Weather forecast was good, RWY conditions were good, flightplans sent and accepted with the new items 10a, 10b and 18. My equipment is SDFGRYZ/S and Other Info is PBN/A1B2B4C2D2O2S1 NAV/GPS RNAV. Sounds logic heh.. ;-)We met early to brief the flight. Intention was to fly ILS and NDB approaches at ESOH. Had to be back at ENHA before darkness. OAT was -13 deg C, clear sky and no snow on the RWY at ENHA. Very cold conditions. The engines had been warmed up for 3 hrs. Start-up was OK on first try and with a 35 Amp battery, there is no second try. We taxied over to the fuelpumps. Parashooters were in the air! They are bold people and not afraid of getting cold! OAT at 8000ft was -19 deg C! Run-up and takeoff was uneventfull and we quickly set course direct NDB HT north of ESOH. IFR Goggles on. We climbed to 4000 ft and picked up the IFR clearance from Oslo 120,450. Cleared as filed up to 7000ft direct ESOH. On the boarder we changed to Sweden Control 131,125 and descended at own discression since we were outside controlled airspace. We shot 4 ILS RWY 18 approaches down to minima and thereafter an NDB approach to RWY 36.
We climbed up to FL80 heading Hamar. OAT -19 deg C. Clear air and no icing condition. We flew an IFR let-down to 1000ft AGL (highest point within 8km) and inspected the RWY and wind condition and joined final 15 full stop landing. Just a little breeze from the east during final approach. We had perfect braking action and no need for braking. Called ATC in Røyken and closed the IFR flightplan. JUHU! Nice day and Smooth Ride!! The joy of completing a flight exactly as planned can not be underestimated! Good training and smooth Ride!
Approaching Hamar from the south. Due to the cold temp, the warm lake Mjøsa is creating some low stratus.
