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Getting ready to start on another great adventure. Just gotta check the oil and put air in the tires and I'll be ready to go.

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Headed for ENVA.

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Leg 1: ENHF – ENVA

Took off from Hammerfest about 9:00 am. The weather was beautiful. Followed the coast, connecting the dots between ADF stations along the way. Set the Sperry autopilot unit for level flight, more or less, at 5,000 feet. She crept on up to 9,000 and settled in, which was fine. Timed my flight between two ADF stations and got a good estimate of ground speed (180 knots). With the wind at 90 degrees, this will make a good basis for future planning, at these power settings anyway (23”, 2000 RPM.) Waypoint 2 was interesting, and I got a pic. Narvik, of some WW-II naval distinction. Ran into some thunderstorms between ADF stations LAKSFORS and NAMSOS, but it didn't last too long. By the time we reached the lonely ADF station at NAMSOS, just north of the Namsen River, the ice and snow had given way to green trees, which was nice. Good salmon fishing in the Namsen River, I've heard. The weather turned nasty five minutes out of ENVA, but why wouldn't it? We got in ok. My Lockheed is shinier than MM's...

Kodaks: 1) Departing Hammerfest. 2) Overhead Narvik, 3) Shiny Lockheed, 4) Final approach ENVA.

http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...U50BDT5a6SlyjQ

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ENVA - ESSB. Dawn takeoff. Wish me luck.

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When you get to ENVA, if you see a hole in the side of the control tower shaped like a Lockheed 12, please don't ask them about it. They're not too happy right now...

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So I crashed into the control tower on my first takeoff attempt. But it wasn't my fault. It was dark and windy. Besides, why do they put those things so close to the runway? Very unsafe. The weather was a bit sucko when we left Vaernes Airbase. Headed for ADF station RBU after takeoff, thinking that would offer safe passage through the Forolhogna Mountains. As it turned out, 9,000 feet looked plenty safe for as far as the eye could see. From RBU we made for the ADF station at Solleron, and from there straight to Bromma. The weather cleared up after we left the mountains, and the rest of the flight was uneventful.

The mishap duenna:
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...DLEz0CJx1LJIOM

The good one:
http://fs-duenna.com/flights/ShowFli...mV3LPEcKzWCE74