berlin tomorrow ... stalingrad by sunday

[acupuncture]

Im off to Berlin tomorrow for the day! leave at 5am return 10pm... long day anyway anything you want me to do while there? sabotage a few 109's? or anything?

anyway should be willing to fly with you all on sunday anyone gonna be around?

S!

[Hat]

wow.. that sounds like a great daytrip!


yeah... chances are ill be around on Sun

[Zak33]

S! Accu...do in a few 109's for us mate

[MA_Moby]

i love Berlin - it's a wonderful city. Have fun.

[Neil Washbrook]

Not done Berlin in a day but have done Hamburg - trouble is all I saw was the airport as that was were my meeting was with the RAF

[MA_Moby]

Well, if any of you ever get the chance, go to Treptow Park in the East of Berlin. The Soviet war memorial there is awesome, and very moving ~

http://www.ddr5.homestead.com/files/ber/swm.html

The granite used in the triangular gate thing was made from the remains of the Reich Chancellery, as was the red marble in the walkways. A deeply ironic resting place for the remains of the nazi regime.

[acupuncture]

unfortunately wasnt there for pleasure but a trade show am shattered today but ill be in the air later..

the pilot on the way back was on his retirement flight having clocked over 18,000 flying hours.... but the funniest bit was the crosswinds coming down the runway were really bad the plane was see-sawing all the way in! i think me and the pilot were thinkng this was definately going to be his last flight... and not because of retirement! still he put us down impecably well i even cheered... lack of sleep, alchol and brushes with death have an affect on mind mind tbh

// didnt see any 109's at the airport in Tegel ... maybe we are winning the war after all

[MA_Moby]

// didnt see any 109's at the airport in Tegel ... maybe we are winning the war after all

maybe they were all parked up at Tempelhof

from the space needle in Alexanderplatz you get a wonderful panorama of Berlin. I got quite nostalgiac for my IL-2 missions over the city (from the original game), and remembered in great detail an attack on Tempelhof

Incidently, Tegel was originally built in a matter of days for the Berlin Airlift. A load of yanks with bulldozers got stuck in and hey presto - one airport.