[quote:Flap40]...........Westray overhead to Vagar is 12nm lwss than Sumburgh to Vagar. At 120kts still air is 1:53. Why not depart from Kirkwall and save the trek to the Shetlands.
thanks Flap40,
i should have metioned the idea is to do some flying in the Shetlands and the Orkney Islands and then the next day try for the Faroes.
Kirwall is 184 nm to the AB NDB in the Faroes and from Westray makes it 165 nm over water.
Sumburgh is 182.8 nm from the same NDB ,enroute is the island of Foula, probably to small to land on but if you had to ditch you could try and get as close to it as you can which is 153.5 nm from the AB NDB in the Faroes, the nearest landfall.
so at 110 kts thats roughly 1 hr 25 mins over to the Faroes.
if the engine quits between Sumburgh and Foula or a few miles past it and your at say FL 75 at least you have dry land to aim for or get as close too.