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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26JUN25 1412Z | BGGH | CYYR | ISidiou5 | Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) | -100 ft/m | 728 nm | 02:39 | View | |
21MAY25 2112Z | BGGH | CYYR | BelBro | Airbus A320 neo (A20N) | -149 ft/m | 738 nm | 01:55 | View | |
21APR25 1814Z | BGGH | CYYR | Pappa_Razzi | Learjet 35 (LJ35) | -108 ft/m | 722 nm | 02:02 | View | |
18APR25 0921Z | BGGH | CYYR | Mihtsuki | Fokker F-28 Fellowship (F28) | -217 ft/m | 861 nm | 02:19 | View | |
16APR25 2139Z | BGGH | CYYR | ZandPilooT | Airbus A320 neo (A20N) | -166 ft/m | 741 nm | 01:11 | View | |
13APR25 1829Z | BGGH | CYYR | 6 Knots (Ciaran) | Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) | -108 ft/m | 935 nm | 02:54 | View | |
13APR25 1730Z | BGGH | CYYR | Andybrwn7 | Airbus A319 (A319) | -240 ft/m | 826 nm | 02:12 | View | |
13APR25 1442Z | BGGH | CYYR | Ironbird | Airbus A320 neo (A20N) | -155 ft/m | 709 nm | 01:51 | View | |
13APR25 0945Z | BGGH | CYYR | Shaun Dale | Unknown/Generic Undesignated (ZZZZ) | -98 ft/m | 709 nm | 01:37 | View | |
13APR25 0209Z | BGGH | CYYR | Cyulator | Airbus A319 (A319) | -462 ft/m | 718 nm | 01:51 | View | |
13APR25 0149Z | BGGH | CYYR | Simon Murray | Airbus A-400M (A400) | -148 ft/m | 809 nm | 02:16 | View | |
13APR25 0146Z | BGGH | CYYR | Airwolf | Airbus A-400M (A400) | -505 ft/m | 727 nm | 02:17 | View | |
13APR25 0137Z | BGGH | CYYR | Quasar Core | Airbus A-400M (A400) | -159 ft/m | 709 nm | 02:00 | View | |
13APR25 0137Z | BGGH | CYYR | musefan | Airbus A-400M (A400) | -325 ft/m | 741 nm | 02:05 | View | |
13APR25 0137Z | BGGH | CYYR | Twotonemurphy | Airbus A-400M (A400) | -785 ft/m | 722 nm | 02:05 | View | |
13APR25 0134Z | BGGH | CYYR | Toto2495 | Airbus A319 (A319) | -135 ft/m | 726 nm | 02:02 | View | |
13APR25 0133Z | BGGH | CYYR | NinjaLabs | Airbus A-400M (A400) | -361 ft/m | 728 nm | 02:01 | View | |
13APR25 0132Z | BGGH | CYYR | SoaringAJ | Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) | -557 ft/m | 714 nm | 02:26 | View | |
13APR25 0127Z | BGGH | CYYR | Dougal McTavish | Airbus A319 (A319) | -491 ft/m | 714 nm | 01:58 | View | |
13APR25 0126Z | BGGH | CYYR | Aaron Priest | Airbus A380-800 (A388) | -238 ft/m | 751 nm | 01:51 | View |