Yesterday my adventure headed straight north and I am really starting to get into some beautiful scenery! 8)
I continued on from Goose Bay, Labrador and headed to Iqaluit, Nunavut.
On this leg of the trip I once again learned a very valuable lesson...one that could have meant the end of this journey!
Consider the details about this leg of the trip...1) Very remote flight with little or no airports near by...2) Very long trip, 675 Nm's...3)Not very flat ground in case of emergency landing...
So considering all these facts, you would think that you would make sure everything was ok to get you to your destination...like...lets say...FUEL ! ! ! !
Yes, its true...out of sheer excitement to carry on with my trip, I neglected to check my fuel and see if I had enough to get me to Iqaluit.
I head off and once I am cruising along I look down at my fuel gauges and just about panick! Quickly doing some calculations, very carefuly watching my computer to tell me the estimated distance to empty, and hoping I don't hit a head wind, I was able to determine that I "should" be ok. If all went well I would have enough fuel with about a 30 nm reserve.
Destination for this leg...
Flight plan...(you would think that looking at this screen that I would have realized that I just MAY need fuel). ;D
Waiting for a Skylane to land before takeoff...
After waiting about 5 minutes for the Skylane to clear the runway, I have my clearance and am lined up...
Clear of the airspace and getting on course....(at this point I still have not realized my fuel issue!)
Crossing the Naskaupi River...(still think everything is ok...)
Aproaching the northern part of Labrador. Thats the Atlantic Ocean on the horizon...(oh..and now I have realized my fuel situation and am frantically trying to determine if I should go 100 nm off course to Nain, Labrador to get some fuel...)
At the north tip of Labrador...
So to add to my anxiety for this trip, once I cross the Hudson Strait and aproach Nunavut, I hit a solid wall of cloud...(at this point I am thinking to myself..."Bring It On!)
Starting my decent and hoping that this cloud cover is not right to the ground...
Decending through the clouds...
With a great sigh of relief I break through the clouds and have a visual of the airport...(no ATC here, have to call out my landing manually)
Lined up for final...
Just above the threshold...
Once on the ground I parked right nice and close to the fuel station so as to REMIND myself to fuel up next time! ;) Notice that I only had 5 gallons left!
Thanks for watching! Comments/Suggestions are always welcome!
Leg 1 - http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1060619320
Leg 2 - http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1061303323
Leg 3 - http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1061904684
Leg 4 - http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1062678263
Leg 5 - http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1063194538
Leg 6 - http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1063797354
Leg 7 - http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1063889659
Leg 8 - http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=screen;action=display;num=1064493814
