DER ERSTE TESTFLUG NACH EGELSBACH

Sonday, 11. October 2015

We left early, with departure at 08h00, the fuel caps of the aircraft are frozen and we melt the ice with Jet Fuel....it smells and reminds me of the Gummiwurst in the Back in 2013.

We fuel the aircraft and off we go.

The purpose of this trip is mainly to test the aircraft, to have possible snags sorted before departure in 9 days time.

Also, we wanted Juergen and Silke to see the aircraft, to sit on the seats, decide where they wanted to sit and try out this and that. Also we needed to make sure they know how very little space there is for luggage.

The opportunity to take a photo was given but not utilized in an optimal way.

The picture will have to be exchanged once more…there will be ample opportunities on the way.

We walked towards the terminal building and who should step out of the building?

JAN BRILL, Editor and Owner of PILOT UND FLUGZEUG. The organizer of our 2013 Around the World Flight. What a wonderful surprise, we spoke and than we promised to meet in Kilimanjaro/ Tanzania in March next year, we flying in from SA, him coming from Europe.

Next we meet our dear Schwalben Friends Claudia and Gebhard and Felix. Unfortunately the photo also did not come out except the one from Felix.

.. and the shot I took of Dietmars Flight bag (it should never have a lemon or anything on top that he did not place there)

This flight bag is HOLY. It is not to be touched.

Silke and Juergen: NEVER touch that flight bag, never ever. You might think you will help Dietmar in carrieng or caring for it? Forget it.

We do not touch his bag, we do not carry it, and we do not put any lemons on top of it.

Gebhard knows now.

We spend a few very pleasant hours with the Gieser's in their home and enjoyed their immensely generous Gastfreundschaft and left Egelsbach to arrive in EDVM-Hildesheim after an uneventful return flight just before sunset.