Monthly archives for Juli, 2006

Tannkosh 2006

Jul25
2006 Geschrieben von Matthias Läßig

On July 15 I attended Tannkosh 2006, located at Tannheim Aerodrome near Memmingen. I heard from several people that this was the greatest General Aviation get-together in Germany and everybody compared it to the famous Oshkosh.

I have to admit that I thought that everybody exxagerated.

I was wrong. it has been the greatest GA show I’ve ever seen, as there gathered almost 1300 aircrafts from all over Europe. I mean, not that these are people who attend such kind of shows for a living but these are real life pilots as I am going to be. They just attend for the fun part. Fly-in, camp, have fun. Fly a pattern or two. it’s for the mere fun of it.

That’s the spirit!

Just have a look at the pictures I took.

For the future I vowed that I will attend Tannkosch 200x myself as a pilot.

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there are three kinds of people

Jul18
2006 Geschrieben von Matthias Läßig

See, there’s three kinds of people: dicks, pussies, and assholes. Pussies think everyone can get along, and dicks just wanna fuck all the time without thinking it through. But then you got your assholes, Chuck. And all the assholes want is to shit all over everything! So, pussies may get mad at dicks once in a while, because… pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also-fuck-assholes, Chuck. And if they didn’t fuck the assholes, you know what you’d get? You’d get your dick and your pussy all covered in shit!

[from: Team America (the movie)]

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Reasons I love flying

Jul03
2006 Geschrieben von Matthias Läßig

On an airliner: 

  1. The roominess of it all.
  2. The food.
  3. The idle time while waiting / standing in the aisle.
  4. Duty-free / Tax-free shopping (yes, I almost always get myself a bottle of Whiskey on my journey back home)
  5. Old in-flight entertainment.
  6. The comforting feeling of being in complete control.
  7. Adjustable air nozzles.
  8. Watching someone attempt to close the overhead bin at least 15 times before giving up and letting the attendant deal with it.
  9. Some idiot closing the overhead bin whilst empty and pretending it’s all packed up! 
  10. Ear-popping fun.
  11. Enjoying the quality of public transport.
  12. Quality reflection time.
  13. Fumes.

So this is why I want to do it myself:

  1. Planning the flight yourself.
  2. Starting up the engine. (You have to feel that yourself!)
  3. Freedom.
  4. Enjoying the view (and not seeing only the clouds below).
  5. The mere fun of it.
  6. Pulling 3+ Gs while turning final.
  7. The feeling in your stomach while flaring and settling the plane on the runway. (And the looks of the passenger).
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