"Was James May the presenter who "flew" that Cessna from Cannes to the UK, only to get "beaten" by a car?"
Absolutely, and if they had used an aircraft of equal value to the Bugatti Veyron, say a malibu meridian, even with the penalty of the first hour on mopeds they would have been back in the UK before JC had made his 15th fuel stop somewhere near Dijon.
Funny how the car always wins.
Personally I almost always use aircraft to go somewhere (work related) and funnily enough they save me a heck of a lot of time and stress.
Best not tell that to JC though.
SB