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Comment by Ari Hulkkonen on October 16, 2013 at 5:56pm

heh..."round trim"  - round trip I tried to write :)

Comment by Ari Hulkkonen on October 16, 2013 at 5:55pm

Most likely the flight on Sunday was the last for this season. The lakes are getting frozen...  Today in the morning there was thin ice near the shore, it was around -6C and tonight it's going to be even colder. I will probably have to remove the wings and trailer the plane 50km to the hangar for wheel conversion. 

Yes, we're pretty far up north.  But the climate is milder due to the Gulf Stream. It gets only down to --30..40C during winters. Last winter I flew a 700km round trim and it was -27C in the morning :)

Comment by David Griggs on October 15, 2013 at 7:58pm

I hope to have have floats. Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes.
I really enjoy your post. I have looked at maps on the Internet and up north in Minnesota is down south to you!
Dave Griggs

Comment by Ari Hulkkonen on October 15, 2013 at 3:09pm

Keep up working, David!  

Are you going to put your plane on floats too?

About the landscape, Northern Minnesota as well as the areas around and north of the big lakes are pretty similar to our country. A lot of Finns used to settle in those areas. They probably felt it like home :)

Comment by David Griggs on October 15, 2013 at 7:42am

Great photo Ari! It looks a lot like northern Minnesota. I am just back home from 5 weeks up north and your photos give me incentive to work on my plane.

Comment by Andre Levesque on October 14, 2013 at 11:36am

Thats a great idea ...-:)

Comment by Ari Hulkkonen on October 13, 2013 at 1:33pm

Thanks, perhaps we should put together our own Zenith Boy / Girl calendar :)

Comment by Andre Levesque on October 13, 2013 at 11:31am

Beautiful plane Ari  and a great calendar picture....you got my vote !!!  -:)