A Plan To Return Home

The finish line is in sight...I've spent the last two weeks planning a ferry flight home across the North Atlantic between missions.  Due to weather, the plan needs to be flexible, but the following is a likely itinerary;

 

Day 1:  Bagram, Afghanistan (OAIX) – Baku, Azerbaijan (UBBB) - Burgas, Bulgaria (LBBG)

Day 2: Wiesbaden, Germany (ETOU)

Day 3: Glasgow (Prestwick) Scotland (EGPK)

Day 4: Reykjavik, Iceland (BIKF)

Day 5: Kangerlussuaq (Sondre Stromfjord), Greenland  (BGSF) – Goose Bay, Canada (CYYR) - St. Johns, Canada (CYYT)

Day 6: Bangor, Maine (KBGR) – Mission complete in Virginia 

 

We departed for home on January 18.  The Commander requested a final photo prior to luanch and we jokingly accused him of collecting evidence in the event we ended up at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.  If I could pick any month NOT to attempt a flight across the North Atlantic, it would be January...especially in a winter renown for the Polar Vortex weather pattern...but I'm always up for an adventure.