Stölln / Rhinow airfield
| Stölln / Rhinow | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EDOR |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 40 m (131 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 3 km southeast of Rhinow , 1.5 km south of Gollenberg |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Flugsportverein Otto Lilienthal Stölln / Rhinow e. V. |
| Start-and runway | |
| 08/26 | 840 m × 40 m grass |
The Stölln / Rhinow airfield ( ICAO code EDOR ) is a special airfield near Rhinow in the Brandenburg Havelland . Described by the operators as the oldest airfield in the world , the airfield at Gollenberg near Stölln / Rhinow was the gliding practice area of the aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal from 1894 and the place of his fatal crash in 1896.
Flight operations
The airfield located at the foot of the Gollenberg is now operated by the Otto Lilienthal Stölln / Rhinow e. V. operated. It has an approx. 840 m long grass runway with the 08/26 orientation. In parallel, two towing routes for the winch launch run south of it . There are two additional landing fields (310 × 30 m) for gliders between the towing routes - one at each end of the airfield.
It is approved for helicopters , airplanes , motor gliders , ultralight and gliders (winch launch and aircraft tow ), as well as hang gliders , paragliders and parachute jumps , with a maximum take-off weight of 5.7 t. Before approaching the field, the approval of the field operator must be obtained ( PPR ).
history
Otto Lilienthal 1894
The history of aviation on Gollenberg began around Easter 1894, when Otto Lilienthal began to climb Gollenberg 109 m above sea level. To use NHN for his gliding flights . Lilienthal had found an ideal practice site in Gollenberg, which was not forested at the time: "... a sandy hill sloping on all sides and at least twenty meters high, which allows jumping in any direction." After Lilienthal's fatal fall with a normal sailing apparatus on August 9, 1896, initially found no verifiable flying activities took place.
Waldemar Geest 1910
With Waldemar Geest , another aviation pioneer discovered the area for himself and for aviation in 1910. When powered flight was banned after the First World War , people in Stölln - as in many other places in Germany - concentrated on gliding . The Gollenberg became the flying site of various aviation clubs , including Akaflieg Berlin .
In the course of the targeted promotion of glider flying during the National Socialist era, construction of a flight school for the National Socialist Aviation Corps began in January 1936 and began operating that same year. The buildings were largely destroyed during the Second World War , and flight operations came to a standstill.
Sports airfield 1953
On March 22, 1953, flight operations were resumed at Stölln airfield with a type SG 38 school glider . A year later, construction of a new hangar and workshop began. In 1958 a winch was purchased for the winch launch .
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of human flight in 1991, an Ilyushin Il-62 of Interflug was transferred to Stölln. On October 23, 1989, the aircraft with flight captain Heinz-Dieter Kallbach landed successfully on the grass runway, which was only 900 m long (840 m runway plus 60 m strips were made available). It was baptized Lady Agnes after Otto Lilienthal's wife Agnes and is now used, among other things, as a registry office and museum. Every year in June / July the “Antaris Project” festival takes place on the site.
See also
Web links
- flugsport-stoelln.de - official website of the current operator Flugsportverein Otto Lilienthal Stölln / Rhinow e. V.
- Friedemann Hille, Johannes Hille: The history of the airfield in Stölln near Rhinow. (PDF; 2.4 MB) In: flugsport-stoelln.de. January 2013, accessed October 24, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c German air traffic control : AIP VFR - airfield map and visual approach sheet for the airfield Stölln / Rhinow. As of June 11, 2013.
- ^ Special landing site Stölln / Rhinow. In: lbv.brandenburg.de. State Office for Building and Transport, October 2016, accessed on October 24, 2016 .
- ^ FSV "Otto Lilienthal" Stölln / Rhinow e. V. In: flugsport-stoelln.de. Flugsportverein Otto Lilienthal Stölln / Rhinow e. V., accessed on April 7, 2011 (homepage of the operator's official website).
- ↑ Hille & Hille, pp. 1–8
- ↑ Hille & Hille, p. 9 f.
- ↑ Hille & Hille, p. 12 f.
- ↑ Hille & Hille, p. 17
