Over the border for splash-in dinner

Flying along the Swedish/Norwegian border at Svinesund on our way back from dinner (above). Coastwise in 500 feet from the border and back to Kilen Seaplanebase was a perfect ending of a nice late summer night.

The Baldersnäs mansion has reopened under new ownership. The food was not as posh as it used to be, but quite acceptable. And Einar was complimented for his appropriate costume for a fly-in dinner in Sweden (small image).

The only disappointment was the removal of flying memorabilia from the hotel lobby. The legacy of a former owner and Sweden's flying pioneer Albin Ahrenberg is not present any more, and the annual Ahrenberg Day Fly-In and Aero Show seems to be history.

Celebrating a flying pioneer

Lars (over) after beaching LN-AEG at Baldersnäs. We arrived as plane #14 at the Swedish Seaplane Association Fly-in weekend and air show, celebrating the flying pioneer Albin Ahrenberg (1889-1968).

Unlike Norway, you are free to fly in and out of most Swedish lakes and rivers.  

SSA president Kjell Sandberg and his crew are doing a great job defending these privileges. On the picture he is sitting next to the only person attending the Fly-in that had actually flown with Ahrenberg, when she was five years old.

Lars and I left Saturday, and we had to go before the main course at dinner in order to make it back to Oslo before dark (19:30Z).

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Fly-in dinner at Baldersnäs

Only one hour flying time from Oslo (in a Cub), Baldersnäs welcomes guests on floats for dinner. The mansion owned by Swedish TV-personality Ingvar Oldsberg, is more famous among pilots as home of a former owner, the flying pioneer Johan Oskar Albin Ahrenberg. Today the place offers a decent a la carte and grand atmosphere.

Direct route: Kilen - Foss - AKIBA - Baldersnäs. 76 NM.