Around the World 2007

Date: 15 Aug 2007 12:36:00

Title: Goose Bay to Reykjavik, Iceland

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We were up at 5:30 to get to the Goose Bay airport for an 8:00am departure. With Reykjavik being 3 hours ahead of our local time, and 1350nm to cover, we needed to get away reasonably early to arrive in time for dinner.

Everything went smoothly and we were airborne at 7:50. Lucky ---- as we just got off before they closed the Goose Bay airport. Fog was rolling in quickly as we taxied and we lifted off into a ceiling 200 feet above the runway. Visibility was down to 900' just several minutes after we got out and we heard arriving aircraft deciding to hold or divert elsewhere. To our surprise 1500' above ground we were in clear blue skies with sunshine..........the weather never fails to amaze me!!!!

The trip took 7 1/2 hours and we arrived 30 minutes ahead of plan. Our experiments for fuel efficiency, Toronto to Goose Bay, paid off. We took off with 130 gallons in the wings, flew direct Iceland, and landed in Reykjavik with enough full to have carried on the Scotland!!

You will see more about this trip in the Log Book section soon.

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Diary Entries

2007
- Dec 2007
  - Tue 04 Dec
    - Completion of our RTW Trip - Boundary Bay, Vancouver
  - Sun 02 Dec
    - Honolulu to Merced, California
- Nov 2007
  - Sun 18 Nov
    - Christmas Island to Honolulu, Hawaii
  - Thu 15 Nov
    - Pago Pago to Christmas Island, Kiribati
  - Mon 12 Nov
    - Nadi to Pago Pago, American Samoa
  - Tue 06 Nov
    - Port Vila to Nadi, Fiji
  - Sat 03 Nov
    - Port Vila to Santo, Vanuatu
- Oct 2007
  - Wed 31 Oct
    - Cairns to Vanuatu
  - Wed 24 Oct
    - Darwin to Cairns, Australia
  - Fri 19 Oct
    - Bali to Darwin, Australia
  - Tue 16 Oct
    - Singapore to Bali, Indonesia
  - Mon 15 Oct
    - Bangkok to Seletar, Singapore
- Sep 2007
  - Thu 27 Sep
    - Chiang Mai to Bangkok, Thailand
  - Wed 26 Sep
    - Patna, India to Chiang Mai, Thailand
  - Tue 25 Sep
    - Karachi, Pakistan to Patna, India
  - Mon 24 Sep
    - Muscat, Oman to Karachi, Pakistan
  - Fri 21 Sep
    - Luxor, Egypt to Muscat, Oman
  - Tue 18 Sep
    - Sitia, Crete to Luxor, Egypt
  - Fri 14 Sep
    - Dubrovnik to Sitia, Crete
  - Tue 11 Sep
    - Bern to Dubrovnik, Croatia
  - Sun 02 Sep
    - Hassfurt to Bern, Switzerland
- Aug 2007
  - Wed 29 Aug
    - Denmark to Hassfurt, Germany
  - Sun 26 Aug
    - Visby to Kolding, Denmark
  - Sat 25 Aug
    - Siljan Airpark to Visby, Sweden
  - Fri 24 Aug
    - Stockholm to Siljansnas, Sweden
  - Wed 22 Aug
    - Wick to Stockholm, Sweden
  - Sat 18 Aug
    - Reykjavik to Wick, Scotland
  - Wed 15 Aug
    - Goose Bay to Reykjavik, Iceland
  - Tue 14 Aug
    - Toronto to Goose Bay, Labrador
  - Wed 08 Aug
    - Debert to Toronto, Ontario
- Jul 2007
  - Sun 29 Jul
    - St. John's to Debert, Nova Scotia
  - Fri 27 Jul
    - Deer Lake to St. John's, Newfoundland
  - Mon 23 Jul
    - Deer Lake, Newfoundland
  - Thu 19 Jul
    - Debert Nova Scotia
  - Tue 17 Jul
    - Somerset, New Jersey
  - Sun 01 Jul
    - Muskoka & Toronto, Ontario
- Jun 2007
  - Mon 25 Jun
    - Thunder Bay Ontario
  - Fri 22 Jun
    - Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
  - Tue 12 Jun
    - Kelowna, British Columbia
  - Sat 09 Jun
    - Whitehorse, Yukon
- May 2007
  - Tue 29 May
    - Anchorage, Alaska
  - Mon 28 May
    - Juneau, Alaska
  - Mon 14 May
    - Vancouver, British Columbia
  - Fri 04 May
    - Kelowna, British Columbia
  - Thu 03 May
    - Troutdale, Oregon