Hans-Jürgen Schwerhoff, accompanied by Wilma Schwerhoff, flew a Cessna P210N Centurion around the world in the summer of 2010.  They started at home in Germany, heading south east, on April 8, 2010 and were back home in Friedrichshafen, Germany on August 20th.

In 1999, Mike Blyth and Olivier Aubert made quite an amazing trip in trike-type microlights from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Cape Town, South Africa. They did it the long way. Up through South and North America, and back down Europe and Africa.  They covered more than 25,000 miles over 8 months. We had the pleasure of seeing them when they stopped in Iqaluit on the way. 

Brian Goranson flew his Cessna 172 C-GECQ from Weyburn, Saskatchewan to Ljungby, Sweden and back in the summer of 2008.  He started July 30th and was back home by August 24th. He did the trip by himself, spurred on by a desire to meet his Swedish relatives, and fulfill a dream of having a challenging flying adventure.

Gary and Alice Nelson flew their Cessna Skylane from Washington State to Europe through Iqaluit in 2006.  Their trip report contains lots of interesting aviation and tourism information, with some great details about spots we don't often hear about, like Coral Harbour, Nunavut and some of the southern stops in Greenland.

They encountered some interesting weather, and have some good photos of approaches to some of the smaller airports on the way.

The title is reminescent of a trip that Brad Knickerbocker of the Christian Science Monitor chronicled back in 2000.  Brad's trip was called Small Plane, Big Planet. His was a trip around the world in a Cessna 182. And while Small Plane, Big Adventure is more modest, flying a C182 from Vancouver to Glasgow, it is certainly a big adventure.

Brenda Bailey and Eli Gershkovitch are blogging the trip in Vancouver Sun.

There are very few private aircraft in Nunavut.  Over the years there have been a handful of ultralights and Cessna 172s based in Iqaluit, although at present CYFB is without a private aviation presence.  But though Iqaluit is fairly far north by southern Canadian standards, it is not the most northerly spot for private aviation in Nunavut.  Check out this blog from Larry at CYCO Kugluktuk, Nunavut (formerly known as Coppermine) on the Arctic Coast.

Gerd and Dorothy Wengler have visited Iqaluit twice so far in their Turbo Skylane.  The first trip was a stopover on the way to Ireland in 2005, the second for a sightseeing trip in 2007 to Pangnirtung, Qikiqtarjuaq and Greenland.

Gerd has written a very thorough trip report on their 2005 trip, which you can read here.

Wing Commanders Rahul Monga and Anil Kumar were in Iqaluit on August 1 and 2, 2007 on day 60 and 61 of their record-breaking ultralight trip around the world. The event was part of the celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Indian Air Force.  On the Canadian arctic part of their,  trip they experienced a few days of bad weather, holding them in Northern Quebec before they could cross the Hudson Strait to Iqaluit.

The International Air Rally visited Iqaluit on August 4 and 5, 2006. Iqaluit was the destination for this intrepid group of small plane owners and pilots.  The trip started at the Oshkosh air show. Click here for a map showing their route.

This group plans trips like this to out of the way places just about every year.

Paul Nopper and his Aviat Husky visited the South Baffin Island region a few times.  He has a great trip report on line, with lots of photos, of his 2000 trip to Qikiqtarjuaq through Auyuittuq National Park.  As you read, remember this was nearly 10 years ago: the prices have changed!

Paul had an experience on one of those trips that reminds us of the unforgiving nature of the terrain, and how fast weather conditions can

Meeting Brian Milton was quite an event.  He was the first person to travel around the world in a microlight, back in 1998. And that, of course, brought him through Iqaluit.  He had quite a story to tell about his amazing trip in an open ultralight.  Much of the story is detailed in his book Global Flyer. And you can check out this article which names him one of the Top 20 great British adventurers.

Pat Healey and John Lohr flew their 2001 American Champion on quite a trip in 2003.  Starting in Maryland, they travelled through Iqaluit and on up to the Magnetic North Pole. Their trip report has lots of photos along the way.  In addition to the Magnetic North Pole, they also flew the western part of the Northwest Passage in 2004. Here's the route map for those trips. 

The photo shows Pat Healey on the ground in Resolute, Nunavut.