Thursday, June 08, 2006

Haugtuft, from the air.


My Father in law is the sort of man that will not use new things for fear of ruining them and prefers to wear old stuff out first. This always causes a problem regarding choosing birthday presents and his 80th birthday was no different.


The decision was taken to give him something that he had to use/experience and what better than a sightseeing tour in a light aircraft. My boss, who has his own aerobatic aircraft and also has access to Tønsberg Flight clubs 2Cessnaa 172's, very kindlyagreedd to be our pilot.


We took off into a deal ofturbulencee on a bright sunny Saturday morning. Our one hour trip took us over Haugtuft, my in-laws chalet and onward towards Drøbak. On the return journey I took the controls, handing back over shortly before a quick touch and go followed by a textbook, one wheeled, cross wind landing.

3 comments:

the other cold one said...

What an amazing photo of your estate! So that's what it looks like without 3 feet of snow...

Viking Longship said...

Aye, Very pleased with that photo. The ride was quite bumpy so it was a bit of hit and miss with the camera.

Anonymous said...

Hey Andrew,

Now you have a very good photo of your land (better than from sattelite). You can use it as an Introduction picture in your Blog page.