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Beers So Far
 
Bergen, Norway to Stockholm, Sewden
Flight ID: 019
Pilot: GB
Co-Pilot: GZ
Company: G-Square Enterprises
Aircraft: N317G
Flight Date: September 30 2005
Departure: 19h16 (17h17 GMT)
Arrival: 21h21 (19h21 GMT)
From: ENBR - Bergen Flesland - Norway
To: ESSB - Bromma - Sweden
Nbr of Passengers: 9
Flight Distance: 387 Nm
Time Airborne: 01h54:46
Flight Time (block): 02h04:22
Time On Ground: 00h09:58
Average Speed: 202.37 kt
Max. Altitude: FL 230
Climb Time: 00h15:24
Cruise Time: 01h04:52
Landing Speed: 74.95 kt
Landing Touchdown: -183.85 ft/m (nice)
Landing Pitch: -1.57°
 

Report:

We had beautiful clear skies for our departure out of Bergen, Norway which was a delightful change considering our arrival a week prior was rather overcast. We were number 2 in line for takeoff behind an unmarked 737-300. The Bergen airport is a quaint single runway field surrounded mostly by cool waters. Had we planned our trek across the Atlantic a little better, Bergen would have been an excellent candidate for our flight out of Rejkavijk as it lies further east of the Shetland Islands; of course that would have delayed our enjoyment of Skullsplitter and The Red MacGregor, so perhaps we did make the right choice as it seems the Norwegians are more into their vodka's than their beers. Can't blame them with their cold winters; beer just can't do the trick in that climate in the middle of winter.

Today's flight has us slicing the semi-southern region of Norway in half, ideally I wanted to stop in Oslo, but the lack of beers made that a tough call. I'm sure when we plan our next flight around the world where we forego beer and go straight for the hard liquor, Oslo will be in the crosshairs; but both of those are very far off, and something tells me we should stick with the beer, especially in Scandinavia where weather conditions aren't always the greatest as you'll soon read....

There was some nice scenery over the fjords, slightly mountainous. I'm sure this is a beautiful VFR area to explore from a low altitude. Alas, we headed further east away from the sunset that tickles the horizon for much longer periods of time than these two pilots from the Tropic of Cancer are used to.

Welcome to Sweden. Had there been a sign in the sky to welcome pilots, we would have passed it quite quickly and almost without notice; which is exactly how the absolute gelatinous pumpkin muck of a sky suddenly appeared which seemed to envelope us out of nowhere upon our decent for Stockholm. It was a very grey/orange haze that offered zero visibility and at times made the Hopper but a shadow in external views. It started around 7,000 ft and stuck with us. In prior flights we had had some bad visibility going through these altitudes but it sometimes cleared up a lot once closer to the ground.

Not in Stockholm; the funk stayed with us as we descended further, turned, you name it. Perhaps we'll break out of it at like 1,000ft we though. Good thing we'd done a few ILS approaches and practiced beforehand, this scenario definitely called for it. Around 2,400 feet on approach we could see some water and a little bit of coastline beneath us, but we headed back into a thick patch closer to the airport. At 390 feet we could faintly see the RWY strobe lights and a building off to the right. At 75ft above the threshold the Hopper didn't want to touch down. It took awhile, but we did land an immediately applied full brakes and stopped just short of the end of the runway, knuckles white and adrenaline pumping.

Next up: Straight to Helsinki, Finland!

GB

Beer Consumption Report
Beer: Dogfish Head
Punkin Ale
Origin: Milton, DE, US
Type: Seasonal Pumpkin Ale Rating
(1-5):
4.4
Click here for a full review of this beer
Beer # Pilot Navigator Other
1 0:00 0:00  
2 0:25 0:20  
3 1:00 0:55  
4 1:30 1:25  
5      
6      

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