Anyone been to the Azores?

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Thanks for your answer, Ernie. I find it most insightful. Maybe another stupid question, but would tip tanks change your opinion? I'm just thinking the fact that the water is warmer, is in direct corrolation with survival odds. And that hundreds more ships cross that line 24 hours a day.

I know about the trip across Greenland and Iceland, but I know of someone who totally lost it in one of those fjords when it misted up, and paid for it with his life. Don't get me wrong - I DO want to go to Greenland one day, just for fun (OK, dinner too).

I want to actually fly the distance over land first - hence my second post. I first want to intimately know what exactly my plane's performance is, before I go anywhere over open water.