HyperTextHero flies around the world
This is an ongoing plan for a flight around Earth using both simulated flying things like airplanes and other contraptions, mainly in Flight Simulator 2024, but also DCS, IL-2, and in real life.
- A circumnavigation of planet Earth passing through at least two antipodes, using various aircraft, primarily small single-engine general aviation (GA) aeroplanes, but also twins, warbirds, and even the occasional jet.
- Use tools like Littlenavmap for planning and record completed legs on an open source map interface, probably using Leaflet, published here with links to notes, tracks, and images from the trip.
- Publish the entire endeavour on a sequential playlist with episode numbers on the HyperTextHero YouTube channel.
This journey, a recurring dream of sailors and aviators, will take time, be long, and you’re very welcome to come along!
When flying in Microsoft Flight Simulator the Landing Guesstimator will be activated.
Tentative list of aircraft for the trip:
- Blériot XI
- Breguet XIV
- Consolidated PBY Catalina (Canso PBY-5A)
- Curtiss JN-4 Jenny
- de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth
- de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
- PT-17 Stearman
- C-152
- C-172
- Diamond DA62
- Wilga 35/80 Series
- Breda Ba.65
- BN-2 Islander
- Aero Ae-145
- Grumman JRF-6B Goose
- Hawker Hurricane Mk. II
- C.202 Folgore
- Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IX
- P-51B Mustang
- P-51C Mustang
- P-45 Nokota
- P-40 Warhawk
- P-39 Airacobra
- FN.333 Riviera
- Caproni C22
- A-4E-C Skyhawk
- F-15C Eagle
- SA316B Alouette III
- 222B Airwolf
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- Paint custom trip decals for each plane as we fly them.
- Sun, logo, hearts?
- Map?
- Around The World flight map - LittleNavMap export GPX (GPS Exchange Format) and put on route map with each leg linked from this page.
- https://github.com/altrdev/hugo-leaflet#map-with-gpx-track
- https://gohugo.io/content-management/shortcodes/
- https://gohugo.io/templates/shortcode-templates/#checking-for-existence
- https://github.com/mpetazzoni/leaflet-gpx
- https://www.littlenavmap.org/manuals/littlenavmap/release/3.0/en/AIRCRAFTTRAIL.html
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Possibly Related:
- Around The World Beginning This Week
- KitHack Model Club
- Earthrounders
- KitHack Model Club Scenario Editor Overview
- West with the Night
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Prior entry: Earthrounders
Next entry: Pencil on paper