"Wherever you go, go with all your heart"
"The journey is your destination"

(Confucius, Chinese philosopher, about 500 B.C.)


Hier geht es
zur Deutschsprachigen Version

On Saturday May 1st, Taifun 17E with callsign D-KKGG, flown by Manfred Garben and Urs Gerigk, has departed from Oehna (EDBO, near Berlin/Germany) for a two weeks flight that will hopefully bring them to Fez in Morocco (northern Africa).
On Saturday May 8th, Taifuns 17EII en 17E with callsigns D-KFDI and D-KGAN, flown by Henk Dumont / Henk Schoenmakers and Hans-Peter Gottlob with Gunter Hartleb have departed from their homebases (Geilenkirchen NATO airbase near Aachen/Germany and Mönchsheide near Koblenz/Germany) for a two weeks flight to Haifa/Israel.


Below you will find a daily updated map with real positions of both journeys and you will find a link to a larger daily updated flightstatus with background info that (when communications run smoothly) is also being updated on a daily basis.
All stories are written in English first but we will strive to have a German translation a.s.a.p. thanks to the efforts of Mr. Werner Reinhofer
.







Links to Flight Status

Team 1: Plane: Taifun 17E
Callsign: D-KKGG
Pilots: Manfred Garben & Urs Gerigk
Homebase: Oehna-Zellendorf (EDBO)
Destination: Fez / Morocco (GMFF)






Team 2:
Planes: Taifun 17EII & Taifun 17E
Callsigns: D-KFDI & D-KGAN
Pilots: Henk Dumont & Henk Schoenmakers and Hans-Peter Gottlob with passenger Gunter Hartleb
Homebase: Geilenkirchen (ETNG) & Flugplatz Mönchsheide (link)
Destination: Haifa / Israel (LLHA)



Stage1: Oehna EDBO >>> Romilly sur Seine LFQR
Stage2: Romilly sur Seine >>> St. Etienne LFMH
Stage3: St. Etienne >>> Montpellier LFMT
Stage4: Montpellier >>> Castellon de la Plana LECN
Stage5: Castellon de la Plana >>> Jerez de la Frontera LEJR
Stage6: Jerez de la Frontera >>> Fez GMFF

Return flight

Stage7: Fez >>> Tanger GMTT
Stage8: Tanger >>> Castellon de la Plana LECN
Stage9: Castellon >>> Sabadell/Barcelona LELL
Stage10: Sabadell >>> Troyes/Barberey LFQB
Stage11: Troyes >>> Oehna/Berlin EDBO

Stage1: Geilenkirchen/Mönchsheide >>> Schärding-Suben LOLS (Austria)
Stage2: Schärding-Suben >>> Kerkyra/Corfu LGKR (Greece)
Stage3: Kerkyra/Corfu >>> Rhodes LGRP (Greece)
Stage4: Rhodes >>> Haifa LLHA (Israel)

Return flight

Stage5: Haifa >>> Rhodes
Stage6: Rohodos >>> Kerkyra/Corfu
Stage7: Kerkyra >>> Losinj LDLO (Croatia)
Stage8: Losinj >>> Germany



Last known position (May 16th, 14.00 UTC):
Oehna (Germany)
Finish of this trip

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Last known position (May 23rd, 18.00UTC):
Back home in Germany

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