I really should get a life.

In the last few days since I got back to this trip idea, although I don’t have even half of what it would cost to get a single-engine pilote licence, I whipped up an itinerary for a world fly-by.

Yep.

Direction: West to East
Ballpark distance: 99,174 kilometers (53,550 nm) – very likely more counting elevation and weather
Continents visited: 5
Countries visited: 37 (incl. some twice)
Cities visited: 91 (incl. some twice)
Oceans crossed: 3
Equator crossings: 6
Ballpark duration: 13 months minimum
Shortest flight: Malaga-Gibraltar, ~106km/57nm
Longest Flight: Papeete, French Polynesia-Honolulu, HI, USA, ~4390km/2371nm

I stopped the planning at the budget stage because let’s face it that one needs a reality check and I don’t want that. Hehehe. With new planes (note the plural), it’d be in the multi-million dollar range anyway so no need to even start.

It’s the craziest semi-realistic plan I’ve ever come up with.
this post title is obviously a reference to this trip, which started kind of a bit under the same “what if…?” circumstances. Only difference is, I actually had the resources for that one. Meh :/

But, as I always say, if you dream, dream big. Otherwise, what’s the need?

I do have part of it in my to-do list that’s grounded in reality: The Ligne Des Seigneurs from Toulouse, France to Saint Louis, Senegal, through Spain, Morocco and Mauritania. The legendary “Line” flown by Guillaumet, Reine, Mermoz and Saint-Ex.

Oh yeah. Count on it.