Halfway through my crossing of the Coral Sea and suddenly my throttle cuts and my flaps drop to T/O position. I have no idea why - I don't recall bumping anything and both my hardware throttle and flap levers were not moved at all. WTF? I recovered the throttle in a few minutes after I noticed it but I did not see the flaps indicator showing T/O position

Oh dear, that is definitely rain out there over Nagoya

Looking out across Whitewater Bay

Traffic departing from Miami Int'l

Over the Ranger Station in Everglades Nat'l Park, the final VFR waypoint

Tracking the runway on downwind leg after passing over the airport

Yup, skimming through some light scud at the bottom of the cloud layer

What's wrong with this picture? Check the magnetic compass and the compass on my dashboard. Yup, have a bit of gyro drift to correct

Finishing my S-turn onto final for 9V9 Chamberlain Muni as Andrew circles around to approach from the opposite end

Both parked and shut down for a dinner break, looking to continue the flight later in the day near sunset

Final approach into Hot Springs (KHSY), SD

Shut down at Umeå Airport

Looking back at the Valahnúkamöl rocks and Reykjanes Lighthouse

One last look back at Denali before it's lost to the glare of the horizon

Turning a bit on course and whoops not used to such warm climate at sea level! Had to throttle back a bit to keep turbine temps within limits

Looking out over the main island of Åland towards the capital of Mariehamn next to the airport

Looking over at the various peaks in the Mount Raiden Volcanic Group

Final look at the tip of Cape Cod, can just make out the approach lighting into Provincetown

The Alps come into well-defined view shortly after passing south of Paris

*pats self on the back* switch to local barometer just below transition altitude

Flight plan is simple. just head straight for Iceland and hope I make it, tho passing over the southern tip of Greenland means I can stop for fuel if needed

Downwind leg for Elk Island

Last VFR waypoint before the Lake, a huge windfarm

Looking back over the Caicos Islands

Downtown Takamatsu

Looking back at the twin peaks of Pico Duarte (left) and Loma La Pelona (right)

The island of Marie-Galante, one of the islands that make up Guadeloupe

Greenland, ho!

Starting my descent towards Robinson Crusoe Island, passing its only nearby companion, Alejandro Selkirk Island

Cleared the Nagoya Hills without hitting any rain just misty clouds. The city of Nagoya is in sight through the rain curtains but still not sure if the airport is clear of the weather. ATC has not revoked my landing clearance yet tho

Buzzing the central Orkney city of Kirkwall, largest in the islands

Departing from Chub Cay

Even away from the tarmac lights things are still well-lit thanks to a nearly-full moon

Approach into the wooded grass strip of Örestens Flygfält - unfortunately I forgot to record my landing so was not able to recreate it afterwards

Coming around Toshima City

The Miyama Dam is one of many in the mountains to capture meltwater and use it for irrigation and power production

Coming around at the end of the runway, gawking at the beach goers

Mainland Florida coming up

ATC actually spoke to me a lot this time to keep eyes on various traffic around Vancouver airport

Throttling up for takeoff and whoops, starting on the runway doesn't warm up your engines for you. Oh well they can take a beating for a little while

Had some jetliner traffic on approach to land as I flew by Grand Bahama Airport

Departure from Örestens Flygfält

Looking back one last time at the massive Manicouagan impact structure still stretching across the horizon. OMG why is my landing light so bright!?! ;)

Was nice and cozy for the week I spent in Cashmere, now time to head out

Did *not* want to go around. Rrrggh headache! But my approach was just too sloppy. Andrew came in behind me and landed fine

Koyanohata Station along the Appi River with the E4 highway tunneling through

The city of Yakumo on the shores of Uchiura Bay

North of Lake MacDonald and heading towards the park interior, with Heavens Peak rising to the left off in the distance and Mt Cannon to the right

Shortly after takeoff I somehow managed to catch up to the Diamond or Cirrus light single and just blow past him - no idea why he was flying that slow or if he was AI or an actual person. Whatevs - see yaaaaa