Islands of the North Sea

Again, a couple of friends and enthusiasts came to the airport to see me off for the second part of the expedition "European islands from the Skies". Everything went fine and I left just a couple of minutes later than planned. more

June 16, 2014

The first day was quite busy. I was in the  for about seven hours and experienced a lot of turbulence. The journey took me over the famous chateaux on the Loire and then down the river to the big port of St Nazaire. more

August 17, 2014

The second day started with the arrival of Airbus´s Beluga aircraft at the airport of St Nazaire. I departed for Dinard-St. Malo, refuelled and flew via the islands of Chausey to Jersey, one of the Channel Islands. more

June 18, 2014

Even though the Channel Islands are part of Great Britain I had to fly to Exeter international airport for customs/immigration. After clearing customs, I continued along the coast of Cornwall to St Mary´s airport on the beautiful Isles of Scilly. more

 June 18, 2014

From the Isles of Scilly my flight continued back to Land´s End and then over the Bristol Channel  and the interesting island of Lundy. I landed at Swansea for lunch then continued via the Isle of Man to the beautiful little airfield of Glenforsa, near Oban in Scotland. more

 June 20, 2014

I stayed two nights at Glenforsa. The longer stay gave me the chance to fly around a little more to explore.  The Outer and Inner Hebrides, Plockton, the beach airport of Barra, Stornoway, Isle of Skye, Eilean Donan Castle  were the highlights. Barra is actually the only licensed beach airport in the world. Landing there is quite an experience.... more

June 21, 2014

I left Glenforsa in the morning and flew over Loch Ness, Inverness and Wick to the Orkney Islands. There I landed at Lamb Holm airfield. Lamb Holm is a privately owned island and has one of the most interesting airports I have ever landed at. In the late afternoon I made a sight-seeing trip around the Orkneys. It is a beautiful archipelago with an enormous amount of history. For WWII enthusiasts I can recommend Scapa Flow and the Churchill Barriers... more

 June 22, 2014

Instead of continuing to the Shetland Islands I decided to stay at the same excellent accommodation on the Orkneys. I made a day trip to the Shetlands and flew around these great islands before returning back to the Orkneys.  more

June 23, 2014

Day 8 started with a lot of rain. Howevertrusting that the weather would improve,  at around 10 o´clock I departed for the Faroe Islands. The flight took over three hours and took me to Vagar, the only airport on the Faroe Islands. more

 June 24, 2014

I was a bit upset that the weather was grey on the day I planned to film the Faroe Islands. The ATC controller at Vagar airport had a different view - he thought I was very lucky the weather was great... The meteo statistics proved him right – for over 280 days a year the FaroeIislands are blessed with rain. When I finished filming the islands I refuelled and flew to Bergen in Norway. The flight took about four hours. more

 June 25, 2014

The area of Bergen is just beautiful and if you are as lucky as I was with the weather, there can be nothing more stunning than the nearby fjords and glaciers in the mountains. Having photographed and filmed everything I could, I continued to the airport of Skien. From there I flew over to the Danish town of Esbjerg where I stayed for the night. more

June 26, 2014

This was the last day of this part of the expedition “European Islands from the Skies”. I flew over the North Frisian Islands, Helgoland, East Frisian Islands and then along the river Elbe back to Příbram. The flight took me some five hours. more

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