Hi.
I've close to 60 hrs on my -7 now, (the only flying -7 in Norway by the way) and I'm REALLY enjoying it!
What a GREAT plane the RV is!
A couple of days ago, I took an evening trip to the highest mountain in my area. It's name is "Gaustadtoppen" and is situated near the town Rjukan in the SE Norway.
I brought my camera along and took some pics.
Hope you like them.
Here am I approaching the mountain from the south:
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Here's a close-up seen towards the east:
PS: the shadow on the wing is a propeller-blade.
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Here's a pic of the mountain and the city below it: Rjukan.
Notice how the nice sun shines down on the city because the sun is in the west. The sun uses about ONE HOUR to pass due west, so imagine how dark it is down here during THE OTHER hours during daylight...
There's an elevator-car (!) on rails INSIDE the mountain going from the city all the way to the top of the mountain. It takes you about 5500' up and uses approx 20 minutes to do so..
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And here's the powerplant in the valley: "Vemork".
This plant became "famous" during WW II and a movie was made afterwards: "Heroes from Telemark" with Kirk Douglas as the main actor.
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And here's a pic taken towards the north:
It'll take a while before the snow is gone...
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... and 20 minutes after this, I landed at my home airport in beautiful spring weather... no snow, alittle green on the trees and temps around 50*F...
The RV can take you around pretty quickly!
I've close to 60 hrs on my -7 now, (the only flying -7 in Norway by the way) and I'm REALLY enjoying it!
What a GREAT plane the RV is!
A couple of days ago, I took an evening trip to the highest mountain in my area. It's name is "Gaustadtoppen" and is situated near the town Rjukan in the SE Norway.
I brought my camera along and took some pics.
Hope you like them.
Here am I approaching the mountain from the south:
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg401.imageshack.us%2Fimg401%2F1514%2Fsettfrasydh.jpg&hash=c48b4987867f40b3abb6636b29f32fe8)
Here's a close-up seen towards the east:
PS: the shadow on the wing is a propeller-blade.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg401.imageshack.us%2Fimg401%2F2572%2Fgaustadtoppenmotst.jpg&hash=9d19e81c14a3dadd331c9b12c6c843ed)
Here's a pic of the mountain and the city below it: Rjukan.
Notice how the nice sun shines down on the city because the sun is in the west. The sun uses about ONE HOUR to pass due west, so imagine how dark it is down here during THE OTHER hours during daylight...
There's an elevator-car (!) on rails INSIDE the mountain going from the city all the way to the top of the mountain. It takes you about 5500' up and uses approx 20 minutes to do so..
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg401.imageshack.us%2Fimg401%2F1552%2Frjukanoggaustadtoppen.jpg&hash=cae94e9308d7d0338d4cb541afbfa8aa)
And here's the powerplant in the valley: "Vemork".
This plant became "famous" during WW II and a movie was made afterwards: "Heroes from Telemark" with Kirk Douglas as the main actor.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg401.imageshack.us%2Fimg401%2F6106%2Fvemork.jpg&hash=cc705b2a492607e9dab1ef68aa9b557d)
And here's a pic taken towards the north:
It'll take a while before the snow is gone...
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg96.imageshack.us%2Fimg96%2F3946%2Fnordoverfragaustadtoppe.jpg&hash=4c46eae36d178ff34a27da4309740283)
... and 20 minutes after this, I landed at my home airport in beautiful spring weather... no snow, alittle green on the trees and temps around 50*F...
The RV can take you around pretty quickly!
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