YQUET-Aviation, a French round-the-world network tour
This plan follows the world tour designed and flown online by Pierre Goffin, Paul Valente and the pilots of the YQUET-Aviation virtual flying club.
Unlike solitary circumnavigations, the appeal here is collective: one leg per week, mutual help, humour, patience and club spirit.
A shared adventure rather than an individual performance.
Fly together, wait, help and tell the story.
A strong French anchor for a world loop.
Split by continents and sessions.
Understanding the flight
This route is about pilots as much as airports. The world tour becomes a weekly meeting, a social thread, almost a club life extended across the planet.
The map works as a progress log: North Atlantic, America, Caribbean, Amazonia, Brazil and Patagonia structure the first chapters.
Before departure
- Prepare it like an online session: schedule, shared weather, compatible aircraft and communication.
- Keep a stage log to record incidents and collective moments.
- Split the route into large blocks so the tour remains humanly manageable.
- Accept detours: the YQUET spirit lies as much in company as in straight lines.
Suggested route
Muret, North Atlantic and Canada
Muret, Ireland, Iceland, Greenland, Labrador and Canada create a classic but demanding transatlantic opening.
LFBR → EIDW → BIKF → BGSF → CYYR → BGMQ → CYFT → KBOS
United States and Bahamas
The route crosses the U.S. northeast and Midwest before descending toward the southern coast and the Bahamas.
KBOS → KORD → KBUF → KLAN → KLOZ → KOVO → KSAV → KTIX → MYXB → MYGF → MYSM
Caribbean
Turks and Caicos, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the Lesser Antilles provide an island-and-weather chapter.
MYSM → MBGT → MDLR → MDPP → TIST → TJSJ → TFFR → TNCM → TLPL → TTPP → TVSV → TGPY
Guianas, Amazonia and Brazil
The flight enters equatorial America, then reaches Amazonia and central Brazil.
TGPY → SVTM → SOCA → SMJP → SBEG → SWBR → SBMY → SBPV → SBBR → SBSP
Southern continent and Patagonia
The loop heads south through Porto Alegre, Uruguay, Argentina, Patagonia and Ushuaia.
SBSP → SBPA → SUTR → SBRG → SADP → SACZ → SAVV → SAVC → SAWG → SAWH
Experience tips
Fly this plan with a collective mindset, even solo: pauses, storytelling, imagined help and a route log.
The tour benefits from slowness. One well-lived leg is better than ten rushed legs.
Copyright Michel Lagneau 2010