8 September 2010
Norman Surplus’s attempt to fly a gyrocopter around the world has been put on hold. A statement on Norman’s blog explained, “We have to call “half time” on the Official FAI World Record attempt to First Circumnavigate the Globe by Autogyro Aircraft registration G-YROX.
This is primarily due to the fact that the very technically challenging section of the flight towards the Bering Sea has a seasonal time “gate”. Being so far north in latitude, it is deemed only suitable to navigate light aircraft by this northern “bridge” across the Pacific Ocean and International Date Line during the very briefest of summer months. By mid September, the harsh winter conditions are again closing in and access to the region shuts down once more and will remain so until the late spring of 2011.” <a href=”http://gyroxgoesglobal.blogspot.com/”>Click here for more</a>
