I was recently thinking about how exactly to get to IMCA, with a bike, and 50 of my closest Team Magellan friends … and it dawned on me that we should charter a flight. How perfect would that be - no worrying about the lines at OHare, no issues with shipping your bike or big-airlines throwing the bike box around, land IN Penticton (or wherever we want).
Unfortunately, I’ve never done this before, and don’t even know where to start. Does anybody know a pilot? Is anybody a pilot? Does Magellan have a plane that we could borrow? Is this cost-effective?
Anybody have any thoughts?
I was thinking the same thing, re: the charter. Magellan does not have a plane that big. However, we are chartering a flight to Mexico this winter. I will have Bethany look into the details…
Sean
If the cost is not prohibitive, we should consider. Keep in mind that some members of Team Magellan may have already booked their flights to Vancouver, so they would probably not be interested. Also, a number of team members will be bringing family members to Penticton, so the number of people to be included in a charter would be more than just Team members.
Ira
I would be all in, except I already booked my flight. I will see if it is refundable. keep me posted.
John Travolta has a pretty nice plane, maybe if we talk him into IMC - he’ll fly us…pretty sure we could all fit.
check it out:
http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_nov2004/Travolta_House.htm