2026Famous Pilots in the Faroe Islands - Set

Wolfgang von Gronau – from Tvøroyri to New York in 1930
On the afternoon of Wednesday, 29 August 1928, shouts could be heard throughout Tvøroyri. The children initially thought the adults were calling for a whale hunt, so they all cried “grindaboð” (pilot whale alarm). But they quickly realized that the adults were not looking out to sea, but up into the sky—where an aircraft appeared over the fjord.