Noe wrote:
Svalbard has changed status (no longer international airport).
Really? Interesting. How are the Russians re-supplying Barentsburg then? No longer by air? That an airport like ENSB which is so far away from everything should forego AOE privileges is beyond me…
I’m not sure what the change entails.. it’s what I was told on the phone as explanation of for why things were taking so long. I didnt press as usually being nice served me well
They supply via helicopter directly to their camp, no? There was even a helicopter accident a couple of weeks ago I think.
Noe wrote:
@Peter-H regarding your Svalbard video on the ENSZ discussion, was it in actual Svalbard? If so, long time ago? They don’t seem to allow scenic flights any longer. Look s like you went in the summer. I’m flying in the strategic period where there is complete darkness (for Auroras) but where there still is civilian twilight (DA42 only certified for day VFR above 72N). The sun will actually rise for above the horizon for first time after a couple of month while I’m there.
Hi Noe, it was my video, yes it is the flight up from the southern coast of Svalbard towards Longyearbyen. We went there in 2006, before the “rules” changed. We saw the Aurora on the way up, (In Leknes, and in Tromsø) where we night stopped. There was no darkness once we got to Svalbard. Flying there in the dark would be a shame, we got the best of both worlds (Snow and daylight) by going just after spring Equinox.
Noe wrote:
I’m not sure what the change entails.
Here. From some other place I think I read the reason is that the airport does not fulfill the technical standards necessary for an international airport (and never will, and never really has). It makes no difference though, it’s still business as usual.
Edit, more explanation here.
Cancelled this trip on the first leg as had a 7700 over the north sea yesterday (power issues with one of the engines).
Exercising the commercial flights options now. But hopefully another time!
Noe wrote:
Cancelled this trip on the first leg as had a 7700 over the north sea yesterday (power issues with one of the engines).
Exercising the commercial flights options now. But hopefully another time!
Glad you’re still able to post here! The North Sea is one place you don’t want to have a 7700.
Good thing you are flying a Twin…
Noe wrote:
Cancelled this trip on the first leg as had a 7700 over the north sea yesterday (power issues with one of the engines).
Exercising the commercial flights options now. But hopefully another time!
Ouch! Good to have you back!
Thanks
Mooney driver, yes haven’t posted yet on the “to the scene of the crash” but t certainly came to mind. Pitch dark night about 1h from land is really like IMC. On the other end, I wouldn’t obviously had gone on an SEP
