:Brooklands ]The person who you probably ought to talk to is 2Donkeys (although he went IFR), but I'm not sure if he frequents PPrune anymore. You may be able to contact him via
The flyer forums.
thanks i'll try and get contact with him.
:Brooklands]One more point, I believe that most (or perhaps all) of the North Atlantic is covered by class A controlled airspace starting at FL50, so you may not be able to do the crossing at FL75.
from Sumburgh to Sider is 133.1 nm which is in the Scottish FIR and is Class G airspace ,Class C is from FL 245 up to Fl 460.
from Sider to Akraberg(AB) NDB ,51 nm, is in the Vagar TIZ which is Class G airspace (when active).
the Vagar TIZ is in the Reykjavik FIR ,Class A is from Fl 55 / UNL. You could i suppose fly at FL 55 when you get to Sider on to Vagar or if possible fly Special VFR as people do flying to the Channel Islands.
so lets say i start at Sumburgh with Five hours endurance, possibly Six hours, and try and make contact with Vagar AFIS as soon as possible to get a weather report. It should be possible to make contact from FL 75 or FL 95 at about half way or about an hour out from Sumburgh and then make the decision to go on or not.