@Leadfoot,
I have this thing going on as I fly on top of small villages in the world I often indulge in thinking what the people down there are wondering about in real time, the whole experience to me is mesmerizing!
My longest flight so far took me 14 straight hours, no savings in a DC-6, starting in Portugal Lisbon, and going all the way up through the Northern route, England London then going Iceland, Saint Gorge Canada, and then New York USA. The DC-6 can make a direct route and I have done but I like to go through the icy bits, can't wait to try the Northern route more dangerously when the DC-3 comes out! I am a sucker for old radials and the DC-3 is the king of them all, I just hope they do a decent job and make it proper study level!