Flying to Northern Canada

[201er]

Off to northeastern Canada:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N4361H

[MIm20c]

$1000 hamburger?

Day trip to Iceland?

Weekend moose hunt?

 

[yvesg]

Guys flying to Goose Bay usually refuel and continue to Europe! Mike, let me know if on your way back you fly near Ottawa. Free lunch for you and passengers.

Yves

[Ragsf15e]

1100 miles?! 7 hours?? You have bigger fuel tanks and bladders than me!

[pwnel]

I was considering the same flight for this weekend, going all the way up to Iqualit.  PIREP and pics here when you're back please!

[Hank]

Isn't something going on in Greenland this summer? Air race of some sort? Maybe that's where he's going. 

[Danb]

Every summer Mikey’s off on a great adventure 

[LANCECASPER]

28 minutes ago, Hank said:

Isn't something going on in Greenland this summer? Air race of some sort? Maybe that's where he's going. 

Which week does summer fall on in Greenland?

[Hank]

1 hour ago, LANCECASPER said:

Which week does summer fall on in Greenland?

It's during OUR summer. In Greenland, summer starts on the 1st of Never . . . .

[LANCECASPER]

In 1950 my dad went on a ship (got stuck in the ice for 30 days) to help build the first runway in Greenland. Months later he flew back on an airplane.

[201er]

Arrived to Goose Bay in 7 hours nonstop from Linden (NYC). Just shy of 1000nm.

 

 

 

Edited July 4, 2019 by 201er

[carusoam]

201er may be busy...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Greenland

Best regards,

-a-

[201er]

Flew Goose Bay to Kuujjuaq and then to Iqaluit. Rain, low temps, low ceilings coming into Iqaluit. Shot the LPV down to near minimums to get into here. Full story will be in my video when I get back.

 

 

[ohdub]

Is it difficult to get 100LL way up there? I bet it's expensive.

You're visiting some places that most Canadians would never even think of visiting. Out of curiosity, what was your alternate? There is not much up there.

[gsxrpilot]

You're that close already. You really should hop over to BGGH and add Greenland to your list of places that Mooney has been.

Even though the flight from YVP to YFB was only 2.5 hours and only a little bit over water, there are really no options for the entire flight. So not much different than another 2.5 or 3 hours to Greenland. 

Love your work Mike! I hope to hear all about it at Oshkosh.

[201er]

Marginal IFR, strong gusty winds, gravel runway, and no fuel or forecast at next stop CYPX...

Edited July 6, 2019 by 201er

[aviatoreb]

14 hours ago, ohdub said:

Is it difficult to get 100LL way up there? I bet it's expensive.

You're visiting some places that most Canadians would never even think of visiting. Out of curiosity, what was your alternate? There is not much up there.

Clearly!

But back to places Canadians would and should go - I went to Prince Edwards Island last month and it was stunning.  I would encourage anyone and everyone to go. Especially those Southerners looking to cut away some of your summer heat waves with respite and Northern sea breeze.  Charlottetown is a really cool place too.

[aviatoreb]

15 hours ago, 201er said:

Flew Goose Bay to Kuujjuaq and then to Iqaluit. Rain, low temps, low ceilings coming into Iqaluit. Shot the LPV down to near minimums to get into here. Full story will be in my video when I get back.

 

 

 

Long way to go for a good hamburger - but it DOES look like a good hamburger!

...but the pictures of "ice tea" ummmmm....please spare my fragile eyes!

 

[aviatoreb]

On 7/4/2019 at 3:15 PM, 201er said:

Arrived to Goose Bay in 7 hours nonstop from Linden (NYC). Just shy of 1000nm.

 

 

 

 

 

Still a brilliant conversationalist I see....

[yvesg]

2 hours ago, 201er said:

Marginal IFR, strong gusty winds, gravel runway, and no fuel or forecast at next stop CYPX...

Mike, please tell us where about you will fly southbound... if things fall in line, you might be able to get a Canadian mooneycaravan escort out of the country.

Yves

[aviatoreb]

1 hour ago, yvesg said:

Mike, please tell us where about you will fly southbound... if things fall in line, you might be able to get a Canadian mooneycaravan escort out of the country.

Yves

....check in CBP in KMSS.

[Ruth and Brian]

Have fun up there. We are still getting things taken care of on our 78 Mooney. Then we can take fun excursions like you. Jealous.

[Ruth and Brian]

7 hours ago, 201er said:

Marginal IFR, strong gusty winds, gravel runway, and no fuel or forecast at next stop CYPX...

Bet 100 LL is at least a dollar two fifty! LOL

[201er]

5 hours ago, yvesg said:

Mike, please tell us where about you will fly southbound... if things fall in line, you might be able to get a Canadian mooneycaravan escort out of the country.

Yves

On a very tight schedule going to Val Dor CYVO for lunch and then clearing US in Ogdensburg KOGS and then continuing to Linden. It’s all day flying so no time to drop by this time. But see you at Osh and if you keep inviting me, then sooner or later I may just have to oblige.

[201er]

We were supposed to fly from Iqaluit CYFB to Puvirnituq CYPX and then to Sanikiluaq island CYSK for the night. However, due to marginal IFR in low level fog at Sanikiluaq, we decided to go to Cape Dorset CYTE which was fully VFR and then see if the fog would clear at Sanikiluaq later in the day. 

Landing at Cape Dorset required flying a dog leg next to coastal cliffs and then landing on a 3500 upsloaping gravel runway.

At Cape Dorset, FSS turned out to be closed for the weekend, no WiFi at airport, and my phone wasn’t accepting date or making calls so it was difficult to plan the flight further and file a flight plan. Ended up getting hold of a landline and filing direct to Val Dor CYVO which is supposed to be the fuel/lunch stop for tomorrow. Plan was to get moving south and then figure out with FSS in the air which of the enroute villages we could land at and stay the night instead of Sanikiluaq. If none would work out, then we would just move on straight to Val Dor but then miss any further travel opportunities.

Just 30mm away from Puvirnituq, I learned from FSS that there were no other acceptable landing options on the way either due to low ceilings or strong crosswinds so we decided to go to Puvirnituq and made a rapid steep descent from cruising altitude to land on the 6000ft gravel runway. Walked into town and luckily managed to get a room on the spot. But not until after a more than one hour wait hoping the receptionist would show up and have rooms available.

Tomorrow it’s a 5 hour leg to Val Dor on gas that was barrel pumped at Iqaluit from the 2nd to last remaining barrel and traveling on all day today. After fuel and lunch, a quick hop past Ontario to Ogdensburg to clear customs and dinner and then back to Linden to wrap up this July 4 weekend trip.