With the Piper Archer III, PH-LJM, to Berlin, Jena and Prague

Trip to Berlin, Jena and Prague, July 7/18, 2005

First Leg

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PH-LJM

Date, Destination
07 Jul 2005 Berlin
10 Jul 2005 Jena Schongleina
11 Jul 2005 Local flight
11 Jul 2005 Teuge
14 Jul 2005 Jena Schongleina
15 Jul 2005 Altenburg
16 Jul 2005 Prague
17 Jul 2005 Jena Schongleina
18 Jul 2005 Teuge

From Teuge to Berling Tempelhof via Braunschweig

On Thursday, July 7, 2005, we started our trip to the eastern part of Germany. Veleda was driving with Charlotte. Laurence and Maurits were flying with Rene. The first leg was from Teuge to Braunschweig ().

In Braunschweig we filed our flight plan for the next leg, and we heard about the subway bombing in London that happened that morning. At the run-up checks we discovered a too large drop in RPM on the left magneto alone, that we got fixed first. The spark plugs were end of life, and we got them replaced ().

Rene configuring the GPS

On the apron in Braunschweig

Friedrichstrasse

At the Berliner Rathaus

Brandenburger Tor

Berlin as it was when Rene visited in 1984

Overview of trips to Berlin

From Berlin, Tempelhof to Jena

On Sunday, July 10, 2005, we departed from Berlin, Tempelhof to Jena ().

On Monday, Rene had to fly back to Holland for work for business for three days to go to Paris, Amsterdam and London. In the morning, Charlotte and Maurits first joined for a sight seeing trip over Jena. The following days Jena, Weimar and Erfurt were visted. On Friday we made a flying trip to Altenburg.

At Tempelhof before departure to Jena

Maurits, Charlotte and Rene to make a local trip

Maurits with a Trabant

Veleda, Charlotte and Maurits in Jena

At the Klosterkirche Thalburgel

In Erfurt

Trip to Prague

In the weekend, Charlotte, Laurence and Rene made a short trip to Prague (). Because the Czech republic was not a Schengen country, we informed the local police by fax about our planned trip. The police showed up especially for us at the airfield at the time of departure to fulfil formalities. After we arrived at Prague Ruzyne we took a taxi to the city, and we checked in at a hotel. The next day we flew back from Prague to Jena (). Upon returning from Prague in Jena, the police showed up again to check on us.