Very cool! Such an unusual country.
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Truly majestic, thanks for posting.
Land is still reasonably priced and increasingly productive. Population is sparse, friendly, blonde and pure.
A bloke could do worse than retiring in Reykjavik.
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I was with the US Navy Steel Band in 1975. We flew from NAS Belle Chase, LA to NAS Norfolk, VA on our C-118 (DC6) and then boarded an EC-121 for a 14 hour flight to Naval Air Station Keflavik to entertain the personnel stationed there.
These were my first flights on Naval aircraft and while the C-118 (once served as Air Force One) was luxurious, The EC-121 Warning Star was anything but! It was crowded (there were 12 of us in the band and a flight crew of 6 plus 11 radar/radio crew). The temperature was kept below 50° because of the sensitive electronics and communications gear. I huddled on the floor next to a small vent fan exhausting slightly warm air from the comm station and drank lots of warm coffee for most of the flight.
After about 2,000 miles we passed over the southern tip of Greenland, and for the last 500 miles, we were invited to take turns in the cockpit to see the aurora borealis! It was an absolutely awesome experience from about 4 miles up - I doubt an image from a drone could come close. The only thing that ever rivaled that flight was getting to ride with the Blue Angels in their A-4 Skyhawk two-seat trainer (Douglas TA-4J) in 1976.
