My OY-9797 was a bit dusty after standing in the hangar for a while, and I decided to give it a proper wash:
It was Midsummer evening, or Sankt Hans, as we call it in Denmark. In my flying club in Holbæk, some of the members and their guests were celebrating. Flemming and I joined, and whilst I was washing my aeroplane, Flemming was preparing our dinner:
After the dinner, I wanted to test my new tent. It wasn’t that new – I bought it in France, when learning mountain flying with Gillles, but I haven’t used it yet (have other tents).
It is a one-person tent with a total weight of 1.6 kg (well, the manufacturer promised 1.0 kg!), and it doesn’t fill much. Perfect to take on a flight trip!
Even Flemming could easily be in it:
He decided to by one too, so that we could sleep in our own tents under the wings, when on a tour.
That evening, I just wanted to fly around and see the bonfires, but Flemming proposed to fly to his flying club in Gørløse – there was a big celebration of midsummer. He got us PPR, and we took off.
We were lucky to meet a hot air balloon on our way, from Hot Air :
It is always a great experience, to meet such a beauty in the air! We waved to the crew and their passengers, they waved to us, and we took some pictures.
Soon Flemming and I were landing in EKGL:
A hangar was open (some people were flying), and I could say hello to two gliders, I flew long time ago, when I was a member: OY-CXL and OY-XOD:
We went to the club house where the dinner party was in full swing. Rikke and Glenn, enjoying the ice-cream with strawberries:
We were invited too, and got generous portions!
Unfortunately we couldn’t stay for the bonfire and needed to fly back. It was very nice to see all those old pilot-friends, I spent years together with.
Roskilde fjord on our way home:
There were also some big bonfires here and there:
Flemming and I stayed in the air till the sun went completely down. We took many nice pictures.
It was wonderful to celebrate the midsommer with such a good weather!
