Based on the recent thread about GA cross country flying, I decided to make a North Atlantic crossing in a GA plane. I chose the Flight One Cessna 441 Conquest for the flight.The first leg was the easiest. I left my home airport, Fulton County NY, and flew to Bangor Intl., Maine. 262 miles. ILS landing on Rwy 33.The second leg was Bangor, Maine to Gander, Newfoundland. 633 miles. ILS landing Rwy 4.The third leg was Gander, Newfoundland to Narsarsuag, Greenland. This was the toughest leg, 795 miles. Cloudy weather and a bumpy ride. Visual landing Rwy 7.The fourth leg was Narsarsuag, Greenland to Reykjavik, Iceland. 667 miles, ILS landing Rwy 19.Final leg was another long one. Reykjavik, Iceland to Shannon, Ireland. 795 miles, ILS landing Rwy 6 which turned into a visual landing due to my mistake of forgetting to switch from GPS to NAV mode. Very overcast in Shannon and it was another bumpy ride into Ireland.The Conquest never let me down. But I discovered that flying over water is not a lot of fun. I think I'll confine my long distance flights to land whenever possible. Maybe a trip around the coast of South America next.One other thing I discovered: Greenland has more ice than Iceland, and Iceland has more green than Greenland. :)JimArriving in Shannon:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/150935.jpg

Nice flight! You should start a website that logs your flights and includes pictures so that others can 'follow along'. I plan on flying around the world in a B-47 and I will have a weblog so that others can join in the adventure!

Nice post Jim. I have flown GA from KSAN to Hawaii in a GA. I made some small modifications to the fuel to act like Ferry tanks. Man was it boring.;) I fly the heavies all over the place and that never bothers me but the GA flight was pure torture. I am glad I tired it though.

I flew "across the pond" in the Flight1 Cessna 421 last year. It was quite a rewarding experience, but a little tedious at times as well. The lack of scenery in Greenland is a bit of a letdown of course. Still, even though it is only a sim, there is still that feeling of accomplishment when you finally see land (even if it is virtual land) after hours of nothing but ocean. Serious GA entusiasts should give it a try. There are lots of flight examples online (both real and sim). Half of the experience was spent actually reading through some real world journals of pilots making very long flights. edit: here is a link of a real pilot flying 'round the world in a single engine Cessna Centurion. A very interesting read for anyone interested. It shows all the things that real pilots need to deal with that we can avoid in the virtual world. http://www.n30ew.com/index.html

>Final leg was another long one. Reykjavik, Iceland to>Shannon, Ireland. 795 miles, ILS landing Rwy 6 which turned>into a visual landing due to my mistake of forgetting to>switch from GPS to NAV mode. Very overcast in Shannon and it>was another bumpy ride into Ireland.>You could have made a stop in Vagar, interesting approach with an offset ILS in between mountains and often in bad weather.>One other thing I discovered: Greenland has more ice than>Iceland, and Iceland has more green than Greenland. :)>Well, people park in the driveway and drive in the parkway...

There is also the Southern transatlantic ferry route, routing down through the Azores, That could be a bit more interesting than just the ice and snow track and is a weather-dependant alternative route IRL.Allcott

My friend wrote this news story about a local fellow who recently flew (with another guy) across the Atlantic in a Cessna 337. They took a very northerly routing, even north of Reykjavik. Look at the fantastic picture they took! Here's the article:http://www.semissourian.com/story/1156049.htmlRhett

Hello Jim:Some time ago I made a similar around the world flight in the 441. There were a few spots between Russia and Alaska where adequate fuel was a close call, but it sure was fun.Made another with a little different route in the Cheyenne. Makes for a little faster trip and also was a lot of fun.Good luck:RTH

One other thing I discovered: Greenland has more ice than Iceland, and Iceland has more green than Greenland.See - the disinformation of Erik the Red continues even today - over 700 years later !!!If you guys found that challenging - try the entire world in a week !!!See the Around the World Race thread above - or come over to FlightSim and join us to return the trophy to it's rightful home next February !!!

>One other thing I discovered: Greenland has more ice than>Iceland, and Iceland has more green than Greenland.>>See - the disinformation of Erik the Red continues even today>- over 700 years later !!!>>If you guys found that challenging - try the entire world in a>week !!!>>See the Around the World Race thread above - or come over to>FlightSim and join us to return the trophy to it's rightful>home next February !!!Or sign up with this years winners, Avsim, and help us retain it :)Hi Reggie!

Cool flight Jim. I think you're better off with the Atlantic crossing than the Pacific crossing...even though in flight sim you can reset fuel to 100% in mid-flight!We just rescued two Aussies this week in a Piper Seminole who didn't make it all the way from California to Hawaii and ended up wet. Would have used my Captain Sim C-130 to cover the ditching, but we needed to send the real one...;-)I think I'm going to try the Atlantic one myself, sounds like a good route...http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/...P606110350.html

Hasn't Pete Sidoli written about doing this for real?Thomas[a href=http://www.flyingscool.com] http://www.flyingscool.com/images/Signature.jpg [/a]I like using VC's :-)

Hey All,It'll be the Outhouse's turn next year! Speaking of North Atlantic crossings I just did nearly the same route last week. Only I did it in an OV-10 Bronco. Had to fly to HECA for the Outhouse instrument flight race across Africa. When that is done I'll likely continue on around the world.-Ed-

"Sky King"!!!!You are telling your age!Happy Flying:RTH

Hey All,RTH I don't mind showing my age when it comes to Sky King! IMO half the problems this world has are due to the lack of role models. Sky King combines the best of two worlds - Airplanes and Cowboys. Happy Trails! -Ed-