAK LEG 2 | Papua New guinea | WEWAK 131
132 LEG 2 | Papua New guinea | WEWAK LEG 2 | Papua New guinea | WEWAK 133
134 LEG 2 | Papua New guinea | WEWAK LEG 2 | Papua New guinea | WEWAK 135
Practising for a couple of thousand years
helps getting it right

136 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 2 | Papua New guinea | WEWAK 137
138 LEG 2 | Papua New guinea | WEWAK LEG 2 | Papua New guinea | WEWAK 139
140 LEG 2 | Papua New guinea | WEWAK LEG 2 | Papua New guinea | WEWAK 141
Readers of local newspapers informed us
that the Duke of Gloucester visiting the Island
might have fuelled terrorist activity.

142 LEG 2 | Papua New guinea | WEWAK LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 143
Former olympic swimmer from Bulgaria, Mr. Lubo was the
first to crawl across the Adriatic Sea. Now he digs for gold.

144 LEG 2 | Papua New guinea | WEWAK LEG 2 | Papua New guinea | WEWAK 145
146 LEG 2 | Papua New guinea | WEWAK LEG 2 | Papua New guinea | WEWAK 147
Australia
Capital: Canbera
Official language: English
Population: 21.5 mio.
Area: 7,741,220 km2 Cairns
Government: Federal parliamentary
democracy and constitutional
monarchy

Sydney

148 LEG 2 | Australien LEG 2 | Australien 149


Sydney, and now half-way around the world.

150 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 2 | Australien | Sydney 151


152 LEG 2 | Australien | Sydney LEG 2 | Australien | Sydney 153
Killing time in Sydney, while waiting
for landing permits.

154 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo


156 LEG 2 | Australien | Sydney LEG 2 | Australien | Sydney 157
158 LEG 2 | Australien | Sydney LEG 2 | Australien | Sydney 159
New Caledonia
Tontouta
Iles de Pins
Tonga
Tongatapu
Cook Islands
Rarotonga
French Polynesia
Tahiti
Mangareva
Chile
Easter island
Robinson Crusoe Island
Santiago de Chile

160 LEG 3 LEG 3 161


New
caledonia Capital: Nourméa
OfFIcial language: French
Population: 244.000
Area: 18,575 km2
Government: Overseas territory
of France

Tontouta

Iles de pins

162 LEG 3 | New caledonia LEG 3 | New caledonia 163


Looks like a nice island. Let’s get down there!

164 LEG 3 | New caledonia | Iles de pins LEG 3 | New caledonia | Iles de pins 165
Isle de Pins unveils surprising life forms.

166 LEG 3 | New caledonia | Iles de pins LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 167
Guides to barbecue and a few corners of Paradise: Kiki and Felix.

168 LEG 3 | New caledonia | Iles de pins LEG 3 | New caledonia | Iles de pins 169
Extraordinary seafood outside Wewak.

170 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 3 | New caledonia | Iles de pins 171
Tonga
Capital: Nuku’alofa
OfFIcial language: Tongan, English
Population: 112,000
Area: 748 km2
Government: Constitutional monarchy

Tongatapu

172 LEG 3 | Tonga LEG 3 | Tonga 173


Arriving late at Tonga.

174 LEG 3 | Tonga | Tongatapu LEG 3 | Tonga | Tongatapu 175


Crossing the dateline where Wednesday became Tuesday.

176 LEG 3 | Tonga | Tongatapu LEG 3 | Tonga | Tongatapu 177


When turning Tuesday into Monday you´re really
chasing the sun. At this part of the journey the
flights gets considerable longer. G-ZUMO rests at
night and travels in daylight in case an unexpected
landing becomes vital.

178 LEG 3 | Tonga | Tongatapu LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 179


Cook
Island Capital: Avarua
OfFIcial language: English, Cook Island Mãori
Population: 19,569
Area: 240 km2
Government: Constitional monarchy

Rarotonga
(Cook Island)

180 LEG 3 | Cook Island LEG 3 | Cook Island 181


Exploring Rarotonga, Cook Island.

182 LEG 3 | Cook Island | Rarotonga LEG 3 | Cook Island | Rarotonga 183
184 LEG 3 | Cook Island | Rarotonga LEG 3 | Cook Island | Rarotonga 185
186 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 3 | Cook Island | Rarotonga 187
Maybe staying at Cook Island for a couple of
additional days wasn’t such a bad idea. A category
3 cyclone named Funa was on her way.

188 LEG 3 | Cook Island | Rarotonga LEG 3 | Cook Island | Rarotonga 189
Boat building is a man’s job.

190 LEG 3 | Cook Island | Rarotonga LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 191


The days passed at Roratonga while waiting for a
new HF radio. Tahiti’s very French authorities would
not let the plane land without it, and consequently
we had one flown in from Switzerland - Well, the
delay finally allowed cyclone Funa to pass.

192 LEG 3 | Cook Island | Rarotonga LEG 3 | Cook Island | Rarotonga 193
French
polynesia Capital: Papeete
OfFIcial language: French
Population: 259,600
Area: 4,167 km2
Government: Dependent territory

Tahiti
Mangareva

194 LEG 3 | French polynesia LEG 3 | French polynesia 195


196 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 197
The last island of French Polynesia and nowhere else to land...

198 LEG 3 | French polynesia | Mangareva LEG 3 | French polynesia | Mangareva 199
Knowing that the French played with nuclear
bombs next door kind of adds to the silence.

LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 201


You don’t really feel like leaving Mangereva.

202 LEG 3 | French polynesia | Mangareva LEG 3 | French polynesia | Mangareva 203
No two pearls are alike.

204 LEG 3 | French polynesia | Mangareva LEG 3 | French polynesia | Mangareva 205
Fuelled and at the end of the world.

206 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 3 | French polynesia | Mangareva 207


chile
Capital: Santiago
OfFIcial language: Spanish
Population: 16.8 mio.
Area: 756,950 km2
Government: Representative democracy

Easter Island
Santiago de Chile
Robinson Crusoe Island

208 LEG 3 | Chile LEG 3 | Chile 209


210 LEG 3 | Chile | Easter Island LEG 3 | Chile | Easter Island 211
212 LEG 3 | Chile | Easter Island LEG 3 | Chile | Easter Island 213
The stone sculptures - moai - created by the
Rapanui people at Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
masters the art of speaking for themselves.

214 LEG 3 | Chile | Easter Island LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 215


Life and death...

216 LEG 3 | Chile | Easter Island LEG 3 | Chile | Easter Island 217
218 LEG 3 | Chile | Robinson crusoe island 219
Law and order...

220 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 3 | Chile | Santiago de chile 221


222 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 3 | Chile | Santiago de chile 223
Argentina
Buenos Aires
UrUguay
Punta del este
Brazil
Florianopolis
Sao Paulo
Rio de Jaineiro
Natal
Cap verde
Sal
Morocco
Marrakech
Spain
Mallorca

224 LEG 4 LEG 4 225


argentina
Capital: Buenos Aires
OfFIcial language: Spanish
Population: 40.5 mio.
Area: 2,780,403 km2
Government: Federal presidential republic

Buenos Aires

226 LEG 4 | Argentina LEG 4 | Argentina 227


228 LEG 4 | Argentina | Buenos Aires LEG 4 | Argentina | Buenos Aires 229
Buenos Aires - style pot of the south.

230 LEG 4 | Argentina | Buenos Aires LEG 4 | Argentina | Buenos Aires 231
232 LEG 4 | Argentina | Buenos Aires LEG 4 | Argentina | Buenos Aires 233
234 LEG 4 | Argentina | Buenos Aires 235
Uruguay
Capital: Montevideo
OfFIcial language: Spanish
Population: 3.5 mio.
Area: 176,215 km2
Government: Presidential republic

Punta del este

236 LEG 4 | Uruguay LEG 4 | Uruguay 237


238 LEG 4 | Uruguay | Punta del este LEG 4 | Uruguay | Punta del este 239
Conquistadores del Punta del Este.

240 LEG 4 | Uruguay | Punta del este LEG 4 | Uruguay | Punta del este 241
242 LEG 4 | Uruguay | Punta del este LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 243
BRAZIL
Capital: Brasilia
OfFIcial language: Portuguese
Population: 190.5 mio.
Area: 8,514,877 km2
Government: Presidential Natal
federal republic

Rio De Jaineiro
Sao Paulo

Florianopolis

244 LEG 4 | Brazil LEG 4 | Brazil 245


Florinanopolis - Southern Brazil’s hip summer retreat.

246 LEG 4 | Brazil | Florinapolis LEG 4 | Brazil | Florinapolis 247


248 LEG 4 | Brazil | Florinapolis LEG 4 | Brazil | Florinapolis 249
Messages hanging from the roof.

250 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 251


252 LEG 4 | Brazil | Florinapolis LEG 4 | Brazil | Florinapolis 253
Early bird in Sao Paolo.

254 LEG 4 | Brazil | Sao Paulo LEG 4 | Brazil | Sao Paulo 255
Ipanema con gusto.

256 LEG 4 | Brazil | Rio de jaineiro LEG 4 | Brazil | Rio de jaineiro 257
Favelas are so much more than their reputation.

258 LEG 4 | Brazil | Rio de jaineiro LEG 4 | Brazil | Rio de jaineiro 259
Mauris Restaurant at Copa Cobana
speaks for itself, and so does Mauri!

260 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 261


262 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 4 | Brazil | Rio de jaineiro 263
Natal in northern Brazil.

264 LEG 4 | Brazil | Natal LEG 4 | Brazil | Natal 265


CapO
Verde Capital: Praia
OfFIcial language: Portuguese
Population: 0,5 mio.
Area: 4,033 km2
Government: Republic
Sal

266 LEG 4 | Cap verde LEG 4 | Cap verde 267


Landing on Capo Verde for the last fuelling.

268 LEG 4 | Cap verde | Sal LEG 4 | Cap verde | Sal 269
Morocco
Capital: Rabat
OfFIcial language: Arabic
Population: 31.4 mio.
Area: 446,550 km2
Government: Constitutional monarchy

Marrakech

270 LEG 4 | Morocco LEG 4 | Morocco 271


272 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 4 | Morocco | Marrakech 273
Late lunch in Marrakesh. Take a cab to the market
and go for the booths!

274 LEG 4 | Morocco | Marrakech LEG 4 | Morocco | Marrakech 275


276 LEG 4 | Morocco | Marrakech LEG 4 | Morocco | Marrakech 277
278 LEG 4 | Morocco | Marrakech 279
Spain
Capital: Madrid
OfFIcial language: Spanish
Population: 46.2 mio.
Area: 504,030 km2
Government: Parliamentary democracy
and Constitutional monarchy

Mallorca

280 LEG 4 | Spain LEG 4 | Spain 281


282 LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo LEG 1 | Egypt | Cairo 283
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EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS EVERYWHERE
53 ft 4 in
(16.27 m)
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Take-off distance over 50 ft (15 m) obstacle 2,650 ft (808 m)
Landing distance over 50 ft (15 m) obstacle 1,830 ft (558 m)
Max. rate of climb (MTOW) 1,920 ft/min (585 m/min)
Max. cruise speed 280 KTAS (519 km/h)
Max. range with 3 passengers (30,000 ft,
High Speed Cruise, NBAA IFR reserves) 1,573 NM (2,915 km)
Max. operating altitude 30,000 ft (9,144 m)
Stall speed (MTOW) 66 KIAS (122 km/h)

WEIGHTS
Basic empty weight 6,557 lb (2,974 kg)
14 ft
(4.26 m) Max. take-off weight 10,450 lb (4,740 kg)
Max. landing weight 9,920 lb (4,500 kg)
Max. payload 2,283 lb (1,036 kg)
47 ft 3 in
Payload with max. fuel 1,029 lb (467 kg)
(14.40 m)

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Smiling Flyer
“Dream it. Plan it. Fly it.”

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