# 01: Off to Ærø

It's a weekend, and your are leaving the beautiful city of [Hamburg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg). You are free to cross the German and Danish airforce training areas. Just keep above 1,000 and below 3,500 MSL.

You may also have to brush up on your [VFR skills](https://journal.3960.org/posts/2019-09-22-vfr-ohne-technischen-schnickschnack/).

## Carl's letter

> Back than moving from Sweden to Germany was a big leap for me - but my life always was about changes. I moved so many times that my life pretty much boiled down to a suitcase and my small Pitts S-2 to carry it.
>
> Well, your flight today will have my urn and me riding as a passenger along. I want you to take my ashes back to Åland, and along the way take me back to the important milestones in my life.
>
> We are leaving Hamburg, where I was working for Airbus. I moved here in the Eighties, and never regretted living in this beautiful town. And, well, I was part of the construction of the famous A320 - a giant milestone in my life.
>
> On Ærø we had our family gatherings. Once or twice a year I would meet here with my wife Varvaara, and my son Einar and daughter Britt. Well, we all were some kind of gypsies - the women becoming artists, the men building machines.

## Flight briefing

Check your [Sky Vector Flight Plan](https://skyvector.com/?ll=53.53760657450579,9.826625623518156&chart=301&zoom=3&fpl=N0152A088%20EDHI%205343N00955E%205430N00952E%205454N00960E%20EKAE). You may also want to take a look at [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/@?api=1&map_action=map&center=53.53760657450579,9.826625623518156&zoom=12&basemap=terrain).

### Aircraft

| Aircraft type | Identification | Cruising Speed | Cruising Altitude |
| ------------- | -------------- | -------------- | ----------------- |
| PTS2          | DEUJS          | 152 kts        | 2,000 ft          |

### Weather

| Wind         | Clouds           | Visibility      | Flight rules |
| ------------ | ---------------- | --------------- | ------------ |
| 170° @ 2 kts | ◕ BKN @ 1,711 ft | 10,505 m / 7 SM | VFR          |

### Airports

|             | Location                                 | Date & time       | Local solar time | Sun         |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ---------------- | ----------- |
| Origin      | [EDHI](https://opennav.com/airport/EDHI) | 2022-10-23T07:05Z | 08:00            | ☀ Day @ 7°  |
| Destination | [EKAE](https://opennav.com/airport/EKAE) | 2022-10-23T07:46Z | 08:43            | ☀ Day @ 11° |

### Checkpoints

|     | Waypoint  | Altitude |  DTK |  HDG |    Distance |       ETE |
| :-: | --------- | -------: | ---: | ---: | ----------: | --------: |
| 01. | EDHI      |    21 ft |      |      |             |           |
| 02. | 23        |    15 ft | 052° | 052° |      0.5 NM |     01:00 |
| 03. | GT        | 2,000 ft | 016° | 016° |     10.9 NM |     04:16 |
| 04. | EKERN     | 2,000 ft | 358° | 358° |     47.6 NM |     18:33 |
| 05. | ALS       | 2,000 ft | 011° | 011° |     24.4 NM |     09:32 |
| 06. | 15        |    -3 ft | 101° | 101° |     16.2 NM |     06:25 |
| 07. | EKAE      |    -3 ft | 132° | 132° |      0.2 NM |     00:23 |
|     | **Total** |          |      |      | **98.8 NM** | **40:06** |

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