ICELAND - first men over fire and ice
1919: flying in Iceland started with an Avro 504 biplane, which also did the first hop to the Westman Islands, here is the story:
Flying in 100 Years | The Icelandic Aviation Museum (flugsafn.is)
We copy that, flying eastward (in a Jenny) along the South Coast, looking for waterfalls and glacier lobes.
PION_iceland_jenny.PLN (5.4 KB)
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1928: a real airline started with four Junkers floatplanes:
Take a F.13 across the island to the north coast, visit famous landmarks (WPs labelled) and land on some inland lakes.
PION_iceland_Ju_F13.PLN (3.7 KB)
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1937: todays Iceland Air started operations:
Flying Since 1937 | Icelandair
Deliver mail in the remote West-Fjords: you can take a Beaver (avatar for their first Waco) or the later Goose. Beware: live weather (low cloud base) often forces you around the capes.
PION_iceland_goose.PLN (4.2 KB)
