Flight 19's European Vacation

Willy

Willy

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We've decided to aimlessly wander around Europe and see what we can find. Took off from Groningen, Holland and headed up to Copenhagen Denmark. Sure is a lot of fog around here this time of year....
 
Rgr on the fog up in the northern territory this time of year. They got some giant bridges to drive on too, dang!
 
Found a suitable ride. Promised the owner I would ferry it back to Australia...someday.
 
After finding the back seat full of haggis, I traded the Cessna in on a Aero Commander 500.....
 
Had an old friend show up tonight to fly with us from Poland to Lithuania?. Nice flight although the usual Flight 19 weather was waiting for us at EYPA and we couldn't see the runway until we were almost on top of it.
 
Roger on an old friend showing up. Got a couple of kodaks, along with the usual approach-in-the-heavy-fog shots.
 
Howdy CNs,

Should be joining up with you all tonight. Been down in North Africa flying trying to make a few bucks for the old warchest. Picture, the plane I will be flying tonight, but with winglets.

Taco
 

Another day, another fog shrouded airport in Eastern Europe. This time flew from Palanga (EYPA) to Vilnius International (EYVI) in Lithuania. A pleasant flight, and we're headed into land covered by forests now, more or less.
 
Howdy all,:salute:

Well, it’s sure nice to be back in the cockpit again after a long hiatus. Let me tell you this, this was one very interesting flight. The radio chatter covered a wide range of topics, including the some of the local words in some of the weirdest translation I have ever heard. But all in all it was a very nice and fun flight. The picture show all pilots parked at Riga with the exception of vW who was on final approach.
 
Nice to join in on the fun. Here is the gang gathering to depart from Riga for Helsinki. Then a quick snap of the Aerostar passing over Tallin.
 
Hey There!:wavey:

Well, again Flight #19 crew came up with a real nice flight, and as strange as it sounds they got the weather right, with the exception of the 40+kt headwind lol. But what the heck, got something’s right. I sure am getting tired of seeing all the snow; maybe someday we will plan a flight in Northern Europe during the springtime. Interesting radio chatter tonight about the demise of older, and maybe classic airports, to the money grubbing, no comment. Oops, going to get me-self in trouble if I keep going, so cya later.
 
Here is a interesting photo taken at Helsinki Malmi airport. Curious mix of aircraft; Focke-Wulf Fw58, Junkers Ju86, de Havilland Rapide, Fokker D XXI, among others. Note the autogyro as well. The aircraft might have gathered for the official grand opening on May 15th, 1938.

The calm before the storm...

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We left Helsinki for some little airport in Stockholm Sweden. Nice flight although it was pretty darn foggy in Sweden. I got a bit turned around in the fog and came in on a unlit runway while the others found the one that was lit up like a Christmas tree.
 
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