The phantom fuel (and beer)

[ozzy72]

Well I thought Scotland to Iceland would be the easiest leg, boy was I in for a nasty surprise! So after a haggis lunch in Scotland the weather closed in...
So from OBN at 14.13.24...
The beginning of the worst bit a long over-water leg in a single engined plane with strong winds coming from the NE and lots of rain


Over the islands, last chance to change my mind...

The last land for a looooooooong time!

On top of the weather at last, thank goodness I know my instruments

Above 50ft the visibility was bog-all

Approaching the island my fuel ran out and I just about made it onto the runway

So I'll be spending a day doing my laundry (my flightsuit has changed colour, it used to be green...) and convincing people to help me push the Spit into a hangar for a check-up and to refuel her. Deadstick landed at BIVM at 16.19.23 after 3hrs 5mins and 59secs of fighting bad weather and head/crosswinds. I'm glad that leg is over
Oh and my T-Shirt is sweaty

[Fly2e]

Mark, is it me or is your sim looking better since it last crashed?

Dave

[ozzy72]

I've been trying some new tweaks and they seem to have worked

[Souichiro]

Really beautfull!! Great Oz!

The 5th is really Photo quality!

[Joker]

Great work Mark, where next?

[ozzy72]

Greenland next, then into Canada and down the East coast to see Dave. I hope his fridge is chock full of beer as all this flying is thirsty work

[Fly2e]

Mark, can you bring me some Scrumpy Jack  ;)
And while you are at it, forget the Hungarian postal service, throw in that bottle of fruit juice that you've been hiding!  :o

Dave

[ozzy72]

I've already posted that, seems you aren't the only one experiencing trouble with them, even stuff to the UK seems to have been sucked into a blackhole

[Omag 2.0]

Fantastic shots! I love your little trip....  ;)

Still need to refill my fridge though...

5th shot equals WOW!

Cheers,

Omag

[Saitek]

You never popped into EGPE!
Mind you I don't drink any beer.