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French Pilots Plan Circumnavigation in Guimbal Helo

The estimated 70-leg journey will take the crew across 16 countries.

By Jerry Siebenmark • Senior Editor

March 6, 2019

French tech entrepreneur Corentin Larose plans to circumnavigate the world in 80 days, flying a two-seat Guimbal Cabri G2 beginning around June 19, he said Tuesday at Heli-Expo. Larose, who will be joined by copilot Samy Du-Dalt, said the route between the 28th and 71stparallels will take them across 16 countries and begin and end in Paris.

If successful, the Skytrek tour would be the first circumnavigation by French helicopter pilots, and the first such flight by a two-seat, and French-made, helicopter, Larose said. “This is more of a world tour," he said. "We are here to discover people, places, and things like that.” The estimated 70-leg journey will have stops that include an overnight stay in Canada’s Akpatok Island—whose inhabitants are mostly bears and wolves—and the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, he said.

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