From Yukon to Johannesburg in My Commander
What’s the best way to get from Yukon, Oklahoma, to Johannesburg, South Africa, a Great Circle distance of about 9,600 nm? For Michael Johnstone, the answer was easy. He first did the reverse route—Johannesburg, which is home for him, to Yukon—by airlines so he could do the return trip his way, in his newly acquired Commander 695B. Johnstone and ferry pilot Antony Maitland left Legacy Aviation Services in Yukon, where Johnstone had purchased the Commander, on December 13, 2017, and five days later landed at Lanseria International in Johannesburg after logging about 34 flying hours. “The trip was an amazing experience for me as it was my first flight from the USA through Europe back to South Africa,” Johnstone says.…
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