Post by Jonathan Beckett on Apr 21, 2022 23:07:54 GMT
Hi all,
I'm starting to make plans for a series of GA flights to circumnavigate the globe - to be livestreamed as a series.
I plotted a route with 24 legs of approximately 800 miles (where possible), and then sub-divided each leg to visit minor airfields at roughly 200 mile intervals (again, where possible).
Here's what the plan ends up looking like:
There are obviously some unavoidable long legs - particularly from Scotland to Greenland, from Greenland to Canada, and across the north east of Russia - but overall it's a good route.
So - the next question to ponder is which aircraft to use for the journey. I'm tempted to use the Beechcraft Baron, because it has good range, good speed, and an autopilot. An alternative might be the TBM930 - although short field performance may be needed at some of the more remote airfields en-route.
Finally - given that I have chosen to begin and end the journey at London City, I'm wondering if to traverse the globe travelling east, or west. If I go west the first few legs might be quite boring (the ocean crossings), whereas travelling east takes me through Europe to begin with.
Any thoughts ?
I'm starting to make plans for a series of GA flights to circumnavigate the globe - to be livestreamed as a series.
I plotted a route with 24 legs of approximately 800 miles (where possible), and then sub-divided each leg to visit minor airfields at roughly 200 mile intervals (again, where possible).
Here's what the plan ends up looking like:
There are obviously some unavoidable long legs - particularly from Scotland to Greenland, from Greenland to Canada, and across the north east of Russia - but overall it's a good route.
So - the next question to ponder is which aircraft to use for the journey. I'm tempted to use the Beechcraft Baron, because it has good range, good speed, and an autopilot. An alternative might be the TBM930 - although short field performance may be needed at some of the more remote airfields en-route.
Finally - given that I have chosen to begin and end the journey at London City, I'm wondering if to traverse the globe travelling east, or west. If I go west the first few legs might be quite boring (the ocean crossings), whereas travelling east takes me through Europe to begin with.
Any thoughts ?
