Flying around the world might be a dream for some, but for Danielle Rentsch and Philipp Sturm, it's a reality.

The pair made a brief landing during their flight around the world at the Weyburn Airport on July 22, camping overnight and taking off around noon on July 23.

Both live and work in Switzerland, where they started their journey on May 1 to celebrate 100 years of powered flight. The Wright Brothers took the first powered flight on December 17, 1903.

So far on their journey, they have flown over southern Europe, the Middle East, Asia, through Alaska and into Canada.

They stopped in Weyburn merely on coincidence, Rentsch said. "It was on our way and it was time to land." They were scheduled to go through Seattle, but Sturm said "we fell in love with Canada" and kept flying through.

Rentsch is a commercial pilot and Sturm is an aircraft dealer. Both have numerous flight hours in different types of aircraft.

Their plane, a motor glider SuperDimona, is a bit of a squeeze.

"Once you're in, it's very comfortable," Rentsch said. "The problem is getting in."

Rentsch describes the plane "like a glider with a small engine," with about 100 horsepower.

Only the bare necessities for survival are packed into the small compartment behind the pilot's seats, Sturm said, adding traveling can be worrisome.

"We are flying over places where there are no humans, no boats, only cold water. If the engine fails, we have to land and then we are swimming."

The trip has enabled the pair to meet a lot of people, many of whom have signed the tail of the plane to commemorate different places they have landed. They expect to return home to Switzerland in early August.