Keeping an eye on the weather and the tail wind, we are gearing up for the crossing to Iceland. The Greenland weather center is at the Kangerlussuaq airport and they always love a visit.
The weather was showing a slow moving front with icing and snow accumulation.
But this was far away and we took off to BIRK, Reykjavik. The spacing across the ice was based on altitude and since we have not received our RVSM LOA, we are flying at FL280.
We are fast but we burn about 40% more fuel then the other 2 Mustang, but we are faster. It seems that the engine are very sensitive to temperature above the standard ISA and the atmosphere above the ice across the atlantic is warm ( from ISA +7 to ISA +14)
Nice leg with a new route...we are becoming expert in creating way point in the G1000 and pro in the position reporting.
Here is our route of flight:
The weather was showing a slow moving front with icing and snow accumulation.
But this was far away and we took off to BIRK, Reykjavik. The spacing across the ice was based on altitude and since we have not received our RVSM LOA, we are flying at FL280.
We are fast but we burn about 40% more fuel then the other 2 Mustang, but we are faster. It seems that the engine are very sensitive to temperature above the standard ISA and the atmosphere above the ice across the atlantic is warm ( from ISA +7 to ISA +14)
Nice leg with a new route...we are becoming expert in creating way point in the G1000 and pro in the position reporting.
Here is our route of flight:
I like the leg across the ice cap from Kangerlussuaq because half of it is above the ice, no luck today in seeing Kulusuk on the east coast of Greeland.
A nice approach into ILS Runway 19 at BIRK with a well trained pro, making sure we did capture the ILS from under the glide...work like a charm.
Our route:
Our weather
our airport
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