Since its departure in August, the ‘Silver Spitfire - The Longest Flight’ expedition, in partnership with luxury watchmaker IWC Schaffhausen, has covered thousands of nautical miles and flown across the Atlantic, the USA, Canada, Russia and Japan on its unprecedented round-the-world journey.
Almost three months later and following a brief two-week break, pilots Steve Boutlbee-Brooks and Matt Jones have taken to the skies to complete the next half of their record-breaking adventure.
“It was fantastic to have a couple of weeks’ rest before tackling the second half of our expedition. We’ve enjoyed some much-needed downtime with our family and friends, and feel like we’ve recharged our batteries ahead of our return to work.”
“Whilst we’ve been resting, G-IRTY was housed in a hangar in Japan’s Hanamaki airport. It may have been a break for us, but work didn’t completely stop, as the aircraft underwent a 50-hour maintenance check. Once it had passed with flying colours, we were ready to tackle the next stage in our journey.”
The next scheduled stops in their aero-adventure are Abu Dhabi and Bahrain, before returning home to Europe.
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