The cutter set sail from Büsum, Germany in November 1927, sighting land in Punta Arenas at the end of October the following year. On the other hand the plane was sent dismantled in the merchant ship PLANET, of the "Flying P-LINE", and was disembarked in Punta Arenas awaiting PLÜSCHOW and his crew, made up of five people, to undertake the great adventure: flying over Cape Horn.