EthanKing77 wrote:I am writing a feature-length screenplay that involves the protagonist travelling in an aircraft from a private hangar in London to a remote area in the Jerusalem Hills. Does anybody know how the pilot would be able to travel undetected for this flight path to be possible? Also, would they be able fly this distance without stopping?
I did almost exactly the same journey in 2017 - White Waltham to Paphos in Cyprus in a Cirrus SR22. Our original plan was to fly all the way to Amman in Jordan - with a quick stop in Haifa Israel. Unfortunately, when we got to Cyprus we learned that our request to enter and / or cross Israel had been refused (Despite having complied with all Israel's (very complex) procedures.
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Essentially to fly 2000nm non stop, you would need a long range jet aircraft. No standard light aircraft could do the journey non stop. I would also very much doubt that anything bigger than a tiny model aircraft could get through the Israeli air defence system, which is recognised as amongst the very best in the world. A long range jet would be quite difficult to land in a remote area of the Bethlehem hills.