Right down on the numbers and perfect 3-point landing to roll up the hill

Parked after a perfect landing and easy stop at the top of the hill after proper application of reverse thrust, no braking needed. Vindication!

No bears spotted - climbing for some altitude to better see my destination airport

Going around...

Taxiing back for departure

I realized the course I entered didn't actually align with the runway heading for some reason so I had to make a correction

Nice and easy touch down. Could use more flare - both literally and figuratively

Weathered a few storms while waiting almost a month for departure but finally ready to continue the journey

Taxiing out to the runway past the main tarmac

Ready for departure

Taxiing down to the end of the runway - of course it's the one farthest away from the tarmac...

Looking down at Tórshavn, capital city of the islands

Leaving the Faroe Islands behind

Noticing that the autopilot has failed to make note of the changes to the flight plan and is still following the original track

All attempts to get the autopilot back on course failed so I just said screw it, deleted the flight plan and set a direct course for my destination. Then the AP got the hint

Climbed up to 15,500' in anticipation of weather ahead and now I'll be making it to Vaasa no problem

FL215 is good enough right?

Nope. Up we go again!

Still not enough! Heading up to max cruise altitude

Time to turn on the icing system...

Cause even at max eastern VFR altitude I'm still skimming through the cloud tops

Going feet dry over the Norwegian village of Vevang

Skimming under the clouds now instead of over them

Over the border and into Sweden, coming over top of Östersund

Good to not be landing to the north...

ATC told me to make left base and I'm set to make right base and they cleared me to land. Okay

Should be some parking past the main terminal...

There we go! Ready to begin my tour of the Nordics and northern Europe in the DA62!

Fiddling with the active nav source to see if I can get the co-pilot display to show the VOR radial while my display shows the FMS bearing. All I managed to do was disconnect the AP from the FMS

A last look back at Greenland as I head back out over the ocean

Dipping lower....

Peeking into the cockpit

Taxiing to parking - they tried to send me to some stand out in the middle of nowhere. Naaaah

This'll do. Look forward to exploring Iceland!

Waiting for my plane to de-ice a fellow pilot comes by to say hello. Hangs around for a bit before realizing I'm not going anywhere soon and heads out

Forgot that this thing does not turn as well as the other aircraft I've been flying...

OMG this take off roll is taking forever

No sign of visible airframe icing. Tried pulling the carb heat and that did not recover the RPMs lost

Turning back to the airport as although I could maintain flight and wouldn't have to climb over terrain on this route, I'm not going anywhere fast at only 70kts

LOOK OUT!!!

Spotted the other plane on base leg to land as well

Got my clearance from ATC and turned final to try and land with the other plane

Wasn't able to keep up with him on final and we landed together but a fair distance apart

Parked and calling the maintenance crew to see if we can't figure out what happened with my plane

Back in the cockpit for another go. I did some testing in warmer temps and everything worked fine so definitely icing-related. Seemed to work fine on second attempt from runway so maybe a sim bug on the initial cold & dark startup

Oh look my friend is back!

Performance seemed better at first but quickly after taking off I was back to sluggish flight behavior so yea the other aircraft had no trouble catching up and passing me

Cutting the corner from downwind to final to get back on the ground ASAP

Restarting the flight one last time, this time just starting straight on the runway

Expected performance on take off this time!