From Ice and Fire to the Kingdom of Scots

After the incredible previous evening flight which gave us sparkles in our eyes for the rest of our lives, it was now time to pack again our DC-3 and this time we really made sure the short runway of REY could accommodate our heavy loaded (no offence Bastien!) airplane.

The views after take off until we headed towards the sea and Wick in Scotland were breathtaking. We overflew Selfoss, then climbed above the Eyjafjallajokull, the volcano that erupted once agin in 2010 and rendered almost impossible any european flights nor any transatlantic ones. Again, some pictures speak for a thousand words.

Low clouds towards the southern coast

Near Selfoss

The exact place where the volcano erupted

Over the sea towards Scotland

Making landfall!

Approaching Wick

Ackergill Castle where we spent two memorable nights

Cheers people! Whiskey sampling

Hans Hintermeister who could manage to book a flight and join us so far north enjoyed the good company and he was particularly delighted to be back in this place. The reason being that he also was part of the team when Francisco brought HB-IRJ back from the USA in 2008. The team was the more complete!

Group picture with a great meal

We had a day to visit before actually making our way further south. So we enjoyed some nice Whiskey factory visit and meals. Some less good news were actually on the way unfortunately. 

Breitling, our main sponsor, decided to stop any founding to Aviation after a change of CEO. What a pity. Some interesting flights to Edinburgh were planned, those never happened. A sad news, hard to digest but nevertheless we had some flights to do and we cheered up to make those flight a happy memory.

Old Wick building where we returned our dinghies

A short flight with a Cessna 152 for Katsu to snatch a quick picture

The following day will see us fly to the old Aviation Hall of Fame, DUX in short.