After a rather extensive security check at the Stuttgart General Aviation Terminal we loaded and prepared the plane and took off in grey and rainy weather. Our first leg took us from Germany over Belgium and across the English Channel, across London and onwards to Scotland (Prestwick). This flight took us close to 3hrs. Scotland greeted us with the typical rainy and cold weather – which didnt matter that much as we anyway just planned to re-fuel and leave again. After a quick break we took off again and flew across Scotland before leaving the coast and heading across the open Atlantic Ocean towards Iceland.
We faced some strong headwinds on the way and a very windy landing after an approach with snow, icing and some moderate turbulences. After another 3 hours we touched ground after a very gusty final approach. Iceland greeted us with chilly temperatures, strong winds and rain. We cleared immigration (very pragmatic process), locked up the plane before taking over our rental car and making the way to the rental apartment downtown.
Day 2 will be a land day with some sight seeing in Iceland before continuing our journey to Greenland.
