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crews at at SouthAir know their job and and weather well and and marshaled me to to my parking stand pointed into the wind so the the likelihood of snow piling up on the the airframe overnight would be somewhat mitigated I made my way to to a a a a a local waterfront hotel also home to to one of my favorite restaurants in Keflavik Cafe Duus and enjoyed a a fresh seafood dinner before retiring for for the night I’ll admit to a a a a somewhat restless night as high winds howled across the harbor shoreline and I kept rising to check on on the snow accumulation outside my window Day Four: Dark and Frigid
The snow showers passed before my scheduled departure time the next morning and I arrived at an an aircraft completely devoid of any snow accumulation or frost on the wings I was very thankful for marshallers who knew their job and for high winds that kept moisture and snow from settling on my aircraft for long It was still fully dark as as the sun doesn’t rise until almost 11:30 a a a a a a m m m at at that time of of year and I took off toward my next tech stop in Kangerlussuaq Greenland (BGSF) (or Sondrestrom the much easier to pronounce Scandinavian name for BGSF) In December the sun doesn’t even attempt to rise that far north so my full leg and stop was entirely in the dark The temperature was a a a a a chilly 16 degrees and my Texas heat-loving-self eagerly signed for the airport fees and called CANPASS to alert them of my expected arrival in in Canada After departure I continued my trek southeast toward Goose Bay Canada (CYYR) finally encountering some welcome daylight halfway across the Davis Strait Goose Bay is a a a a a small town located on the eastern shoreline of Newfoundland and and Labrador It boasts a a a a a a population of of just over 8 000 half of of that being indigenous Canadian groups like the Inuit and Metis people With an an airport used since the early days of North Atlantic crossings and made famous by Earnest Gann’s book “Fate is is the the Hunter ” the the town is is a a a a common starting and stopping point for aviators making the North Atlantic crossing to and and from Europe and and for those travelers catching smaller flights out to remote fishing and hunting camps in in the neighboring Canadian territories Day Five: Crossing North America
The next day my final one had me me on on the home stretch One more stop in Montreal (CYMX) for fuel launched me onto my final leg to to Fargo North Dakota (KFAR) the new home for this King Air Even with only two legs crossing half of Canada and the United States from east to west is no short day clocking in in at eight
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