Flying across the North Atlantic to Iceland! IFR light aircraft ocean crossing - DA42 - ATC Audio

Part 1 of 4. Flight from Wick (EGPC) to Reykjavik (BIRK). 660 nautical miles crossing the North Atlantic Ocean in a Diamond DA42 VI. Route Departs Wick, passes West of the Orkney Islands, into the North Atlantic Airspace, passing to the West of the Faroe Islands and finally to Iceland. There was a low pressure system to the south causing some 60kt crosswind component in the cruise. A few small diversions around some cumulonimbus clouds which would have contained turbulence and icing conditions. Flight took 4 hours in total burning 46 gallons of Jet A1. 2020 DA42, Registration N42LR, equipped with the Garmin G1000 NXI avionics. Use of Flight Stream, Garmin Satellite Weather and GWX 68 weather radar. Aircraft equipped with Flight Into Known Icing protection. Use of Foreflight to aid flight planning and for Jeppesen Charts. Pilot Headset is a Clarity Aloft in-ear headset. Cameras used in this video GoPro Max GoPro Hero 9 Back (With Media Mod) GoPro Hero 8 Black GoPro Hero 5 Session All GoPro suction mounts inside External is a Flightflix tie down wing mount Nflightcam audio cable for ATC Audio in the GoPro Hero 9 Timecodes 00:00 -Into 1:11 - Route 4:49 - Taxi 08:42 - Takeoff 16:00 - Initial Cruise 18:19 - Cruise Update 1 21:41 - Cruise Update 2 25:43 - Cruise Update 3 28:40 - Decent and Iceland 30:14 - Initial Approach 33:20 - Visual Approach 37:08 - Landing Thanks and Enjoy!
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