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From Helsinki to Cape Town with a motor glider
24/08/2001 | Posted by Thierry at 04:50 PM

IGC Vice-President Tapio Savolainen, a Boeing 757 pilot from Finland, and businessmann Anssi Soila will be starting from Helsinki on August 27 on a 13,000 km flight to Cape Town. Their aircraft: Anssi Soila's Stemme S10-VT. Their plan is to use as little fuel as possible by exploiting soaring conditions as available.

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