Fly-In and annual meeting in Jyväskylä 12th - 14th August 2005

Photo: Sven-Erik Jönsson

Friday 12th August
14.00 - 18.00 Arrival at EFJY Jyväskylä, transport to the Aviation Museum
18.30   Departure to Hotel Alexandra in Jyväskylä
21.00   Dinner at Hotel Alexandra

Saturday 13th August
09.00   Scandinavian Section Annual meeting
10.15   Departure by bus to the Sauna World, Harvia Sauna
12.00   Departure to Hotel Alexandra
14.30   Departure from Hotel Alexandra to boat harbour
15.00   Boat trip on lake Päijänne.
18.00   Return to Hotel Alexandra
19.00   Departure to Tikkakoski Officers’ Club
20.00   Rotary 100 Years’ Gala Dinner

Sunday 14th August
09.00 Scandinavian Section Annual meeting continued
10.30   Lunch at the Hotel
11.30   Departure by bus to EFJY airport and homeward check-in

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Arrival

Friday 12th August. Cb and rainshowers over south Finland. According to the weatherforcast possible few clouds at 300 ft and visibility tempo 4000 meters. But the weather improved and almost all participants arrived in the afternoon.

Sari Harvia-Jyllinmaa and Matti Jyllinmaa had done a great job to arrange the fly-in and meeting

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Jyväskylä airport-apron was wet. Middle: Chairman of Scandinavian section, Bo Johnsson and
Kurt Bjerneby, both from Sweden has just arrived.
Sari Harvia-Jyllinmaa transported participates from airport to the aviation museum.
 

Tikkakoski Aviation Museum

         
Manager Kai Mecklin at Tikkakoski Aviation Museum guided us around the museum.

       
From left: 1). Bell P-39Q Airacobra, has been in service in Sovjet. 2). Åke Persson and Bo Nåsell at cockpit of MiG 21.
3). Cockpit of MiG 21. 4). A homebuilt aircraft, flown in several years without any knowledge of the authorities.
5). Il-28R used in Finnish Airforce.

Friday evening

     
Some rainshowers in the afternoon. Dinner Friday evening at the hotel.

Saturday morning, annual meeting

   
The Scandinavian Section annual meeting was held Saturday morning.
Left: IFFR world president Angus Clark.
Middle: Members at Scandinavian Section annual meeting.
Right: Svend Andersen, Denmark was elected Section Activity Leader 2005-2006.

Visit to company Harvia Oy

       
Visit to the world.s leading sauna heater and sauna manufacturer, Harvia Sauna, just outside Jyväskylä.
Some participates tested the sauna for the first time in their life.
Sari Harvia-Jyllinmaa is one of four owners of the company.

The city

   
We also had time to see Jyväskylä city.

Boat trip on lake Päijänne

        
Saturday afternoon we made a on lake Päijänne.
To the left the steamvessel Suomi and a view from the trip.
2nd from right: Bengt Hellsten and Matti Jyllinmaa.
Right: Wilfrid Lemmers, Rene and Nicole Vriamont from Belgium.

Saturday evening, dinner at Officers Club, Tikkakoski

     
To left: Alisma and Angus Clark on the way to the gala-dinner at Officers Club at Tikkakosky airport Saturday evening.
Middle: Ian Kerr was the winner of the Nordic Aviation Trophy. Read more about the NA Trophy
Right: Mall McLennan came all the way from New Zeeland to visit our meeting.

Departure from EFJY Sunday noon

     
Left: Rolf Mikkelsen, Norway and his Cessna 172, LN-HOX.
Middle: Angus Clark at his Robin DR.400/180, G-JBDH.
Right: Cessna 414, SE-FZL flown by Åke Persson.

     
Left: Cessna 177RG, OO-WIW, flown by Wilfrid Lemmers.
Piper PA-46-350P Malibu Mirage, SE-ILP flown by Bo Johnsson.
Piper PA-34 Seneca IV
Piper PA-32R-301T, G-PAPS flown by Colin Walker

LN-BOX, a nice Lancair 320, built and flown by Mike Boxill

   
On the way home, circling around Cb.
Right: back home, Elisabeth and Herbert Zander, on the wing Mariann Wachter-Jönsson
all looking forward to next year with Convention in Malmö-Copenhagen and the fly-around Scandinavia.