A truly awe-inspiring journey. Watch a video from one of their incredible experiences.
Seeing smoke billowing from massive fires burning across seemingly-endless stretches of the Amazon rainforest was one of the most jarring perspectives a Vancouver woman recalls from her journey to the "end of the world."
While many of the places the family flew over offered jaw-dropping perspectives of unparalleled beauty, the view of the widespread fires in the Amazon struck Samantha with a devastating blow. "There definitely been some scary situations," Samantha describes. "Especially the way we are flying using VFR. We can't enter into the clouds so it can be a bit challenging if there is some dicey weather, like heading down through the Caribbean in the summer, [when] the thunderstorms can really build."
For each section of flying, the family averaged 25,000 nautical miles and generally made two or three stops daily. While many Canadian airports did not require a permit or fee, several of the ones in South America did. That said, there were a couple of surprises in North America, including a shockingly steep landing fee at a small airport in New Brunswick.
Single-engine plane was 'meant to be' The plane is only one of two GA8 Airvans in all of Canada and Samantha's dad had been keeping his eye out for one. When one come up for sale in the Lower Mainland, he said it was "meant to be."
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