The Video of our trip to Oshkosh across the Atlantic is online.
See the fly to Oshkosh video
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
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