Sounds like The Ark had controls like a simple playschool toy with only 4 or 5 buttons. 'Take off', 'Land', 'Shoot', 'Crash'...
Africa is a pretty safe bet. Though the Maximals and Preds set some land and air speed records in getting around the planet during BW.
Megs runs from Africa to Siberia in 2-3 minutes.
Megs flies to Mount St. Hilary in a few minutes. But is shown to have visited ths site before, as BA and S'Bolt find parts of his exo-structure in the rubble at the front of the mountain. He must be a strong swimmer to cross the Atlantic in his pre-Transmetal T-Rex mode.