British Isles 2019 – Discovering Eagle

Information Evening at Celle-Arloh

Florian — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 16:42:50 +0000

Almost two weeks ago I gave a presentation in the clubhouse of the Flugsportvereinigung Celle about my flight around the British Isles this summer.

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Day 10: Time to get home!

Florian — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:00:48 +0000

What did Helmut say? You have two or three days left until the weather catches up with you… (Day 9) Awesome breakfast After a good nights sleep in the heart of Brussels Hugo and I woke up for a very good breakfast with Valerie. After chatting a bit more and getting some tips for my […]

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Day 9: Back to the Continent

Florian — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 11:00:18 +0000

As Helmut has told us, we had only about two or three days left to get back home because another low pressure system was moving in from the Atlantic. Changing the plan, again! Originally we had planned to continue southbound from the Isle of Wight and to fly to Alderney in the Canary Islands. Then […]

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Fasch Augenoptik new Supporter

Florian — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 18:33:37 +0000

We are happy to announce, that we are able to name Fasch Augenoptik as part of our supporters. Fasch Augenoptik has its headquarters in Celle and supports us with our British Isles 2019 Tour. Make sure to check out there Facebook page, too. Thanks a lot!

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Day 8: The Iconic Coastline?

Florian — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 07:37:18 +0000

Another Day, another flight After a good night’s sleep with Alun and Joyce’s B&B it was time to leave Welshpool and had south to the coastline again. Alun was kind enough to take us back to the airport and we fueled up 90B. After everything was prepared, we just took the advantage to have a […]

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A new Supporter for Discovering Eagle!

Florian — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:53:10 +0000

With our project, we definitely take all help we can get. And sometimes it comes from a quite unexpected direction, too. As I wrote before, my father used to work for the german military as a meteorologist. And I do remember that one of his colleagues, Helmut Blank, used to act as Santa Claus on […]

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Day 7: Glenforsa – Oban – Welshpool

Florian — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 17:51:24 +0000

Fleeing the Rain! After flying to Scotland’s west coast yesterday, we thought, we would have escaped the bad weather all around. Well, we were proven wrong! After a great sunset, we woke up and it was raining again. So after breakfast I gave Hugo a good walk on the beach and we assessed our options. […]

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Day 6: Easter – Glenforsa

Florian — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:48:40 +0000

Day 6? Isn’t something missing there? Yes, indeed! We had a lot of rain up here in Scotland and we had to stay in Fife for a day before heading for Easter. And on that flight I just had no time to get some photos in. I apologize! Anyway, after waiting for almost the entire […]

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Day 3: Currock Hill – Fife/Glenrothes

Florian — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:24:09 +0000

Meet and Greet in the Middle of Nowhere After a really quiet night on the hilltop gliderfield in Currock Hill, Hugo and I waited for our friend Nick to come by. Nick is a flightsimulator pilot and strives to get his realworld license one day. Together we headed to town and found a little coffee […]

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Day 2: Clacton – Duxford – Currock Hill

Florian — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 16:27:40 +0000

Rude awakening in Clacton Quite early in the morning we were woken up by a lot of cars that seemed to drive around the airfield. But after looking out of the tent we discovered that a flea market war set up right next door. After really waking up and getting some breakfast we said good […]

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