Photo: Yair Gil

We’ve all heard about man’s dream to fly, but for some people dreams can become reality. For the past four years, Israeli-born Yair Gil has spent most of his time in a garage behind his house. His mission was to build a plane that could get him from Israel to the Osh Kosh Aviation Festival in Wisconsin. On July 7, 2008, after a series of test runs he finally took off on a three-week flight to the U.S.
This is not the first time Gil’s first time in the cockpit. During his 37 years as a combat and commercial pilot in Israel, he managed to get a birds-eye view of most of his stops a long the way. “Back than it was business,” Gil says. “Now it’s personal. Though the plane can cover almost 1,800 miles a day, I think I’ll take it easy and enjoy the ride.”
Gil is scheduled to arrive in Wisconsin on July 28, 2008.

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