Long flights today, reaching from the arctic circle down to mid latitudes, where its dark at night, trees are growing and ground is covered with roads, houses and even a railroad. In Iqaluit I learned quickly how to file flight plans in Canada (its very easy), how to apply for the customs officers in the US (rather complicated internet form sheets, with a response time of minutes), but once that was all completed I got going to the second next airport Kuujjuaq to refuel. After 2:40 hrs over wilderness and a lot of water I arrived there, and the tower controller sends me to the gas station to refuel. This is on an apron full of airliner (Dash 8, Twin Otters and a Boeing 737), and I park under the wing of one of them -
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