The flight around the world finally came to a close on June 30th, 2023. What was meant to be a one year trip turned into four years thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, with an extra three years added on, stuck in New Zealand and Australia waiting for the last of the Pacific Islands to open their borders.

The universe has a sense of irony however and, less than a year after returning to the US (much of which was spent on a full refurbishment of Planey including a snappy new paint scheme) I was offered a new job in, you guessed it, Australia. There was no way I was going to spend a few more years down under without Planey, so another long adventure was on the cards.

The flight in figures:

• Hours flown: 97.7
• Distance flown: 12,904 nautical miles (14,850 miles / 23,989 km)
• Countries visited: 13
• Airports visited: 23

The write-up, day by day:

• Section 1: The Atlantic, via the Azores
  • Texas, USA to St John’s, Canada
  • St John’s, Canada to Cascais, Portugal
  • Cascais, Portugal to Shoreham, UK
• Section 2: A new route across Eurasia
  • Shoreham, UK to Skopje, North Macedonia
  • Skopje, North Macedonia to Amman, Jordan
  • Amman, Jordan to Kuwait City, Kuwait
  • Kuwait City, Kuwait to Karachi, Pakistan
  • Karachi, Pakistan to Chittagong, Bangladesh
  • Chittagong, Bangladesh to Johor Bahru, Malaysia
• Section 3: The final run to Australia