Couple set off for tiny plane world tour

A German couple have departed from a Lantana, Fla., airport for a three-year world tour in a kit-built tiny plane that can only carry 200 pounds of luggage.

Experienced pilot Detlef Heun and fiancee Liliana Tagliamonte, who recently obtained her pilot's license, took off Monday from Lantana Airport for a three-year trip that is planned to include a wedding in the Bahamas, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Tuesday.

Heun said the plan is to fly the tiny plane, which the couple purchased as a kit and assembled over the course of three years, from island to island in the Caribbean before turning around in Brazil to turn their attentions to the north.

Every small space is used, Heun said of the plane. We're sitting here on our clothes and sleeping bags. There's not much room for anything else. We can only carry 200 pounds.

The couple said they packed tents and a small stove but have made plans to stay in other people's homes during their world tour as a cost-cutting measure.

It's one thing to jump from one international airport to another, (but we're) landing at the smaller airstrips and spending time in the communities, Heun said. All you know are the fuel station and the customs personnel at the (international airports). You can't get to know anything about the people and their cultures.

(UPI)

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