article_snippet: Forget sanding in a clearing and squinting through the clouds for a glimpse of the eclipse, passengers on flights en route to Iceland got the view of a lifetime of the natural phenomenon.
article_snippet: The flight path taken by the pilot of EasyJet's flight 6747 from Belfast on Friday shows an amusing squiggle as The flight path taken by the pilot of EasyJet's flight 6747 from Belfast on Friday approaches the Faroe Islands, one of just two places on Earth along with Norway's Svalbard archipelago where a total eclipse could be observed.
article_snippet: A squiggly line marks the flight path of EasyJet's flight 6747 as it circled to get a view of the total eclipse .
article_snippet: For some eclipse chasers, a final destination wasn't required as a number of private charters set off for the sole purpose of seeing the phenomenon which won't happen again in northern Europe until 2026.
article_snippet: each had each own row of seats from which to view the solar eclipse after flying out of Glasgow Airport at 7.30am.
article_snippet: each flew north of the Faroes at 38,000ft to ensure a cloud-free view of the eclipse with live commentary from astronomer Lee Sproats.
article_snippet: The total eclipse as viewed from 38,000ft north of the Faroe Islands from a chartered Jet2.com flight . '
article_snippet: For the full impact of a total eclipse, you have to be inside the "path of totality", which is quite narrow, but also fast-moving because the planet is rotating.
article_snippet: Thanks for circling round the #SolarEclipse.
article_snippet: A spokesman for EasyJet said the plane's circling was planned and entirely safe. '
article_snippet: The flight crews on our EasyJet flights to Reykjavik this morning performed a controlled and safe manoeuvre in order to allow passengers on both sides of the planes to have a grandstand view of one of nature's greatest events, a solar eclipse,' A spokesman for EasyJet EasyJet said.
article_snippet: All of EasyJets flights into Keflavik International near Reyjavik that coincided with the eclipse were significantly later than All of EasyJets flights into Keflavik International near Reyjavik that coincided with the eclipse scheduled arrival times, not that the passengers seemed to mind.
article_snippet: arrived one hour and five minutes later than planned in 'order to allow passengers on both sides of the planes the planes to have a grandstand view of the solar eclipse'.
article_snippet: Before the flights EasyJet claimed the view would be 'one of the closest and unobstructed views of a total eclipse anywhere in the world' and they delivered while people around Britain viewed a partial eclipse if people around Britain were lucky to see it through the forecast cloud cover.
article_snippet: A Greek tourist in Torshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands, looks skywards as skywards awaits the eclipse . '
article_snippet: We would encourage passengers to bring eclipse viewing specs with passengers and keep passengers window blinds open for the safest but most spectacular way to view it.'
article_snippet: The French Air Force's precision demonstation team  also saw The French Air Force's precision demonstation team   as a perfect time to take to the skies posting a series of images with the comment: 'Follow us in flight during the eclipse.' precision demonstration team .
highlights_snippet: Pilots performed a 'controlled and safe manoeuvre' to view total eclipse .
  
highlights_snippet: The flight paths showed a squiggle as the planes circles to catch the view .
  
highlights_snippet: Flights from the UK to Iceland passed the Faroe Islands, one of two places in the world where the total eclipse could be viewed from .
  
highlights_snippet: A chartered Jet2 flight flew from Glasgow to north of the Faroes for eclipse .