Registration: PT-RXE (nickname Romeo)  

Aircraft type: E-721D (1985) Sertanejo, a six-seater low-wing single-engine with retractable gear and variable pitch propeller.  

Manufacturer: Neiva Ind. Aer., Botucatu, Brazil, subsidiary of Embraer

• Engine: 6-cylinder Lycoming IO540, 300 HP  

• Cruising speed (economical): 140 knots (250 km/hr) 

• Standard autonomy: 385 litres, 7.5 hrs, 1,800 km 

• Autonomy for Americas expedition: 550 lts, 11 hrs, 2,700 km 

• Autonomy for the Atlantic in 1989: 705 lts, 15 hrs, 3,600 km 

• Autonomy for the Pacific in 1992: 875 lts, 18 hrs, 4,400 km 

AVIONICS 

The plane is fully equipped for instrument flight, including 1 HSI, 2 NAV/COMs, 2 ADFs, HF radio, Stormscope, electrical horizon, 2 GPSs (one installed in the instrument panel and another portable).  

EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT 

For emergency landings in the sea: 
4-man life raft, life jackets, life jackets from Eastern Aero Marine (Miami) water dessalinator, marine and air VHF radio, solar panel (for radios), 1 ELT (Emergency Locator Transmitter), 460 MHz satellite EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) from ACR (Fort Lauderdale), the use of the portable GPS, fishing gear, first aid kit, dehydrated emergency rations, sun hats, suntan lotion, a couple of good books and an endless supply of patience.

For emergency landings on land: 
all of the above plus crash helmet (just a joke!), water purifying tablets, warm 
clothes, thermal blankets. For landings on tropical forests, plenty of rope for getting down from the treetops and an axe to chop a way out.