Yesterday, my friend Oki invited me to go with him up in the air today...to fly with his father's ultra light plane.
Of course, I couldn't refuse that offer.
In the morning we checked weather conditions (clear, no wind), so we sat in the car and went to the Slovenj Gradec Airport.
First we had to check all vital components of a plane then we embark into the cockpit. Oki performed starting procedures and after warming the engine we were airborn in about 15 seconds.
First we were flying in the direction to my home village to see my house from the air, then we continue to Šoštanj and Velenje, then to see Celje from the air. Afterwards we followed Savinja river upstream to Mozirje, Ljubno...Then we entered in area above Logarska valley. We admired the beauty of our mountains.
We were so enthusiastic that we almost enetered Austrian air space by mistake...in that case we would probably get an escort of an Austrian army fighters.
We flew parallel to Olševa summit (but on Slovenian side) to get to Črna na Koroškem, Žerjav, Mežica and Ravne na Koroškem. Then just over the little hill and we saw Drava river and Dravograd city. From there is just minute or two to Slovenj Gradec and from there it takes few minutes to safe landing at Slovenj Gradec Airport.
As you can see in the title of this post, I enjoyed this flight very much although it was occasionaly quite bumpy due to north-east wind which was blowing at heights (on the south-west faces of the hills air expands and develops lots of turbulences).
Oki, I want some more ;) Hehehe... Thanks for today!!
Ohh, pictures are not very good because I couldn't use my polarizer...the windshield and all other windows on the plane are made from polycarbonate glass and if I tried to take a photo with polarizer on, I got strange and ugly rainbow on the pic.... :(
Of course, I couldn't refuse that offer.
In the morning we checked weather conditions (clear, no wind), so we sat in the car and went to the Slovenj Gradec Airport.
First we had to check all vital components of a plane then we embark into the cockpit. Oki performed starting procedures and after warming the engine we were airborn in about 15 seconds.
First we were flying in the direction to my home village to see my house from the air, then we continue to Šoštanj and Velenje, then to see Celje from the air. Afterwards we followed Savinja river upstream to Mozirje, Ljubno...Then we entered in area above Logarska valley. We admired the beauty of our mountains.
We were so enthusiastic that we almost enetered Austrian air space by mistake...in that case we would probably get an escort of an Austrian army fighters.
We flew parallel to Olševa summit (but on Slovenian side) to get to Črna na Koroškem, Žerjav, Mežica and Ravne na Koroškem. Then just over the little hill and we saw Drava river and Dravograd city. From there is just minute or two to Slovenj Gradec and from there it takes few minutes to safe landing at Slovenj Gradec Airport.
As you can see in the title of this post, I enjoyed this flight very much although it was occasionaly quite bumpy due to north-east wind which was blowing at heights (on the south-west faces of the hills air expands and develops lots of turbulences).
Oki, I want some more ;) Hehehe... Thanks for today!!
Ohh, pictures are not very good because I couldn't use my polarizer...the windshield and all other windows on the plane are made from polycarbonate glass and if I tried to take a photo with polarizer on, I got strange and ugly rainbow on the pic.... :(
what a nice little plane ;)
Oki is checking vital parts of a plane
Oki-Maverick before taking off
My home village-my house is fourth one from the bottom at the left part of the picture
Castle of Celje over Savinja river
Mountain Oljka and church on it
Wing of an airplane
Oki is mounting a pole to pull the plane in the hangar
