The Video of our trip to Oshkosh across the Atlantic is online.
See the fly to Oshkosh video
Rock your wings – Oshkosh arrival
If there would be a champions or premier league for pilots, flying into OSHKOSH during the AirVenture would be it.
We made it! – Touch down Oshkosh.
We made it. After 4 days of flying, 7 countries and 9 landings we arrived safely at the OSHKOSH AirVenture. After multiple extremely adventerous trips in the past (see www.elgounaandback.com just to name one near-death experience) the so called “Warbird”
Mackinac Island
Just a Short 10 minutes flight from our point of immigration Sanderson airfield in the middle of Lake Huron lies Mackinac Island where we stopped over for a truly quick dinner. As our schedule was tight with four flights and
In the US
Another 1.5 hours after departure from the somewhat chaotic outback airport in Canada and a flight mostly through the clouds and surfing around some thunderstorms and finally across the Great Lakes we reached Sanderson, USA right across the boarder from
Moosonee
After a good rest in our “boutique hotel”, a very nice breakfast and a very cold start into the day the next leg of our trip started by being “forgotten” by Iqualits airport employees who were supposed to pick us up
Day 4: Iqualit- Moosonee – Marie Muni Sanderson – Mackinac Island – Oshkosh
Good morning from the middle of nowhere in the Canadian north where Inuit are still real and snow mobiles are everywhere- obviously waiting for winter which can as we learnt be pretty harsh up here with temperatures of -70C. After
We reached Canada
After leaving Ilulissat we set westerly course leaving the coast of Greenland into the Davis Straight. Cruising at flight level 260 (26.000ft) at 300 knots and mostly in the clouds we only got a few chances to see what’s underneath
Touch down Greenland
The only word to describe this flight is: Amazing!!! Leaving Reykjavík at 10:30am (we had to wait for the first Greenland airport weather forecast, too many deadly accidents made the Icelandic authorities become very strict on this), we took a
Day 3: Reykjavík – Ilulissat (Greenland) – Iqaluit (Canada)
Good morning from Iceland. Today’s trip will take us from Iceland to the icebergs in Greenland where we have a fuel and lunch stop on to Canada (Iqaluit, formerly known as Frobisher Bay) which is the destination of the day.
Day 2: Le Touquet (F) – Prestwick (Scotland) – Reykjavik (Iceland)
First leg of today’s route complete. Safely touched town in Prestwick, Scotland for a short re-fuel before the longest leg of the trip – from Schotland to Iceland. This flight will mostly go over open waters. Beyond Scotland the Atlantic
Day 1: Stuttgart (Germany) – Le Touquet (France)
After final preparations and packing the plane with safety equipment (which included a keg of swabian beer which is key to survive a week in the US), we after months of preparation took off and started the trip towards Wisconsin,
Ready
2 days to go and we are about ready for the trip over the Atlantic. Yesterday Achim packed the last emergency items including the inquipment we would need in case of a unforeseen landing somwhere in either the Ocean or
Our Lady – The Daher TBM 850
If you plan to cross the Atlantic ocean, you better choose a proper plane if you want to make it safely from one end to the other. The route spans across hundreds of kilometers of ice cold water, icebergs, rocky
The route – From Germany over the Atlantic to the USA
The shortest route from Europe to the USA goes via the North – Iceland – Greenland – Newfoundland. Nowadays, commercial airlines always fly direct without the need for a fuel stop. Until the 1970s, fuel stops were the norm and
Getting a US B1/B2 Visa
Flying to the US in a private plane comes with some specific preparation work that require some lead time – and that people tend to forget about. While citiziens of the EU incl. Switzerland usually do not require a Visa in
Time for another adventure
Some of you might remember Achim’s and my last trip from southern Germany (Heubach) to El Gouna, Egypt (see Elgounaandback.com) a few years back. With both of us turning 40 this year and probably driven by a mid-life crisis we thought it is time