I highly recommend a small airplane for a world tour. So far, I have flown part of North America, the Caribbean, South America, Antarctica, Central America, the eastern countries of Asia, and currently Australia. I was very glad I had it when I visit high altitude locations such as the Andes that average over 13k feet and have mountains of over 20k to see. It seems comfortable using small airstrips as well as major airports. I am using the TBM 930 because it can fly low and slow to see the sites or high and fast to get though boring miles. I usually select daylight hours to see the areas, leaving it night when there’s nothing to see anyway. I may also leave the bad weather and fly under it to see the sites. I try to use the current weather (as provided by MSFS) but will switch it to clear when I really don’t want to miss the scenery. To date, I’ve done 159 flights totaling 43k miles. Of course there are a few longer flights like to/from Antarctica from the tip of South America and this morning’s flight from New Zealand to Tasmania, Australia. When possible, hops are in the 100 to 300 range. I thought out an approximate route for feasibility but only plan 1-3 hops at a time en-route, depending on what the research of the area shows when I’m there. I’m currently on a world tour that will hit all continents and most countries.
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