Buy yourselves a raft and survival suits that keep you dry. Not a big investment. Then tie a PLB to each of the survival suits or the life vests and now you have more options available to you when flying in the wintertime. At least, that is what I do. Just visited the Faroe Islands a few weeks ago in a single engine Cirrus and now ditching is still an issue but less of an issue as you are more/well prepared.
In this case, why not just follow the coastline? Overflying Kaliningrad shouldn’t be a problem.
WhiskeyPapa wrote:
Overflying Kalingrad shouldn’t be a problem.
…except that they have hefty enroute charges, even for < 2t, or so I’ve heard.
Just received an Email from Moscow with the invoice for an IFR flight from Gdansk to Palanga in June 2016 in an AA5B. Kaliningrad FIR was crossed from KUNER to TIGNU and the total is 10,60 USD which is pretty acceptable if you ask me.
