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| Time to start the descent: even though I'm still above Estonia, Helsinki is just across the gulf so I'm already close enough | Arriving above the Gulf of Finland some 30 nm east of Tallinn | Another shot of the Estonian coast |
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| Now approaching southern Finland around Porvoo | Making a left turn for the ILS approach to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport | |
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| Turning final - still a bit high, so I'm using spoilers to cut airspeed | ||
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| Below the clouds and intercepting the localizer | View out of the cockpit - still above the glideslope for runway 22L | Lowering the landing gear |
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| Visual on the runway | At the outer marker | |
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| Locked on the glideslope (about time) | There's a bit of crosswind here... | Kicking the plane straight with the rudder |
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| Touching down at EFHK | ||
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| Clear active (glad I didn't fly into that flock of birds) | Taxiing to the gate | Parked at the terminal, next to Luke's A320 |
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| Ready for a somewhat slower return flight to Vilnius in Raato's Cessna 172 - notice I'm starting from the smaller Helsinki-Malmi Airport (which the city unfortunately wants to close down...) | Starting the Cessna's engine... | ...and taxiing to runway 27 |
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| Lined up on the runway | Taking off from EFHF | That was close... a flock of birds is making takeoffs and landing quite risky here |