You will need to be IFR rated, the plane and the pilot. You cannot leave Canadian airspace to cross the Atlantic without filing IFR.
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Having the capability to fly through a cloud layer, if needed, is highly recommended.
Careful planning including the right time of year will avoid icing.
This has been of interest to me for a long time.
Peter Gluckman flew a 90 hp Luscombe 8F from San Francisco to Berlin round trip in the 50's. He did not have an instrument rating. he went on to make many long distance flights in a Cessna 190, at least two different Bonanza's and a Meyers 200. He vanished over the Pacific after taking off horrendously overloaded in a Bonanza attempting to set a new world distance record.
Mira Slovak flew a Fornier motor glider westbound across the North Atlantic. It has also been done with an ultralight.
That arouses my curiosity also.I?m curious as to why someone would want to do this. Seems the margins are pretty thin given the standard fuel capacity, winds and weather.
Do you know which RV this is?
If you can find a copy of Jon Johanson's book Aiming High, I highly recommend it, Whether you 'get it' or not, it's just great fun vicariously riding along with him on his journeys. And perhaps it will help answer the question.Never intended any criticism. I am honestly Just asking why in a respectful manner.
You will need to be IFR rated, the plane and the pilot. You cannot leave Canadian airspace to cross the Atlantic without filing IFR.
You can fly across the North Atlantic VFR. You do NOT need to be IFR rated or file IFR.
Pretty sure that was Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager (in the Rutan Voyager).