I hadn’t been in the air for about two weeks and missed it a lot. Last weekend the weather was good for flying, and Sunday I had the time to go for a flight. To my surprise, some of the fields on Zealand were covered with snow:
It was about 0°C on the ground, and in many places the snow was already gone.
The cloud base was around 1500 feet – enough for a local VFR flight – with otherwise sunshine and blue sky here and there.
I just flew around, did some landings on different airfields, and enjoyed the day in the air.
I flew (among other places) over the Storstrøm bridge (photo below) that connects islands of Falster and Masnedø. The bridge was opened by King Christian X on the 26th September 1937. It was the first cable-stayed bridge in Scandinavia. The bridge is 3199 m long and 9 m wide, and has only a single track. The longest span is 136 m, and the maximum clearance to the sea is 26 m.
Farø bridges (below) connect the islands of Zealand and Falster via the small island of Farø (in the middle). The Farø Bridges were opened by Queen Margrethe II on 4th June 1985.
The high (south) bridge crosses Storstrømmen between Falster and Farø. The bridge is 1726 m long, the longest span is 290 m, and the maximum clearance to the sea is 26 m. The low (north) bridge crosses Kalvø Strøm between Farø and Zealand. That bridge is 1596 m long, the longest span is 40 m, with the maximum clearance to the sea is 20 m.
Farø island in the middle of the photo is 0.93 km², and has 5 inhabitants.
There are 25 longest bridges in Denmark, and the two mentioned above are number 4 and 5 on the list.
After a round over the island of Møn I headed back to Holbæk flying club for the Christmas get together.
There were already many members, glögg and æbleskiver were served. I love glögg, but I would rather fly (if the the weather permits) and drink water 🙂 Æbleskiver is a traditional Danish Christmas thing, a kind of pancake puffs. Originally they were made of sliced apples dipped in dough and pan-fried; hence the name “æbleskiver” that litterally means “sliced apples”. Nobody knows when they first were made, and there are no apples in the present day version, but it is a tradition and we love them.
It was very nice to meet fellow pilots from the club, and their family members, but as the sun goes down quite early in December, I had to hurry back home.
I love flying around sunrise and sunset times. The light is very beautiful during these hours.
Long shadows on the ground and light-pink light of the last sun rays of the day:
