My ride of the day: Yesterday I managed to fly with Guido (my brother) is this bird - and believe it or not, we managed to fly all the way from Hannover to Bremen nonstop! The entire distance of  90km in 13min. For me it was the first time to fly on a Cessna 525A / Citation Jet 2.

As usual, there are some more pics on my flickr.com site (click the link).

Netter Ausflug mit Guido am Sonntagabend nach Bremen. Für mich eine Typenpremiere - der CJ2 fehlte noch in meiner Sammlung. Die ganzen 90km haben wir nonstop in 13min zurückgelegt mit einem netten Anflug auf den Airport Bremen. Weiter Bilder gibts wie immer auf meiner flickr.com Seite (Link oben rechts). 

Luftbrückenmuseum Fassberg

On the road again... this time with Torben to the Luftbrückenmusem (Berlin Airliftmuseum) in Fassberg in the middle of nowhere about 90km to the north of Hannover. Fassberg was built as a "secret" town in the thirties around the Airfield which is still in Military use today and despite the German Forces there is not much here. The drive up to Fassberg is quite scenic with litte villages and farms. 

Allthough the Museum (www.luftbrueckenmuseum.de) is quite small, it is very well maintained and informative. Of course the reason for us to drive up there was teh centerpiece of the exhibition - the C-47 "Fassberg-Flyer". This aircraft was donated to Germany about 10 years ago by the Turkish Air Force and restored to represent a contemporary airlift plane. 

I am so glad Torben likes airplanes, too..... and other things!  Quite interresting: about 10km away from Fassberg is "Kleinamerika" (Little America). It is so small it does not even apear on any of my roadmaps. 

Help us!

These two tired looking AN-2 are sitting at Lesce/Bled Airfiel in the northern Part of Slovenia. They do not seem to be active for some time. Quite scenic location.

Diese beiden AN-2 sehen eher inaktiv aus. Immerhin nicht komplett vergammelt wie viele ihrer Brüder und Schwestern in einigen anderen Ländern. Zu hause sind die beiden in Lesce/Bled im Norden von Slovenien

What a beauty! Allthough hidden between new bulidings now, Douglas DC-6 YU-AFF is still in one piece on public display at LJU airport, wearing seventies Adria Airlines c/s.

Es gibt sie noch! Die Adria Airways DC-6 YU-AFF steht zwar mittlerweile zwischen diversen neuen Gebäuden, erfreut sich aber guter (optischer) Gesundheit.

What a treat to fly over the Alps!

Even if you can just see some parts under the clouds it is still impressive. This pic was Taken from Adria Airways Airbus A320 S5-AAC en route from Frankfurt to Ljubljana, Slovenia on 01APR08.

Immer wieder beeindruckend über die Alpen zu fliegen. Das Bild ist auf meinem Flug nach Lubljana am 01. April entstanden.