TheBook

FLUGVÉLAR
Á OG YFIR ÍSLANDI
Note that the text of the book is in Icelandic.
An English supplement text is being prepared.

	Return to Index	Reykjavik, December 6, 2007 My new book is now flying and climbing. Todays weekly list of book sales in iceland puts it in the 7th place in the General category. Last week it was number 9. This is the front cover. Update February 21. The book sold out in Icelandic stores before Christmas, but about 300 of the 3000 copies were then returned after the new year.
	Return to Index	The book is 386 pages and is in six chapters and has two photo apendices. The chapters are: 1. Passenger aircraft (Icelandic) 108 photos 2. Private aircraft (Icelandic) 44 photos 3. Historic aircraft (Icelandic) 47 photos 4. State owned aircraft (Icelandic) 22 photos 5. Aircraft of the Iceland Defense force 56 photos 6. Visiting aircraft. 67 photos App1. All types of Iceland registered aircraft 225 small photos App2. techincal and historical facts for the aircraft in the main part.129 small photos. This is the back cover
	Return to Index	Here is a low resolution image of one of the pages from Appendix 1. It includes photographs of all types and most subtypes of those aircraft that have been on the Icelandic register and also those that operated in Iceland before the current CAA registration started. There is also a count of how many of each subtype have been on the register and the source of the photos. In some cases I have been fortunate to get photos from good friends of those few types that I never got to photograph.
Here is a link to the TV commercial for the book. The photos below are among the hundreds that are in the book. Note that the pagelinks dsiplay a number of photos from an event, and not all those photos are in the book.
	Return to Index	Reykjavik, August 30 Basler BT-67 Turbo Dakota basks under a full rainbow justa fter arrival at Reykjavík today. Belongs to the Alfred Wegener Institut for polar and oceanographic research.
	Return to Index	Reykjavik, August 23 Björn Thoroddsen has just finished test flying his new Pitts M12 and was taking off for Akureyri today at 15:00 hours.
	Click for the Norvik07 page Return to Index	Keflavik, August 14 and refuelling airspace August 15, 2007. Photographed some of the excercise aircraft on the 14th, was flown on a tanker mission, but window covered with hydraulic fluid and unusable for photography. Fortunately the tanker had some writeups so that it got recalled to Mildenhall and me with it. Got back the next morning on the replacement KC-135R. Had the window cleaned before take off and had a very good Boomer, SRA Kelly Donahue, which made sure the fighters posed correctly after refuelling.
	Click for the TF-NPK page Return to Index	Reykjavík, August 13, 2007. Was fortunate enough to be able to photograph the only flying DC-3 in Iceland from the air in various areas around Reykjavík.
	Click for the Akureyri page Return to Index	Akureyri, July 16, 2007. Visited the cradle of flight in Northern Iceland and was given the opportunity to photograph seven interesting flying treasures, most for the first time. Follow the link to the page or click on the photo, The page text is in Icelandic.
	Click for the Hella page Return to Index	Hella July 14, 2007. Visited the small grass field in the south of Iceland for some close up action with the Iceland Flying Club fly in. The last nine photos on the page depict the mark landing contest, with the winner flying TF-KRA shown in the last two photos. The second last shows him with the main wheels on the line, but not yet in the grass. Perfect 10. His name is Guðmundur Guðjónsson. The page text is in Icelandic.
	Size 1024 Return to Index	Reykjavík Airport June 30 at 0941 AM. North American P-51D Mustang named Miss Welma taking off for her first takeoff from Reykjavík this morning.
	Size 1024 Return to Index	Reykjavík Airport June 30 at 1143 AM. North American P-51D Mustang named Miss Welma taking off for her second and last takeoff from Reykjavík this morning. The PC12 escort had a warning light problem after 15 minutes of flying and both decided to turn back and fix it.
	Size 1024 Return to Index	Reykjavík Airport June 29, 2007 at 02:52 AM. The North American P-51D Mustang named Miss Welma recently rebuilt by Fighter Rebuilders at Chino California, and accompanying P-38F Glacier Girl across the Atlantic to Duxford, England, had to leave the P-38 behind in Goose Bay with a failed engine. The P-51s pilot, Ed Shipley carried on and made it to Reykjavík last night.
	Size 1024 Return to Index	Mount Esja, June 11, 2007. Piper Cubs TF-CUP and TF-KAS flying close to the slopes of Mount Esja. This was a trial photo mission with the photo ship being Kitfox 163 piloted by Ragnar Eldon (see photo). Flying TF-CUP from the back seat was Erlendur Einarsson and TF-KAS was Sigurjón Valsson from the front seat with Hafsteinn Jónasson as passenger.
	Size 1024 Return to Index	Mount Esja, June 11, 2007. Piper Cub TF-KAS Icelandic CAA number 52 flying close to the slopes of Mount Esja. This plane was also rebuilt by Einar Páll Einarsson who specialises in rebuilding Piper Cubs.
	Size 1024 Return to Index	Reykjavík Airport, June 11, 2007. Grumman Tigercat G-RUMT stopped over at Reykjavík during the weekend, and took off for Greenland and the US this morning at 10:45. It was delayed because of low ceilings in Narsarsuaq. Note the condensation circles from the propeller tips.
	Size 1024 Return to Index	Mount Vifilfell, June 8, 2007. Super Puma TF-GNA excercising mountain rescue in the slopes near Mount Vifilfell. TF-GNA is the latest addition to the IGC helicopter fleet. Note the rotor tip condensation in the humid air of the evening.
	Size 1024 Return to Index	Mount Vifilfell, June 7, 2007. Super Puma TF-GNA excercising fast approaches in the slopes near Mount Vifilfell. TF-GNA is the latest addition to the IGC helicopter fleet. Note the rotor tip condensation in the humid air of the evening.
	Size 1024 Return to Index	Keflavík, September 16, 2006. Two Hawker Hunter Mk. 58s landed here on the evening of the 15th. Gear is almost up
	Size 1024 Return to Index	Keflavik, July 12, 2006. A first visit to Iceland by the Bell-Boeing MV-22B Osprey vertical takeoff and landing assault transport. Hovering after a vertical takeoff on runway 29.
	Size 1024 Return to Index	Keflavik, July 12, 2006. A first visit to Iceland by the Bell-Boeing MV-22B Osprey vertical takeoff and landing assault transport. Doing a low approach of runway 02 after a flight test.