On Thursday this week, the runway on the lake "Vermundsjøen" finally opened and the wifey and me flew up there to test the newly plowed runway and to have dinner at the nearby cafe.
The runway opening was late this season because of the unusually high winter-temps, but during the last couple of weeks, the temps has dropped and the ice has frozen to the required thickness.
Here's a few pics:
Here's the RV-captain flying enroute:
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Here's the runway and the surroundings:
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And here we are on right base.
The RWY is 1000 x 30 metres so that's plenty for a RV.
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Finally parked and since the temps where so low, we put in cowling plugs and a couple of blankets before we went to dinner:
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The cafe is only a 5 minute walk from the lake:
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When the sun approached the horizon, it was time to head home again.
"Wilco" sure looks lonely out there, and that's because we where the only airplane landing there that day.
BTW; we where also the FIRST plane landing there this winter, and that was kind of special.
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When we landed on the lake, the temp was -25*C (-13*F) and we took off a couple of hours later, the temp had dropped to -28*C (-18*F) so it was cold to use bare hands to fasten the seatbelts...![Cool :cool: :cool:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
After takeoff, leveling off at 4000' MSL for the 45 min cruise back to our homefield, the OAT increased to -16*C (+3*F) so it was a typical winterday with a rather big inversion.
If any of you want to see where the lake is on Google Earth; here's the position:
N 60.42.4 E 012.22.5
A nice way to spend a Saturday I'd say...
The runway opening was late this season because of the unusually high winter-temps, but during the last couple of weeks, the temps has dropped and the ice has frozen to the required thickness.
Here's a few pics:
Here's the RV-captain flying enroute:
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg851.imageshack.us%2Fimg851%2F1165%2Fp1020832g.jpg&hash=0286e71061ee0d2fbe462a78d6efef9d)
Here's the runway and the surroundings:
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg821.imageshack.us%2Fimg821%2F8214%2Fp1020839l.jpg&hash=766f7937ed4444ef316400a268783b34)
And here we are on right base.
The RWY is 1000 x 30 metres so that's plenty for a RV.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg687.imageshack.us%2Fimg687%2F8848%2Fp1020840zb.jpg&hash=66d0076e1802e559b1248e66cde75cea)
Finally parked and since the temps where so low, we put in cowling plugs and a couple of blankets before we went to dinner:
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg685.imageshack.us%2Fimg685%2F8335%2Fp1020848d.jpg&hash=e583c6fa208238fc81ac370c3b658043)
The cafe is only a 5 minute walk from the lake:
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg821.imageshack.us%2Fimg821%2F6131%2Fp1020855k.jpg&hash=25ba6ff965d578bab8292bd79d618745)
When the sun approached the horizon, it was time to head home again.
"Wilco" sure looks lonely out there, and that's because we where the only airplane landing there that day.
BTW; we where also the FIRST plane landing there this winter, and that was kind of special.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg862.imageshack.us%2Fimg862%2F2866%2Fp1020850n.jpg&hash=612b205f8e7baff16d57df0d7a8a136e)
When we landed on the lake, the temp was -25*C (-13*F) and we took off a couple of hours later, the temp had dropped to -28*C (-18*F) so it was cold to use bare hands to fasten the seatbelts...
After takeoff, leveling off at 4000' MSL for the 45 min cruise back to our homefield, the OAT increased to -16*C (+3*F) so it was a typical winterday with a rather big inversion.
If any of you want to see where the lake is on Google Earth; here's the position:
N 60.42.4 E 012.22.5
A nice way to spend a Saturday I'd say...
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