25/4/2022
I am going to need the Northern Hemisphere summer to do the Greenland/Iceland route. Mid 2023 looks like my first possible window. I still don’t have the plane’s engine although its due soon. Avionics are nearer the end than the start but there is still a huge amount of work to do overall before the first flight.
The Covid pandemic is somewhat settled and I’ve had 4 vaccines to date. That doesn’t make anyone immune but the chance of severe disease is certainty minimised as much as science can at the moment.
This route came from a VERY helpful and experienced ferry pilot. Thank you James! The route through the USA is not yet decided as is the return within Australia.
YMMB Start and finish
YCFS Coffs Harbour 608nm
YSNF Norfolk Island 779nm
NSTU Pago Pago International 1,478nm
PLCH Kiribati (Christmas Island) Cassidy Intl 1,258nm
PHTO Hilo Intl Hawaii 1,068nm
KHWD Haywood Executive 2026nm
KMRH Smith (Wades Home field) Beaufort, North Carolina
CYYR Goose Bay Canada (port of entry) 2674nm
BGBW Narsarsuaq, Greenland (need good WX to get in) 677nm
BIRK Reykyavik 671nm
EGPC Wick Scotland 640nm
EGBJ Gloucestershire 396nm
LMML Malta (Luqa) 1197nm
HEGN Hurghada On the Red Sea as a resort, a part of Egypt 1116nm
OOMS Muscat 1345nm
VABB Mumbai 860nm
VCBI Colombo Sri Lanka 822nm
WMKP Penang, Malaysia 1223nm
WADD Denpasar, Bali 1225nm
YPPD Port Headland, WA Australia 724nm
YMMB with stops on the way 1734nm
TOTAL 21,283nm 20 flights (minimum)
Here’s a screen grab in Skyvector
Here’s the big view in Garmin Pilot.
