The Home Run







A few statistics for the record:
• Nautical miles flown: 5600 (6440 statute miles)
• Time airborne: 37hr 29mn
• Fuel consumed: 3873 US gallons
• Mars Bars eaten: 78.5
Any mammoth undertaking such as this relies on the generous and willing help of the backroom team who have done a magnificent job. We have tried to list them below. If we have inadvertently omitted your name, we must apologise but you know who you are.
Ken Beckman – Commercial Pilot, Winnipeg, St Andrew’s
Clive Edwards – EB Aviation
Richard Hayward – EB Aviation
David & Sue Archer – EB Aviation
Mark Edwards – Edwards Aviation Worldwide
Ria Sol – Flight Planning
Willem Oskam – Flight Planning (RNLAF 334 Sqn)
Theo Hendriks – Engineer (and moving the Captain’s furniture)
Andrew Bruce – Far North Aviation
Arno van der Holst – The Aviodrome, Lelystad
Raymond & Mark Oostergo – The Aviodrome, Lelystad
Alan Solway – Anglo Ltd.AJ Driessen – Insurance Broker
Lloyds of London
Phil Lowe – Certification Ltd.
Clive Pegden – Willing Supporter
Paul Chandler – Willing Supporter
Mike Gelpi – Willing Supporter
Graham Spiller - Willing Supporter
Mark Wheeler - Willing Supporter
Ron Jones - Willing Supporter
Steve Dugan – Technical Support
Pete Elson - Technical Support
Dick Smith – Southern Airframe Specialists
Max & Peter – Hotel Lelystad Airport
Miriam Mohammadi – Hotel Lelystad Airport
And our wives…
Felicity Holden – Oustanding support and encouragement
Sarah Pell – Indulging her husbands flights of fancy

Tony Holden – ‘Captain Darling’ – Arch Fixer without whom none of this would of happened
Captain Peter Kuypers – ‘the Flying Dutchman’ – In Command and Ace Pilot
Robert Verdonk – One of the ‘Dastardly Dutch Duo’ – Co-Pilot
Martijn Zwijnenburg – Flight Engineer and the second member of the ‘Dastardly Dutch Duo’
Charlie Holden – ‘Cheeky Chappie’ – Chief Purser
Commander Geoff Pell – Crew Chief and ‘Admiral of the Rear’
And finally… FIFI KATE
Thank you to one and all for following our fortunes; good luck and farewell. Safe Flying…
PS More pictures to follow in a week or twos time – when our feet are back on the ground.
3 Comments:
Well done the Lelystad six, as they used to say in the good old days DCO (Duty Carried Out) or perhaps that should be Duty-Free.
Thanks for keeping us entertained over the last week, it brightened up a dull day or two in the office and here's wishing Fifi Kate a long and happy retirement in the sun. Long may there be daylight under the wheels (and not just because she's up on jacks again!)
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Anonymous, at 9:22 PM
Well done to the band of desperados - we are really pleased that you have not been detained in 'G - Bay', wherever that is. We have been fascinated by your highly amusing Admirals Log and enjoyed your exploits en route. Mary & I look forward to the wash up pics and report, may be over a glass or two!! What an adventure for all.
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Anonymous, at 4:10 PM
I have a nice picture of Fifi-Kate at Lelystad in 2004, together with my 1943 Harley Davidson WLA, during a combined show of oldtimer AC and mil vehicles.
How do I get that picture on the blog or can someone send me his e-mailaddress, so that I can foreward the picture. my address is degeus2@wanadoo.nl
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Anonymous, at 3:22 PM
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