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 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.
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