Renate Kolde

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Renate Kolde (* August 1931 ; † September 19, 2012 in Juist , East Frisia ) was a journalist and pilot as well as the first female flight director in Germany, and most recently also the longest-serving. In aviation she was known as the "voice of the north".

Life

Kolde initially worked as a journalist in various departments for the editorial team of the weekly newspaper “ Die Zeit ” in Hamburg until 1962 . Then she got to know and love Hans Kolde . Through him she got to the North Sea island of Juist in the same year , where she married him.

Her husband ran the Theodor Wuppermann youth education center at Juist Airfield , which was about to be expanded. The airfield had to meet the technical requirements of the current aviation law and in future be equipped with an official aviation supervisory authority. Trying to get a professional perspective on the island, Kolde got her pilot's license against this background. After completing her training at the air traffic control school in Munich, she was appointed by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Transport as an air supervisory officer at the Juist airfield.

As the first woman on a tower , Kolde had to contend with considerable reservations on the part of men. However, with her know-how and assertiveness, she managed to gain recognition from private and professional pilots. For the aviation authority, Kolde became an authority for questions of flight safety . During her many years of activity there was not a single accident, but in 1984 the " Prix ​​Orange " from AOPA-Germany as an award for the friendliest German airfield, attributed to Renate Kolde and her colleagues Walter Pilgrim and Erich Faller according to a pilot survey.

On December 31, 1996, Renate Kolde ended her 34-year career at the Juist airfield, but as a pilot she remained actively involved in aviation for many years after her retirement.

From 1999, Kolde brought her journalistic experience to the 100-page seasonal magazine “Strandlooper” on the North Sea island.

plant

  • Peter Smidt , Hans Kolde, Renate Kolde (arrangement): The cross of Memmert. The dramatic story of the sinking of the Borkum motor cutter "Annemarie" in September 1931 . Alt-Juist publishing house. Juist 2006. ISBN 978-3-937767-13-0

Engagements

  • Juist Foundation
  • Juister Gospel Choir
  • Heimatverein Juist
  • “Strandlooper”, seasonal magazine for the North Sea island of Juist

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In memory of Renate Kolde . Strandlooper, from strandlooper.com, accessed April 6, 2016
  2. ^ "Großer Bahnhof" for an outstanding woman from Juister ( Memento from July 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: Ostfriesischer Kurier, 23 August 2011, at: 1820diekunst.de, accessed on 6 April 2016
  3. ↑ 1973 to today: The history of the Juister airfield (II) ( Memento from April 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Juist airfield, at: edwj.de, accessed on April 6, 2016
  4. ↑ The "Voice of the North" turned eighty . In: Juist Net News, August 21, 2011, accessed April 6, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Kolde, Renate
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and pilot
DATE OF BIRTH August 1931
DATE OF DEATH 19th September 2012
Place of death Juist , East Frisia