Sometimes I thank the man upstairs that I fly somewhere were I can fly a 1000 miles North and 3000 miles East without having to worry about anything except weather........the US
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- I have just woken up
- The coffee is not ready yet
- I have never done a long flight in Europe
However, I have done some long flights, the longest one was 4600 NM.
If I were to take this trip to Turkey I would be very tempted to make it a trip of a lifetime.
There fore:
Southern France..Cannes
Northern Italy,
Fly south along the "boot"
Cross over to Greece
Cross over to Turkey.
I would avoid the alps and everything with it.
This is not the time to teach yourself mountain flying.
Two choices:
- Take the missus (if there is one) and make it a nice calm VFR flight to all the romantic places in Europe
- Take a FAA certified Instrument Instructor ( a good one) and train for your FAA IR