Zibi

Great doco, great idea, but... It would be so much better if the teams weren't doing everything you shouldn't do while flying. Come on, a massive cross country flight, by: - team where one of the pilots is way out of practice (haven't flown for 10 years) and the other can't fly more than 30 minutes, - other team, where the passenger is terrified of flying - and the third where the pilot has massive experience, but still decides to do crazy stuff like unbuckling in his trike and make midair refueling. The idea itself is also great, but it encourages people to go past their limitations, ignore all the human factors, because one just needs some extra points in the competition.

That map must be fairly old (Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia still as whole countries) and it only shows one third of Europe. But it's a nice way to show the comparison. Here's two more: Found on http://bigthink.com/ideas/21492