Transamerica 2021

Dear friends, it feels like an eternity, but yes, we were able to go on our next adventure. Since covid cut our wings for last year’s planned Americas tour, we decided to do half this year and could go everywhere with one exception.

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Hi, I'm Albert

Global citizen 🇨🇭, passionate photographer, and licensed drone pilot with extensive international experience, having traveled to 192 of 193 UN member states. A food and wine lover with a WSET Diploma, I cherish life's adventures while balancing my roles as a houseman, father, and serial entrepreneur.

Flight Route

Mollis, Switzerland — Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Overseas collectivity of France — Scub Island, BVI — Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands — The Valley, Anguilla — Canouan, St. Vincent and the Grenadines — Georgetown, Guyana — Kralendijk, Bonaire — Willemstad, Curacao — Oranjestad, Aruba — Panama City, Panama — Liberia, Costa Rica — Nicaragua — Pico, Azores — Mollis, Switzerland

 
26191 Flight distance in nautical miles
63.35 Total hours in the air
13615 Liters of kerosine
5 kg of Sugus
 

Our Story

We now travel with our new “baby” the shiny and new Pilatus PC-24 jet and are therefore able to get around about twice as fast as before and fly substantially further than with the beloved „Töffli“, the Pilatus PC-12 NG.

Our route took us across the North Atlantic and we focused on stops around the Caribbean, the Northern part of Latin and Central America before returning to Switzerland over the Azores, thanks to favorable winds.

Check out all the daily blogs and dive into our adventures.

Meet the Crew Members

Tom

Tom is a professional pilot. He is the key guy getting us in the air and keeping us on course. Tom is responsible for the flight logistics like landing/take off permits, makes sure we will get fuel, have all the necessary papers, maps, etc.

Rainer

Rainer (aka RMF) is the second pilot and flies the aircraft most of the time. He is also taking pictures that will be published on this site and his own travel blog.
MORE ABOUT RMF

Albert

Albert is responsible for communication and digital. He is also the main photographer, drone pilot and travel blogger.

Our Guest

Marc-Philippe

Marc-Philippe was joining us for a good part of Transamerica 2021.

Travel Technology & Gear

Our new "Baby"

The World’s First Super Versatile Jet, the PC-24 is simply unique. It’s the only aircraft combining the versatility of a turboprop with the cabin size of a medium-light jet, and the performance of a light jet. It’s a plane that simply doesn’t fit into any of the existing business jet categories. The PC-24 has been engineered to be “off-road” compatible from the beginning. Its outstanding short-field performance – even on unpaved runways – opens up an incredible level of mobility. With a cruise speed up to 440 kn (815 km/h) and a range of 1'800 mmi (3'334 km) at an altitude up to 45'000 ft (13'716 m) this airplane puts our travel ambitions and ability to reach places into another dimension.

Complete Gear for an expedition trip

Edition 2020/21
Nikon Z6ii and D750, D610 backup | Nikon Z 4 24 - 85mm, 3.5/-5.6 24 - 120mm, 1.8/50mm, 1.8/85mm, 4.5 - 5.6/80 - 400mm, FTZ adapter | Sigma 4.5-5.6 12 - 24mm, 2.8/105mm | Macro | Nikon SB-800 | Insta360 ONE R | DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone | MacBook Pro Retina 15 | iPhone 12 Plus | iPad Pro 12.9 | 15 TB Storage | Sony WH-1000XM3 headphones

Travel Journal

Take-off — Mollis 🇨🇭