The White Mountains of Crete

Marquesas Keys just west of Key West

Looking towards Palm Springs

Taxiing in for parking

Coming up on Long Point Beach, approaching Provincetown

Heyooo Jackson Hole! Excited to be here and be able to hop back into the bush planes for some wilderness camping!

Chicago in the rear view. Will take a much closer look with a helicopter some day

Passing north over KPHL, which wasn't all that busy although whether this was a live traffic issue in the sim or just Covid-related traffic slowdowns is unknown

Moon peeks out from behind the clouds as I spot some traffic heading my way but far enough overhead

Maybe head a little further north before trying to go west? Nope. Weather is worse over Napa

Clear view of Fuji with one of its picturesque lakes, Lake Yamanaka, visible as well

Cruising past the Preikestolen - Pulpit Rock - that juts out over the fjord and provides hikers with a great view and a place to picnic

Taxiing out to the runway with the Nagoya skyline in the distance

Urrff I forgot how quickly this aircraft can stall once your speed drops. Even if the speed falls off gradually once you hit stall speed there's no warning the aircraft just drops like a rock

Over Lake Minnetonka, which was our visual fix for a bearing towards our destination airport, but we are forced to climb once again with adverse weather conditions ahead. Well, I climbed while Andrew chose to tough it out under the clouds

Made it through the engine shut down procedure without running out of gas - barely

An atmospheric look back towards the southern tip of Greenland

The remains of the Pontiac Silverdome, whose roof collapsed back in 2013. It has since been demolished but we kept it in for the sake of a VFR landmark

Final good bye from the sun setting between the Isanotski Peaks and Mt Shishaldin

Made it up and out from Block Island State

Coming off AP to setup for left-pattern base leg

On final approach to the smaller runway at Battle Creek airport. There was some thunder and lightning in the area but thankfully no rain or heavy winds to contend with

Diving down past the capitol city of Nouméa The airport is at the bay behind my tail

Mont Blanc

Departing south from Orcas Island

Passing over the Everglades at 1,500'

Coming in over the threshold, still on good approach

Passing over Universal Studios Japan

Looking towards the peaks of Mount Bessan and Mount Haku and out across the expanse of the Hakusan National Park

After waiting nearly a month for the snow to melt, I finally lose patience in early May when I also realize a bug isn't going to give me green hills anytime soon. But a little thaw is visible and the lower elevations are snow-free now as I get ready to climb aboard at Vest-Telemark Airport, Fyresdal

On the ramp at Aeropuerto Benjamín Rivera Noriega on the island of Culebra off the eastern coast of Puerto RIco

Crossing the Tama River and passing over Kawasaki City as I head for Yokohama

~20min later after a bathroom break and getting some drinks and snacks we are back on the runway ready for departure

Following the Yamato River inland

Looking north towards downtown Osaka

Airliner approaching from the opposite end!? Alright let's get a game a chicken going on

Taxiing out and noticing the (freeware) airport developer didn't uncheck the option for tarmac surfaces to allow the underlying texture to bleed through. Works good on dirty surfaces but here you can see the aircraft that are parked in the satellite ground imagery

Scooting over the last of the Hida Mountains

Rolling out after touch down at Näsinge Airfield, I pulled back on the stick to keep my nose light on the turf but hadn't slowed down enough yet so lifted my nose wheel up a bit!

Too bad this was the last of the good weather before monsoon season set in. I'll say I ended up cruising along the surface north to the city of Marawi to wait out the season

Okay have to pay very close attention to my heading now as I set course for the radio astronomy observatory. Heading there from here is a shorter distance to travel than straight from Paraburdoo so less chance I will drift too far from it

Yea up and away before I even made it back to the taxiway as I depart from Cold Bay

Circling, eyes peeled. Would be nice if I had more people to help me look around as I try not to fly into the ground while searching

Heading up the Dýrafjörður fjord

Ancient castle? Nope just an ancient prison

Second sock was right, external data good, climbing out from Rum Cay after a good departure

The small village of Kópasker

Passing the terminal as I head for my runway

Flying over the town of Teshio, where the river of the same name empties into the sea. Mount Rishiri is still hidden behind the clouds but I know the general direction to head in from here

Capturing the setting sun, taking it for a ride. DAMN ITS HOT IN HERE