News Release: First for Africa
UK Air has just completed the first reconnaissance flight from Geneva to Lagos, Nigeria on behalf of Skyship Cruise on the feasability of flying their airship across Africa on behalf of one of their clients in association with Saachi and Saachi for a marketing campaign. The trip took over two weeks in fine weather with the reconnaissance flight landing every 200 to 300 miles, which is the distance the airship can travel before requiring refueling. At over 200 feet long, the airship is comparable to a Boeing 747.
First Diamond DA40
Another first was the ferrying from Chicago to Manchester International, England of the first Diamond aircraft DA40 over the Atlantic. Taking 5 days with stops in Canada, Greenland, Iceland and then direct to Manchester, all at altitudes ranging from 1000 feet to 15,000 feet
