Crossing the Atlantic
I am somewhere over the Atlantic, between Canada and Greenland, looking at the moving map that shows the position of the airplane relative to the ground. The more I know about flying, the more I would like to make such a trip as pilot in command. When flying a single engine aircraft, the risk of an engine failure in flight is not to be underestimated, but wearing a dry suit and carrying a raft, a portable GPS and a radio can increase your chances of survival significantly. Pilots ferrying planes across the Atlantic do that all the time, and they tend to live as long as anyone else on average, so I think I will give it a try one day.
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