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A few shots from the EFRO (Rovaniemi, Finland) Christmas Fly-in on IVAO this morning.

Flown as FIN178 from EKCH-EFRO

ATC was given most of the way - from entering Swedish airspace

On the ground, ready for departure at EKCH


Rotating time 1636z (simulating daylight)


Climbing on the KEMAX4C departure






Now into Swedish airspace






Leaving the sun behind, as we cruise over the Gulf of Bothnia




Beginning the descent


Now over Finnish airspace




Ready to begin the approach






Turning for the ILS


...and...


...established


Final


Short final


Vacated rwy21


On blocks, FIN178




Now to fly the return leg

Link to shots on the IVAO Forums: http://nz.forum.ivao.aero/index.php/topic,67636.0.html

Nice shots Matt, what was the traffic like during the event?

Alex

Traffic was amazing.

I was one of the first to arrive, and it wasn't all that busy then, but when flying the return I looked on IvAe and there were, honestly, probably well over sixty aircraft flying in the opposite direction towards EFRO, and about half that heading away from EFRO.

After landing, I managed to log on as observer when that mass of aircraft were ready to make the approach - some were holding for probably 20-30 minutes, but all very well handled by the ATC up there spacing etc, which made it a very memorable event

I recall one VA in particular had 30 aircraft flying in as well which was pretty cool.

The only downside to the event was that there was no snow in the air; just bits of low cloud - plenty of snow on the ground though, so there was just enough time to make a snowman before heading off again

Nice stuff, I suppose you can count on a decent turnout on those (our) early events over there.

Alex

Sure can - I find myself getting up early quite often at the weekend to attend events

Gotta love the ole' Finnair MD-11 there, you have shown it off with a nice variety of angles there Matt, good job

I also love the 3D appoach lights that come with the FSNordic scenery, although I had no idea EFRO could handle aircraft as big as that!

Yep, I believe in real life it is regularly serviced by 757/321 (see pics on airliners.net), and it has a 3000m runway.

Yesterday we had everything from a C172 to Concorde making an appearance