The Reykjavik flight

Long flight, but still much faster than planned due to strong tail winds

July 6th 2011
The first flying day was quite successful. As usual, when the planning is particularly chaotic, the actual events are very smooth. As of yesterday, all the flight planning for the trip to Reykjavik were ready - I found a flyable route through England and Scotland, and decided to have s top in Wick, on the Northern tip of Scotland. And the weather forecasts looked fair as well - some clouds, bu ... read more

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Martin Endemann

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This blog follows my flight over the Atlantic to the US to visit friends in Florida and Denver, and the Oshkosh AirVenture, the biggest fly-in in the world. I'm a pilot for 42 year now (I started glider flying with the age of 15), and I have been flying a lot since then in Europe, the US (where I got my pilot licence in 1977), and also a bit in Africa. But I haven't crossed the Atlantic yet with a small plane - next thing to do. I'll fly with my Mooney, an efficient four-seater with 180 hp engine and retractable gears. The call sign of my plane is DEDDN, or short DDN. Although it was built ... full info

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7th July 2011

robert veldhuyzen
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congratulations
hi martin, well done............... keep going at same pace. happy landings, robert

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