We left Blexen flying club on the morning of Saturday 20th July.
Vagn and I were grateful for the warm hospitality of this club, and as a thank you left them a small present.
The views of the Bremerhaven port after the takeoff were spectacular:
Weird landscape of the low tide:
The first leg of out tour was to the Danish island of Ærø. It was a misty day, and we didn’t think we’d be able to see the horizon and the island, if we flew directly. Therefore we planned our route as follows:
It was our last flying day on this 3-week flying tour, and it felt strange…
Ærø is a wonderful island; there are bikes for rent at the airport, and one can have a nice biking tour to the picturesque town Ærøskøbing along the coast. We were only going to have a short break there this time, have our own sandwiches for lunch and rest in the airport.
On apron, we were met by a group of young people on mopeds (?). Every vehicle had a flag:
The air traffic controller later explained, it was the old flag of Ærø. The flag originates from the Duke Christian who was the Duke of Ærø during 1622-1633. At that time it had 9 stripes. The modern three-striped version appeared around 1960.
Life vests on again after the break, and we were ready for the very last part of our journey – to Kræmmersten, Vagn’s home airfield.
The last leg, from Ærø to Kræmmersten:
What a beautiful garden on the photo below! 6 trees and an ocean of concrete! Well, who knows what I would have had in such garden, if I owned that house… maybe a runway? 🙂
Ruds Vedby north of Slagelse, and VedbygĂĄrd (the oldest parts are from the 15th century) that was once a property of the Royal family:
Landing on Kræmmersten, runway 14:
We unpacked, and decided to have a cup of coffee in the hangar together, before I’d drive home. On Alderney island, Channel Island, in the airport Vagn bought a very good Arabica coffee blend, called Aviator (specially produced on Alderney for the airport). We were drinking that coffee sometimes during our tour, when we needed a good cup of coffee. We found our reusable cups from Helgoland, Vagn made the Aviator coffee, and he also generously opened a package with cookies from Alderney:
We celebrated one more successful 3-week tour completed this year.
Helge, the owner of the airfield, came by and welcomed us home; then he went back to work:
Vagn and I shared some thoughts about the journey; we talked about the places we liked least and most, and how wonderful it is to have the freedom to fly…
