Michael Combs closing in on 50 state tour in REMOS GX

Denton, TX – Michael Combs came one important step closer to making the 50 State tour he plans to launch in just under six months: he earned his Sport Pilot’s license. Working with US Aviation in his REMOS GX, dubbed “Hope One”, Combs completed his check ride in just over 43 hours of training. Because of his intended 135-stop “Flight For The Human Spirit”, the first such tour by a Sport Pilot in a Light Sport Aircraft, Combs earned his endorsement for entering Class B airspace and took some extra long cross country flights. He hopes to have his total time up to 100 hours by the time he launches his tour on April 4, 2010.

US Aviation, a REMOS dealer, specializes in training Sport and Professional pilots and has taken additional training steps to ensure that Michael can handle the task he has set for himself.

The REMOS GX he will fly into all 50 States will be one of the most technologically advanced Light Sport Aircraft in the country. Combs will be using a satellite tracking system that will allow his mission control to update his location every two minutes that he is airborne. The information will be automatically advanced to his website where he will also be directing in-flight commentary filmed through a computer video link. He will supplement that information with weather reports captured on a net book computer with updated charts and will maintain contact with his mission control via satellite phone. On board the aircraft he will have XM satellite weather access. The aircraft will have a Bluetooth link for internal communications and will automatically forward Twitters from the cockpit. Though his focus will always be on flying the aircraft, he will be assisted by an auto pilot tied into the GPS system. The electronic features he plans on using may be available as options to REMOS owners.

Combs has calculated the trip will take 40 flight days. With anticipated weather delays, he expects to complete the trip in about 63 to 75 days.

“’The Flight For The Human Spirit’ is proof of human capability and of accomplishing what you are able to dream,” said Combs. “I’d like to show the country that a Sport Pilot license is a passport to unlimited adventure and the REMOS GX is an ideal LSA aircraft for realizing that adventure. This is a celebration of freedom.” 

For more information on the first 50 State tour in an LSA, visit www.flightforthehumanspirit.com 

REMOS Aircraft is the world’s leading light aircraft manufacturer.  Founded in 1994, REMOS is an international aerospace manufacturing company with operations in the Europe and North America.  REMOS’ flagship product, the REMOS GX aircraft, is an all-composite, single engine, recreational aircraft certified by the FAA and the DAeC.  Manufactured in a state-of-the-art facility in Pasewalk, Germany, REMOS aircraft are distributed and supported world-wide through a network of specialty sales, maintenance and flight training programs.  For more information please visit www.REMOS.com or telephone 877-REMOS-88