Join us for the 5th Firefly adventure across the Atlantic as we commemorate the legendary flight of The Bremen – 97 years to the day after it happened!
In 1928, three brave aviators – Captain Hermann Köhl, Commandant James Fitzmaurice, and Baron Günther von Hünefeld – took to the skies in a rugged Junkers W33 aircraft named The Bremen. Departing from Baldonnel Aerodrome in Ireland, they battled fierce storms, compass failures, fuel uncertainty, and navigational chaos for 36 gruelling hours before finally touching down on the icy bogs of Greenly Island, Canada.
It was the first-ever east-to-west transatlantic flight in a fixed-wing aircraft, and it changed aviation history forever.
**Route: **
We’ll follow the Irish Air Corps 75th Anniversary flight from 2003
EIME (Baldonnel, Ireland) BIKF (Keflavik, Iceland) BGGH (Nuuk, Greenland) CYYR (Goose Bay, Canada) Low pass over Greenly Island Lighthouse before landing CYBX (Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, Canada)
**Aircraft: **
I will be taking the powerful A400M by iniBuilds, a modern tribute to the endurance and strength of the Bremen’s original Junkers W33. Bring any aircraft suitable for the long haul—just bring plenty of fuel!
Date | Departure | Arrival | Pilot | Aircraft | Landing rate | Distance | Flight time | ||
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22JUL25 1345Z | EIME | BIKF | MDA009 | Boeing 777-200LR/F (B77L) | -52 ft/m | 893 nm | 02:08 | View | |
25JUN25 2120Z | EIME | BIKF | ISidiou5 | Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) | -83 ft/m | 860 nm | 03:02 | View | |
21MAY25 1631Z | EIME | BIKF | BelBro | Airbus A320 neo (A20N) | -147 ft/m | 817 nm | 02:05 | View | |
20APR25 1337Z | EIME | BIKF | Mrninety | Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-550/700 (CRJ7) | -161 ft/m | 852 nm | 02:03 | View | |
16APR25 1328Z | EIME | BIKF | Mihtsuki | Fokker F-28 Fellowship (F28) | -95 ft/m | 861 nm | 02:09 | View | |
16APR25 0828Z | EIME | BIKF | ZandPilooT | Airbus A320 neo (A20N) | -401 ft/m | 837 nm | 01:25 | View | |
14APR25 2322Z | EIME | BIKF | Aaron Priest | Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) | -191 ft/m | 830 nm | 00:27 | View | |
14APR25 0146Z | EIME | BIKF | Pappa_Razzi | Airbus A-400M (A400) | -231 ft/m | 830 nm | 02:27 | View | |
13APR25 1124Z | EIME | BIKF | Andybrwn7 | Airbus A319 (A319) | -408 ft/m | 876 nm | 02:07 | View | |
13APR25 1019Z | EIME | BIKF | Ironbird | Airbus A320 neo (A20N) | -12 ft/m | 1029 nm | 02:42 | View | |
13APR25 0537Z | EIME | BIKF | Shaun Dale | Unknown/Generic Undesignated (ZZZZ) | -87 ft/m | 832 nm | 01:46 | View | |
12APR25 2049Z | EIME | BIKF | Restoring 226 | Honda HA-420 HondaJet (HDJT) | -364 ft/m | 819 nm | 02:09 | View | |
12APR25 2042Z | EIME | BIKF | DeathsAngel_ZA | Lockheed C-130 Hercules (C130) | -329 ft/m | 856 nm | 02:27 | View | |
12APR25 2018Z | EIME | BIKF | Chocks | Airbus A-400M (A400) | -337 ft/m | 882 nm | 02:19 | View | |
12APR25 2017Z | EIME | BIKF | RichyRicardo | Airbus A-400M (A400) | -600 ft/m | 859 nm | 02:15 | View | |
12APR25 2010Z | EIME | BIKF | Zaarrd | Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) | -20 ft/m | 851 nm | 02:08 | View | |
12APR25 2010Z | EIME | BIKF | Martell | Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) | -92 ft/m | 865 nm | 02:06 | View | |
12APR25 2010Z | EIME | BIKF | TenuredAmoeba | Airbus A-400M (A400) | -345 ft/m | 853 nm | 02:08 | View | |
12APR25 2010Z | EIME | BIKF | NinjaLabs | Airbus A-400M (A400) | -466 ft/m | 867 nm | 02:08 | View | |
12APR25 2010Z | EIME | BIKF | Cyulator | Airbus A-400M (A400) | -209 ft/m | 854 nm | 02:07 | View |
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