Spanish pilot on single-engine aircraft for the first time without landing flying over Antarctica
The purpose of the expedition was to measure the level of air pollution.
MADRID, 11 Nov. /Offset. TASS Ekaterina Vorobyeva/. Spanish driver Miguel angel, Gordillo made their first non-stop flight over Antarctica in a single-engine plane. This is stated in the message released by the University of Granada.
According to him, the aim of the expedition, which took place on 9 November, was measuring the level of air pollution. Gordillo flew with the Italian scientific base, located on the shore of Scott and landed on the island of Seymour.
During the flight, which lasted for 20.5 hours, the pilot crossed the Ross sea, polar plateau and the Weddell sea. The distance that overcame the aircraft is 4.5 thousand km throughout the flight, Gordillo every three minutes passed on the basis of the reports of his condition, travel time, speed and direction.