May 12th Goose Bay, Canada to Narsarsuaq, Greenland

We spent the night in Goose Bay and ate dinner at one of Don’s favorite restaurants. They give you the steaks that you order and you cook them yourself the way you like it over the indoor barbecue.


Fueling up in Goose Bay was a challenge as they didn’t have a truck and I had to buy 2 barrels of gas and pump it myself. It made for some good photos.


Preparing to fuel Miss Behavin' from 55 gallon drums at Goose Bay

Preparing to fuel Miss Behavin' from 55 gallon drums at Goose Bay


Woodward Aviation our agent who supplied the fuel in Goose Bay

Woodward Aviation our agent who supplied the fuel in Goose Bay


The tower at Goose Bay, Canada

The tower at Goose Bay, Canada


Getting ready to pump the fuel, oh what fun!

Getting ready to pump the fuel, oh what fun!


Pumping fuel

Pumping fuel


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This would begin our journey across the North Atlantic to Narsarsuaq, Greenland…a true adventure. Here I would don my immersion suit and double check Miss Behavin’ for the crossing.


Our flight across took 4 hours and 47 minutes of which 2 hours and 10 minutes were in IMC (in the clouds). When we broke out of the clouds we watched about 100 miles of icebergs and ice flows…these were indescribable and my camera failed…what a shame.


The distance of this leg was 674 NM or 775 miles.


The landing was amazing. Normally you land from the water uphill facing the glacier this time we had to fly into the gorge turn a 50 degree right base leg turn not to hit the other side of the gorge, land downhill on only 900 meters of a 1900 meter runway as they were doing repairs. For those of you who are pilots you know in landing configuration you should not do more than a 30 degree bank. This was a real trick landing…kinda bush pilot.