Trips and Flight Reports


Since the site keeps growing and growing we thought it to be fit to move all flight reports into this new separate category. Off course they still can be found by using the "search" option, or by simply browsing the news section.





"Über dem Dach der Welt"

Article (4 images) in German by Gerhard Marzinzik on a scientific flight accross Nepal and the Himalaya as originally published in the German Aerokurier magazine 4/1985.

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart "



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"The journey is your destination"

Pseudo live report (lots of images) about the flight of Taifun D-KKGG (pilots Manfred Garben & Urs Gerigk) in May 2010 from Oehna- Berlin (Germany) to Fez (Morocco) by webmaster Leo.

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Pseudo live report (lots of images) about the flight of D-KFDI and D-KGAN (pilots Henk Dumont, Henk Schoenmakers, Hans-Peter Gottlob and Gunter Hartleb) from Germany to Haifa (Israel) in May 2010 by webmaster Leo.

Choose the report you want to read at the intermediate page you will find at the link, since both flights have been made at the same time. Both stories can be read in English and German.

"Flight down under"

Article (5 images) by John Callahan on a flight to Lake Eyre (Australia) with his newly bought Taifun 17EII (VH-OZT), at the moment the only Taifun flying in Australia as far as we know.

"Two days, two pilots, two Taifuns, one island (or two)"

Article (20 images) by webmaster Leo on a short flight which Henk (D-KFDI) and Manfred (D-KKGG) made in May 2009 visiting the island of Helgoland.

"To the land of the kilts"

Flight report (with 21 images) in English by Michel Mulder (D-KFIH, EHLE Lelystad) on a 14 day trip with his newly acquired Taifun to the north of Scotland.

"Traum Ägäis"

Flight report (with 14 images) in German and English by Dietrich Brönner & Hans-Peter Gottlob (D-KGAN, Berlin) on a 8 day trip with their Taifun to the Aegean Sea region in May 2008.

"Soup and Duats"

Short article (2 images) in English by Allan Melendy on an early August flight with his Taifun 17E II (the only one to fly in the USA).

"Fotoflug zu den Hörnern"

Article (with 9images) in German and English languages, written by Taifun pilot Niklaus Wächter, about a fotoshoot of Swiss Alp tops while flying his Taifun D-KRRK.

"Wo ist der Herbst? / Where is autumn ?"

Story in German (English translation also available) by Niklaus Wächter on an autumnal flight with his Taifun 17 E II around the Swiss Lake Luzern in September 2007. Contains 6 beautiful images.

"Andalusien: Fliegen in der Sonnenstube Europas"

Story in German by Niklaus Wächter on flying in the Andalusian part of Spain.

"Da brannte die Luft"

Short story in German and English featured in the Pilot und Flugzeug magazine (in German) about a fly-in at Berlin Tempelhof on September 15th 2007. Tempelhof is about to close in October 2008. Manfred Garben was present with his Taifun 17E D-KKGG and also made some pictures.

"Taifun United flies to..."

Pseudo live report in English by webmaster Leo on the flight (July 14th - July 26th) of Henk, Elly, Manfred and Gaby with their Taifuns D-KFDI and D-KKGG along the French coast.

"Hungary, here we come"

Article in English by Luc Vermeulen (with a dozen + images) about a flight he made in May 2007 with Henk and the Taifun 17E II D-KFDI, from Geilenkirchen (ETNG, Germany) to Kaposujlak (LHKV, Hungary).

"Flug nach Lapalisse 2006"

Article (with 12 images) in German and English on the CFI-flight to Lapalisse (France) in September 2006 by Christian Müssemeyer.

"Insel-Ziele"

Full length version of the article in Aerokurier 8/2006 by Manfred Garben on the April 2006 flight to the Scilly Islands, Guernsey and Belle-Ile. German language article (with 13 images), also translated into English.

"From Germany to Bilbao in a motorglider"

Article (with 13 images) in English on a flight from Speyer (Germany) to Bilbao (Spain) by Luis Avila who made this trip to bring his newly bought German Taifun D-KMKA to his homebase in Spain.

"Um London herum und zurück"

Article (with 13 images) in both German and English on the July 2006 CFI-flight to Popham (UK), written by Christian Müssemeyer.

"Flight to Corsica"

Daily update (June18th 2006 - June 30th 2006) in English on a flight of two Taifuns (D-KFDI and D-KHNO) to Corsica.

"Stichpunkte zur Taifuntour England und Frankreich"

A second story, in German and English, on the April 2006 flight to the Scilly Islands (with 14 images) written by Urs Gerigk, one of the participants.

"Flight to Mallorca"

Daily update (June1st 2006 - June 6th 2006) in English on a CFI-flight by 8 planes, amongst which Henk with his Taifun D-KFDI that was originally planned to go to Mallorca, but ended up in Britanny France.

"Scillies, here we come"

Daily update (April14th 2006 - April 20th 2006) in English on a flight of two Taifuns (D-KFDI and D-KKGG) to the Scilly Islands.

"A flight to Hamm (EDLH)"

Article (with several images) in English on a flight to Hamm where this year's Taifun-Treffen (2006) will be held, written by webmaster Leo.

"Just a testflight"

Article (with 12 images) in English on a short flight from Geilenkirchen (ETNG) to Dahlemer Binz (EDKV) and back again, written by webmaster Leo. German translation is being worked upon.

"Flug nach Lapalisse sept. 2003"

Article (with 12 images) in German and English on a flight to the CFI meeting in Lapalisse (France) in sept 2003, written by Christian Müssemeyer.

"Einmal Nancy und zurück"

German article (with 6 images), also translated into English, about a flight with 3 motorgliders in April 2004 from Mönchengladbach (Germany) to Nancy (France) and back, written by Christian Müssemeyer.

"Flug nach Budweis"

Article (with 14 images) in both German and English, written by Christian Müssemeyer about a flight of a Katana (D-EZIC) and a GROB-G 109b (D-KEOI), both members of Aeroclub 77 in Mönchengladbach, joined by two Valentin Taifuns (D-KFDI, and D-KHNO) from Mönchengladbach (Germany) to Budweis (Tsjech Republic) and back in the weekend of 2nd and 3rd of April 2005.

"Mit dem Taifun rund um die Ostsee"

Article (with 20 images) in both German and English, about a flight by Gabriele Brönner-Garben and Manfred Garben with their Taifun 17E in the summer of 2002 around the Ostsee (Baltic Sea).

"Mit dem Motorsegler rund um die Adria
und über die Alpen"

German and English article (with 14 images) about a flight by Gabriele Brönner-Garben and Manfred Garben with their Taifun 17E from Oehna (near Berlin) to the Greek island of Corfu in april 2003.

"Lofoten 2004 "

Short English article (with 2 images) about a flight in the summer of 2004 by D-KFDI, D-KKGG and D-KLUW across Norway and Sweden with main destination the Norwegian Lofoten Islands.

"Impressionen eines Alpenfluges"

German and English article (with 21 images) about a flight by Wolfgang Bertle in september 2000 across the European Alps.

 

 


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