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Old August 27th 10, 01:34 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Martin Gregorie[_5_]
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Default 1935 Soaring In Alps

On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:54:43 -0600, Bob Whelan wrote:

And of course, what this bit of history has to do with soaring can - in
one word - be spelled: Wasserkuppe...

I thought I recognised the buildings in one or two shots and the initial
takeoff was probably down the strip occupied by the current hard runway,
but that's all that looked familiar. I visited in summer: it all looks a
lot different under snow!


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