I am truly honored that Chalkie Stobbart (pilot) and Tony van den Heuvel (builder) chose my GP-4 design to challenge Alex Henshaw’s 70 year old flight record. The result was impressive, besting the existing record by almost a day.
My congratulations to Chalkie Stobbart for this astounding feat!
George Pereira
In this video Chalkie receives clearance for his record setting flight on
8 May 2009.
In this second video Capt. "Chalkie" Stobbart returns to Cape Town on 11 May 2009 from his record setting fight in 3 days, 15 hours, 17 minutes.
This third video shows more about Capt. "Chalkie" Stobbart's record setting flight and the Henshaw Challenge.