A flying club on the Hahnweide gliding site in Kirchheim/Teck 20km east of Stuttgart in south Germany organises this biennial event which took place for the 12. time on 05-07.09.03. Herewith my pictorial recollections, but bear with me on the quality as they are slides scanned on a flatbed scanner.
Fine weather conditions ensured a well attended event, as this general overview will testify. There is always at least one Ju 52/3m present for joyrides; in fact three of them (all from Switzerland) were there on Friday.
By: Kenneth - 13th September 2003 at 14:11
… and a Jungmeister (one of two):
By: Kenneth - 13th September 2003 at 14:10
Completing the German-made biplane contingent were a Stieglitz (one of three)…
By: Kenneth - 13th September 2003 at 14:08
Slipping in to land with the Castle Teck in the background providing a lead to one of its more famous stunts, the Skorzeny raid to liberate Mussolini:
By: Kenneth - 13th September 2003 at 14:06
The increasingly rare Fieseler Storch was represented by a sole example, the previously rarely seen OE-AKA from Wels in Austria
By: Kenneth - 13th September 2003 at 14:04
Jungmanns of all sorts were all over the place…
By: Kenneth - 13th September 2003 at 14:03
This Klemm Kl 35 was modified in the Fifties to enable it to participate in aerobatic contests. Apart from the undercarriage and the canopy it also recieved a very rare Hirth HM 506 6-cylinder in-line engine:
By: Kenneth - 13th September 2003 at 14:01
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September 13, 2003 at 2:00 pm