WE LEFT OSLO ABOUT 5:15 PM, OSLO TIME, AND ARRIVED IN KEFLAVIK, ICELAND, FOUR HOURS AND FIFTY MINUTES LATER.  THE WEATHER WAS BAD IN FOG AND RAIN.  BEFORE LANDING, THE PLANS WERE TO MAKE ONE APPROACH AND IF WE MISSED WE WOULD GO TO PRESTWICK, SCOTLAND, OUR ALTERNATE.  AFTER LANDING, IT REALLY FOGGED IN, AND WE WERE DELAYED THERE FOUR HOURS.

THE TERMINAL BUILDING AT KEFLAVIK IS VERY LARGE, AND IN ADDITION TO ALL THE AIRLINE AND ARMY REQUIREMENTS, THEY HAVE A COMPLETE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT FACILITIES.  ALL THE PASSENGERS WERE GIVEN ROOMS, SO WE GOT ABOUT TWO HOURS SLEEP.  WE HAD BREAKFAST WHEN WE GOT UP AND LEFT KEFLAVIK ABOUT 3:00 AM, KEFLAVIK TIME.  WE ARRIVED AT IDLEWILD NINE HOURS AND FIFTY MINUTES LATER.  IT WAS THEN 8:00 AM NEW YORK TIME.

ON THIS TRIP WE COVERED 8250 MILES BY AIR AT AN AVERAGE SPEED OF 253 MPH.  OUR BEST SPEED WAS BETWEEN IDLEWILD AND LONDON AN AVERAGE OF 269 MPH.  OUR SLOWEST IN A DC-4 BETWEEN LONDON AND HAMBURG AT 193 MPH.  OUR TOTAL TIME IN THE AIR WAS 32 HOURS AND 37 MINUTES.

And so we come to the end of the album.  And this was only 60 years ago.  How times have changed.

And Elfi, I’m really sorry about that snowball.

Hope you’ve all enjoyed the trip.

Andy