Around the world in 60 days aboard a Pilatus PC12 aircraft

[winnlux]

Great pics! I'm a pilot and a photographer... photographer for a living and pilot for fun. So enjoyed the slide show! A real dream!

[DiamondPilotDan]

rich lucky bastards

[MarkoPilot]

Lucky Pilot! Super Jealous! :P

[askii3]

Way cool. Definitely a once in a lifetime experience. Quite a testament to the PC12 and its PT6 engine too, especially crossing the Pacific. Speaking of, did you have to add any extra fuel tanks for the long legs?

[doormaneamons]

i watch youtube for videos not pictures

[tomsolomedia]

@doormaneamons next trip you'll get your video for sure.

[andreideleon1]

lucky and privileged you guys that have the posibility to do this kind of trip and congrats from this mexican pilot thats currently living in the US!! this is what Ive always dream to do so especially in a PC-12 what a great airplane!! im sure it was something you all will never forget if you ever know of some one needing a pilot to join a trip like this let me know!

[tomsolomedia]

@andreideleon1 I am planning more around the world trips. please contact me.

[MrPhipper]

How much did all this cost in the end (gas, maintenance, etc) in the end? Just curious. It looks really fun and I've always wanted to do something like this with my friends.

[tomsolomedia]

@MrPhipper get in touch. there are more trips coming up, I am planning already for 2011. info at tomsolo dot com

[3593893]

Fantastic Job on the flight and the video. Wish I would have known I would have got involved !

[tomsolomedia]

@3593893 we will do another trip this year if you are interested.

[morandi92]

AMAZING!! I want to do this soo badly!!

[tomsolomedia]

@morandi92 - NEXT TRIP 2011

[FLIGHTSIMEXTREME]

@tomsolomedia Ill subscribe if you do a pc 12 video every other month with anyhting to do with a pc 12

[tomsolomedia]

@FLIGHTSIMEXTREME - I would love to do so.

[FLIGHTSIMEXTREME]

@tomsolomedia

ok!

[manucheher]

small plane

[tomsolomedia]

indeed

[manucheher]

i should make a video like this with my plane

[tomsolomedia]

@manucheher : you should make a trip like this with your plane.

[dfwfly]

Whats the deal with the "Serious Danger" at the beginning with the newspaper? I assume your trip is the subject of the story.

Is there a link to the story online?

[tomsolomedia]

@dfwfly: I could mail you the news as PDF

[gsveeb]

Any video of the trip available? Would love to see it.

[tomsolomedia]

sorry, no!

[a71by]

its nice round trip with PC12

where can get detalis of the trip ?

thank you

[tomsolomedia]

@a71by: check out my website tomsolo (dot) c o m

[dnq3]

in the thailand images, tehre was a man wearing a shirt witha COLLAR that said "love king" whats was that? clothing line or what if anything? thanks

[tomsolomedia]

they are supposed to LOVE their king, so it seems that someone came up with the idea to put it on the back of a shirt. you can buy that anywhere in bangkok, also caps etc.

[saspost]

Awesome!!

[Nicarider182]

awesome guys. . . . . would have been faster in my crj1 =) I love the pilatus. It is a work of art.

[tomsolomedia]

whats the tech spech of the crj1 ?

[dnq3]

What was the estimated price tag for this trip?

[tomsolomedia]

no idea, i was only the photographer. maybe around USD 300000 excluding accommodation? I can only guess, sorry.

[dnq3]

What country/place was the best?

[tomsolomedia]

i loved papua new guinea and brazil. and new caledonia is a great place to be.

[Rippy0870]

These are all Estimates, assuming that they own the plane, which costs around 4 million dollars:

60000 kilometers = 35000 knots ...

35000kts / 250kts per hour = 130 flight hours ...

130 hours x 60 gallons per hour = 8000 gallons of JetA fuel ...

8000 gallons x 6 dollars per gallon = Around 50,000 dollars ...

Add onto that $50,000 the cost of pilots, insurance, maintenance, etc and the entire cost was prob around $100,000.

Then you also have to figure in costs of hotels.

[tomsolomedia]

@Rippy0870: landing fees, flight plans, cost of fuel also very different, especially in the pacifics

[tomsolomedia]

don't wait too long ;-) - and let me know, I'll be with you taking pictures!

[maurobozzi]

what a beautiful experience!

grat!

[dnq3]

1. lucky sob's lol

2. that looked like SOO much fun

3. I want to travel a to more places now

4. why not Los Angeles Guys!?!?

jk what u guys did is my dream, and i plan on achieving it. great vid

[tomsolomedia]

and now you know whos going to take the pictures. ;-)

[FranTxis]

Hi, very well done. Must have been a slog at the end with so much flying. Very relentless flying. The music really sets it off well. Could you tell me the artist and track? Many thanks. To heck with the sailboat.

[tomsolomedia]

@FranTxis: sorry, don't know the artist! yes, sell your boat, get a plane!

[durtmagert]

bas ass

[tomsolomedia]

yeah!

[tomsolomedia]

hi fabianlaguzzi24, yes, great plane! where do you fly? no idea of the cost! what do you estimate?

[fabianlaguzzi24]

veryyyy nice,im a commercial pilot,im from uruguay and i whish to flying this airplane,it´s amazzzing

1 question,what was the price of this trip???total in euros???

[tomsolomedia]

half a million I think,

[ateamchief]

Awesome. Great adventure. Was there any other purpose for the trip than flying around the world ? Wich is a great purpose in itself.

[tomsolomedia]

That was the only purpuse. As far as I know.

[AllesOnderControle]

I am so jealous. Great airplane and an even greater trip. What was the best place you have been? Thailand? Brazil?

[tomsolomedia]

I loved PNG for its brutal nature and simple life style. Brazil is also a very nice country, a little bit out of control though. Thailand was not very special to me, but food is great there.

[BlackTwister999]

my dream to be like that Just a traveller !!!

[tomsolomedia]

haha, you wish! yeah, but it was a lot of work, too! but nice!!! I look for more!!!!

[ironbear79]

cool, amazing, what a dream!

give me some facts, miles flown, fuel used, trip total time.

Congrats

[tomsolomedia]

Kilometers flown: . 60.000

Photos taken: 30.496

Internet connections: ..1392

Flight hours: .140

Satellite phone calls: 82

Days of traveling: .60

Landings: 39

[bestdiver]

first to comment...yeah....

what a great trip....I am sure you had lot of nice encounters...great way to discover the world