Well, first of all, I went for a Beechcraft instead of the Mooney I had earlier decided on. I made it to Toronto from New York without a hitch. Unless you count the fact that I didn't read the weather forecasts and therefore didn't file an IFR plan for the storm brewing in Toronto. Fortunately, the storm let up enough to allow me to land under VFR, after only 20 minutes of flying in circles. Unfortunately the airport was IFR again soon after so I had to advance time until the bad weather let up....

So, I've decided to fly around the world. I plan to use a Mooney M20, as it's the one I'm most familiar with and I'm very comfortable with flying it. Here's how I plan to do it (an east-west route)

New York-Toronto
Toronto-Chicago
Chicago-Winnipeg
Winnipeg-Calgary
Calgary-Edmonton
Edmonton-Whitehorse, with stopovers as necessary at various small airports around area
Whitehorse-Fairbanks
Then to various locations in Alaska, and across...

OK, I find that I'm playing it more and more. I tried a helicopter today for the first time, but it didn't end up to well. What I did was fly a Mooney M20 Bravo from JFK airport into Manhattan, and made a bumpy landing on 5th Ave (yes, it's that detailed). I switched to a helicopter, intending to see the Empire State Building up close, but couldn't hold it steady and crashed in Central Park. I then went to Beijing and attempted to land inside the Forbidden City, but that didn't work either as somehow...

I'm currently trying to fly to as many destinations around the world as I can. So far, I'm working on Europe. I started in Glasgow, and worked my way down to London, then Paris, then Amsterdam, then Berlin, Zurich, Venice, and Rome. Anyway, I plan to visit all the major cities of the world in one flight. I think I'll avoid places on small islands (the Caribbean, south Pacific, etc) as I'm afraid of getting lost, even with a GPS. I wonder if I'll ever be willing to go to a tiny 50sq mile island (Bikini...

...instead of yokes. Personally, I wouldn't be too comfortable flying such big aircraft with a little flimsy stick, and would feel much better with a conventional yoke as in most other airliners.