Icy Newfoundland
Sunday, 03 June 2007
We departed
LaGuardia Airport at 10:20 am for our next stop to Newfoundland . After 20 minutes of
weave our way through a few active cells on the
west side of Boston , we made to the clear blue
sky. We had a very smooth ride and arrived in
icy Goose Bay at 4:30 pm.
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Greenland
Monday, 04 June 2007 |
We
made our first leg across the North Atlantic from Goose Bay to Narsarsuaq.
Climbing to 11000 feet and leaving the land behind
you for icy water of North Atlantic was a bit nerve wreaking, but the flight was
smooth.
Watch landing at Narsarsuaq
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We
were unable to establish radio communication with
Gander control, using our HF radio; however, at
11000 feet we were able to make contact them with
our VHF radio.
Approaching Greenland and seeing icebergs and
towering rocky coast of Greenland is breath taking.
It is truly a nature masterpiece.
It was the most difficult landing. Due to high
mountains around the airport, we had to descent from
10000 to 900 feet in 5 mile final approach and land.
Runway starts perpendicular to edge of the water and
we had to duck a few icebergs on final approach, before
landing.
You can see the runway
in the picture below. This picture was taken on our
final approach.
After
landing and parking, we notice a little engine oil
on the belly of the plane. We cleaned
up the oil and tried to find the source, but it was
hard to find where it was coming from. We will check
it again tomorrow. We may be delayed a few days.
This time of the year, sun will
set about 9:30 and rise aging at about 3:00 am in
Greenland . This is a difficult concept to get use
to.
Iceland
Wednesday, 06
June 2007 |
We checked the aircraft this morning to find
the source of the oil. The small amount of
oil we had on the belly of the plane
yesterday was from the starter and a loss
bolt. It was an easy fix and we departed
Nasarsauq about 5 pm for the second leg of
our cross Atlantic flight.
We landed at Reykjavik, Iceland at 11:30 pm. It was a smooth ride,
but we had to clime to 13000 feed to avoid
building ice. We had to do an instrument
approach landing at
Reykjavik
due to low ceiling. We brook out of the
clouds at 700 feed and landed without any
problem.
It is 12:00 o’clock at night and it is still
light outside. In
Iceland
, even after sun goes down at 10 pm, it remains light
all night. It appears that the
sun never leave Iceland
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