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Good Ole Iron

Some parts of American history are the same as European. Some parts are definitely not. The Gold rush for example. Or the Wild, wild west with the Cowboys and Indians.

On a beautiful sunny day riding a beautiful Twin Comanche to a beautiful airport in the western Rocky Mountains ... what more can you expect? Cowboys? Not really .... or?

Kristin: Thank you a lot for this perfect day!

Historic sites again....

Henrik and me flew Lola for an overnight stay to Berlin Tempelhof (EDDI) to visit Thomas from the famous Berlin Aviators.....


..... and she feels "Like a pig in clover", framed by dignified relatives (Fairchild, Bücker, Boeing, Cessna)









It´s only me.... ;-)


Thanks Thomas for your hospitality!










And a reminiscence to Elly Beinhorn!

Elly, grüß mir die Sonne,
grüß mir die Sterne
und grüß mir den Mond.
Dein Leben,
das ist ein Schweben
durch die Ferne,
die keiner bewohnt!

Winter Break

Blue skies. And the first ray of sunshine...

It was enough to wake her up out of her winter sleep.

Lola's awake... and look at the men...

Boys and their toys...

Season's Greetings ;-)

Closer look

Thank you Kenneth, Pieter & Heiko!

It's not that we know everything about her now, but since some weeks we have opened Lola's history book... Together with Kenneth - a nephew from the first owner who flew himself hundreds of hours with Lola, Pieter -from Sabena's flight club in Brussels - and Heiko - the former owner of Lola, we got together little parts of the puzzle...

It started in 1972. And while she was looking very different (with orange and gold shades), she flew around in the US and Canada, accompanied for twenty years by Uncle Walter. When being sold, she suddenly - we don't know the full story yet - ended up in ... Grimbergen. (What a coincidence - the place where I learn to fly...). She flew her owner from Belgium to Switserland, while he organised the Eurovision. We just knew she was a star... Thanks to Heiko, we discovered some cool old pictures - with the original colors. Joerg even thought they were tricked...

Thanks Kenneth, Pieter & Heiko for the photos and the small, but wonderfull anecdotes! Joerg really enjoyed the birthday present - which became an unaffordable little history book ;-) - thanks to you all!

And to the rest reading this; H-E-L-P!

There's so many things we don't know yet...

A bottle of champaign for the one who comes with old pictures or who finds the man who flew her over the Atlantic. A flight with Lola if you can find both ;-)

Thanks, Annelies

Soulmates

It happens. You don´t know when and where .. but sometimes Soulmates do meet. Even from different countries, colours or ages... but when when it happens - both parties immediately know it. Happy that I met mine ... and Lola seemed fine for that bautiful October day as well.

Photos of Niels, Marina, Guido & Mireille and their first flight