Iceland trip (from the UK, with some local flying in Iceland)

172driver wrote:

Do you happen to know if one can rent a SEP somewhere in Iceland?

I’ve had colleagues who’ve done it. They flew an Icelandic registered plane with EASA documents (possibly with Day VFR restriction, but they were only qualified for that anyway). They were handed the keys of the 172 after a quick checkout.
The guy at Reyjkavik FBO (who flies cubs, PA28s, arrows in addition to regional twin turboprops) said renting is definitely possible, and that he could arrange contact.

Note: On all these countryside airports, I doubt you could even manage a taxi. So I think your options are (in my decreasing order of preference):
- take bicycles and you can do what you want
- hitchhike – I think that’s a serious option to consider. Most rational people are not going to be scared of taking hitchikers on a relatively small island. Airfields are generally (/all) near roads.
- plan well, arrange local “taxis” to pick you up (might be difficult, I doubt many of these places even have taxis)
- fly only A-A flights from larger airports and look at the scenery.

Jujupilote wrote:

Are immersing suits mandatory even in twins ?

I don’t know. Don’t think the law mandates it, but I wanted it. i’ve already lost an engine over the sea, and despite appreciating the comfort of the twin, I’m also aware that engine failures are likely far from independent (positively correlated).
The rest of our family also felt much better knowing we had a decent amount of survival equipment

Jujupilote wrote:

You had an amazing weather too. Very lucky for a pre planned trip.

The weather wasn’t properly “amazing”. I would likely not have departed on the Friday if I didn’t have O2 / deice, same on return. I also had to pick up IFR on one of the domestic flights.

My brother reconstructed the tracks from the SkyDemon logs: