Tag: Flugzeug

Fly, Baby, Fly!

… up up in the sky!

I had no plans on taking part in any challenges next week. We have a very excited grandson here who is waiting avidly for his holiday with his dad and his grandparents beginning on Sunday. There will be a lot of firsts for him: first time going south, first time at the seaside, the Mediterranean in fact, first time in a non-German speaking country (except for a short weekend with a border hop to France), and the first time on a plane.

We will be leaving Frankfurt – flying over the only city in Germany who has something akin to a skyline.

Our plane will probably not be as colourful as those two:

Since we will be inside it doesn’t matter.

We will be up in the air, leaving only a jet stream behind.

Which may look like this if the virgin passenger can’t stop wriggling excitedly in his seat:

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: The Sky Is the Limit

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With or without

motors.

Many schools are named for Otto Lilienthal, the pioneer in aviation, particularly near Berlin, where he lived and tried out his gliding contraption.

I’m sure the first people seeing Lilienthal in the sky were as mesmerised as these onlookers – admiring a glider that flies through the air without motor.

A plane taking off from Frankfurt airport and then passing Frankfurt’s skyline:

Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Anything to do with jets and planes.

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