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Overview of the complete trip:

The table below gives a quick view of the trip's legs, distances and times.  

Click on specific leg to go to the web page for that actual flight.

Leg 

Distance (nm) 

Est. Time (hrs) 

Actual Flight Time 

Remarks for each leg                                   

FL to CA 

1893  

    14+ 

16hr9min 

strong headwinds, 40-50k, over mountains; 117k avg 

CA to Hawaii 

2170 

    15 

14hr52min 

5-10k tailwinds all but last 200 nm; 146k avg 

Hawaii to Am Samoa 

2257 

    15 

15hr12min 

tailwinds, no thunderstorms; 148.5k avg 

Am Samoa to NZ

In NZ 

1558

1200 

    11 

11hr54min 

30k headwinds, then 35k tailwinds; 131k avg;

24% of the trip complete 

NZ to Australia

In Australia 

1427

4600         

    10 

10hr21min 

3 legs via Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands

The outback is vivid RED 

Darwin AU to Singapore 

1811 

    12 

12hr24min 

tailwinds most of the way 

Singapore to India 

1570 

    10.5 

11hr22min 

tailwinds early then calm 

India to Seychelles 

1513 

    12+ 

11hr40min 

crosswinds early, then tailwinds 

Seychelles to S.Africa

In SA, Namibia, Botswana 

1958

3100 

    14.5 

15hr4min 

tailwinds most of the way, strong headwinds in S.Africa

magnificent coast, desert and delta 

Zambia to Ethiopia 

2193 

    12 

11hr11min 

mostly cross winds, very hazy and cloudy 

Djibouti to Greece 

1774 

    12.2 

9h36+5h23 

unwanted stop in Egypt, headwinds all the way 

Greece to Italy to Switz to France 

770, 550 

  

6hr45+4h13

1hr25 

headwinds to Sardinia, crosswinds then tailwinds to Switz, 

France to Scotland 

1700 

  

  

multiple legs 

Scotland to Iceland 

639 

      5.3 

3h17+1h20 

17-24k tailwinds!! Two legs, Wick-Hofn-Akureyri.  Akureyri-Reykjavik 

Iceland to Greenland 

730+378 

   6 + 3 

5h54min 

crosswinds 

Greenland to Canada 

676 

      5.6 

5h46min 

headwinds, 15-30k 

Canada to FL

TOTAL FLIGHT 

2200

36,667 

  

  

multiple legs

WOW!!  What an adventure 



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       Flight reports:  FL to CA   /    CA to HI     /   in Hawaii    /    HI to Am Samoa    /    Am Samoa to NZ    /    in NZ     /     NZ to AU   /   in AU    /   in AU2

                              AU to Singapore    /    Singapore to India    /     India to Seychelles   /    Seychelles to S.Africa   /   in South Africa    /   Zambia to Ethiopia    /

                       Djibouti to Greece     /     Greece to France     /     England, Ireland, Scotland    /    to Iceland    /    to Greenland    /   to Canada   /  last legs home

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