Adventurer circumnavigates the world in gyrocopter
The adventurer, who landed in Basingstoke on Sunday afternoon, said the experience had been"magical".Image copyrightDescribing the experience Mr Ketchell said:"It's all a massive blur to be honest, the fact that I have literally flown around the world, it hasn't sunk in, it's probably going to take quite a while to. It feels really good, it's been magical."
The UK Scouting Ambassador flew a MAGNI M16C gyrocopter, which travels at 70 knots with a range of just 700 nautical miles, and has a cockpit open to the weather.He was almost struck by lightning at one point but said crossing the Atlantic Ocean from Greenland to Iceland had been his hairiest moment.
"The weather had deteriorated quite badly - almost zero visibility - and you need to be able to see when you're flying," he said.Image copyrightThe motivational speaker said he had only learnt to fly gyrocopters two years ago, so people thought he was"a maniac".which saw him row across the Atlantic Ocean in 2010, climb Everest in 2011 and cycle 28,969 km around the world in 2013.
Asked what is next, Mr Ketchell said that no human being had ever circumnavigated the earth by air, land - and sea.
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