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| Starting the first delivery from Hamburg at 0835Z |
6500 lbs of cargo loaded aboard and ready to depart when Rundek shows up in a C-97 |
Taxiing to the runway, Snow also appears in a DC-5 |
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| Ready to take off from runway 05 |
This is pretty much all that you can see of the runway from the cockpit... I tried taking off but almost lost control |
Another (more successful) takeoff attempt |
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| Leaving the airport, Snow is also taking off just behind me |
Keeping the engines running at max power so I don't sink right back into the ground |
Above Hamburg |
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| Climbing through some rainclouds |
Cruising at 6000 feet |
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| Still heading for Brunkendorf VOR (or should I say Dannenberg beacon?) |
Radio chatter - Rundek is back, and URF is here too |
In the northern corridor |
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| Closer to Berlin the fog rolls back a bit |
Approaching Berlin and descending |
Arriving over Berlin |
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There's some other traffic ahead of me already, though it's very difficult to see. But strange thing was that plane seemed to be heading right into the Soviet sector :o |
Approach lights at Tegel visible to my right |
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| Starting visual approach |
On final for EDDT runway 26R |
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| I almost swerved off the runway on landing but made it down intact... I'm still not used to flying taildraggers :/ |
Clearing the runway as Rundek lands |
Offloading cargo at Tegel |