Post by jazzthom on Dec 12, 2021 21:31:49 GMT
leg 10 Gorizia-Vienna/Schwechat LOWW
the final leg of this rally just begins,.. push back, checklist, done, starting up and feeling Urs with me....
these days were a real gift for me, to think about our friendship, doing the things, we always have done,
laughing and crying, feeling hím close, just having fun....
roaring engines as we rotate and climb up into the skies, leaving Gorizia behind us; who knows, if we'll be here again
weather has changed, temperature was getting lower and the first snow is covering the landscape...we are facing winter....
how wonderful to share a cup of hot tea with my best friend, pal, copilot forever! Urs!
the ceiling of clouds is coming down and we pass LJLJ between a thick cover of grey and a shady white of snow down on earth
we reach Austria again, this time under a thick blanket of peace and white silence
WP 2, Kapfenberg, a small airfield nearly unvisible directly underneath the port wing,...hometown of an old, long retired friend of medical school...
I never was there, but he told many funny stories during our time in hospital; these days and long nights were always full of confidence and trust, as we treated many injured people on our emergency duties...
a glimpse of the sinking sun, as the days get shorter and we feel a warm and endless atmosphere in our cockpit
like dancing through the clouds on the last indigo blue in the sky, before the upcoming night all turns to gold....
the last few golden miles coming from the Prealps and reaching ATC Vienna....
turning on final RWY 34
Urs and I, we both enjoy this wonderful working place in the DC3/C47 and we laugh and talk about all the details we have created within the last years GAARs....
short final, like a Christmas tree...
quite a strong crosswind, but our bird glides steady like on railway tracks....
always a good feeling, the smooth touchdown when your dreams are safe on earth again
huge airport,...loooong taxiway to GA parking place....
there must be sort of lockdown, as this huge place seems vaste and empty....
ATC tells us to stop behind this refueling truck,...so it is...
shutting down the engines, parking brake set, all switches off,....usually there should be a firework at the end of a rally,...
we don't care,...we don't need,...we just had THE best rally on earth....
we are just told to wait, when we exit the aircraft...?!?! okay?!
soon there is a hustle and we are surrounded by a crowd of people,...
all wanting to congratulate and meet Urs, and thank and laugh and have fun!!!
incredible overwhelming situation,...
just a wonderful gesture of all pals, friends, cowerkers, sympathizers, pilots and crewmembers, to say HELLO and cheer us !!!
our private little golden party to cherish .....
URS ! my best friend!
the final leg of this rally just begins,.. push back, checklist, done, starting up and feeling Urs with me....
these days were a real gift for me, to think about our friendship, doing the things, we always have done,
laughing and crying, feeling hím close, just having fun....
roaring engines as we rotate and climb up into the skies, leaving Gorizia behind us; who knows, if we'll be here again
weather has changed, temperature was getting lower and the first snow is covering the landscape...we are facing winter....
how wonderful to share a cup of hot tea with my best friend, pal, copilot forever! Urs!
the ceiling of clouds is coming down and we pass LJLJ between a thick cover of grey and a shady white of snow down on earth
we reach Austria again, this time under a thick blanket of peace and white silence
WP 2, Kapfenberg, a small airfield nearly unvisible directly underneath the port wing,...hometown of an old, long retired friend of medical school...
I never was there, but he told many funny stories during our time in hospital; these days and long nights were always full of confidence and trust, as we treated many injured people on our emergency duties...
a glimpse of the sinking sun, as the days get shorter and we feel a warm and endless atmosphere in our cockpit
like dancing through the clouds on the last indigo blue in the sky, before the upcoming night all turns to gold....
the last few golden miles coming from the Prealps and reaching ATC Vienna....
turning on final RWY 34
Urs and I, we both enjoy this wonderful working place in the DC3/C47 and we laugh and talk about all the details we have created within the last years GAARs....
short final, like a Christmas tree...
quite a strong crosswind, but our bird glides steady like on railway tracks....
always a good feeling, the smooth touchdown when your dreams are safe on earth again
huge airport,...loooong taxiway to GA parking place....
there must be sort of lockdown, as this huge place seems vaste and empty....
ATC tells us to stop behind this refueling truck,...so it is...
shutting down the engines, parking brake set, all switches off,....usually there should be a firework at the end of a rally,...
we don't care,...we don't need,...we just had THE best rally on earth....
we are just told to wait, when we exit the aircraft...?!?! okay?!
soon there is a hustle and we are surrounded by a crowd of people,...
all wanting to congratulate and meet Urs, and thank and laugh and have fun!!!
incredible overwhelming situation,...
just a wonderful gesture of all pals, friends, cowerkers, sympathizers, pilots and crewmembers, to say HELLO and cheer us !!!
our private little golden party to cherish .....
URS ! my best friend!
--------------------------and please let me thank ALL of you to have been part of this wonderful rally, especially Allan LOWSON
hopefully:
We'll be back !
Thom BZ