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

On a warm Indian summer day...

It must have been that latest warm day of the year....

One of these days that even people who have never been flying before,

look at the sky...

and wish they could go out there...

So Captain Joerg played Captain for a full afternoon

and took Marina and her friend, Niels and his daddy

and Flemish foreigners Mireille & Guido

for a trip.

The Edersee, Kassel-city and the German country-side

looked like Italy for a moment...

And they all loved it!

Thank you, Joerg!

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag!

Happy Birthday, my friend Joerg, and all the best,
from Birgit, Michael and the rest!

...und noch´n Gedicht:)

All birds and bees and things with wings
drift in the breeze as Nature sings.

A few brave souls who must be bright
have lofty goals and claim the right
to leave safe ground and seek the sky,
thus heaven-bound, they really fly.

Persistent rumour says that a boy
with skill and humour and special toy
can be a flyer just like a bird.
Flies even higher 'til earth is blurred.

And spreads his wings peers through dark shades
a king of kings, an ace of spades.

...and keep up-to-date, stay sharp and smart!
A Pilot, mate, is no old Fart ;-))

Yeah....

Sssssssst....

Tomorrow is Joerg's birthday.

And we have sooo many things to tell about Lola he does not know yet... Cause when you have a Twin Comanche out of 1972, it has a history... A loooong history...

So, pilot, take your seat. And fasten your seat belts.
Everything you know, will be different after tomorrow.

The Co-Pilot