The 68-year-olds hope to arrive in Scotland on Wednesday

Jack Berkin, from Elstree in Hertfordshire and retired British Airways pilot Denis Wood from Petworth in West Sussex, reached Goose Bay, Canada on Sunday.

The 68-year-olds had been held up by bad weather.

The pair spent Sunday night in Goose Bay before beginning the transatlantic part of their 4,500 mile journey by flying their tiny four-seater plane Velocity to Greenland.

The pair plan to make a short fuel stop in Narsarsuaq, Greenland, before flying straight to Iceland.

They hope to arrive in Prestwick, Scotland, on Wednesday.

The pensioners began their trip on Friday from Dayton, Ohio in the US to mark the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first successful powered flight.

The pensioners are marking the 100th anniversary of powered flight

Mr Wood has been piloting the plane due to his experience in reading the weather conditions.

They made the plane over several years in the south of France before shipping it out to the US last year for the final assembly.

Mr Berkin, a retired healthcare assistant, said that the fibreglass kit aircraft had been performing well.

"All of the major equipment is doing what it should and that is giving us a lot of confidence for the rest of the trip."