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Besides my own retirement in 2003, many historic
celebrations for 100 Years of powered flight, from the Wright Brothers
onwards were held. On the other hand the Concorde was retired and world’s
most experienced airline: PANAM disappeared. I also did my first free-lancing-training
for Air Astana in Almaty, Kasakhstan. And back home there was plenty of
time for some suitable Christmas decorations and invitations. |
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Finally more time could be spent with family
and friends. The Geneva Motor Show is 100 Years old and Airbus set a milestone
with the first flight of their A-380: world’s largest airliner after the
Boeing 747. At the aerodrome: Lausanne- Blecherette an aerobatic air display
was presented and in Yverdon les bains the CFF-workshops had an open day
for their 100th anniversary. Generally this Year offered many great
occasions to discover Switzerland by train and to enjoy vintage steam events. |
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Meeting my old schoolmates from the class
of 1954-56 was a memorable event. In May an other freelancing deployment
for an A-320 B2 training in Almaty/KZ was accomplished and I took a closer
look at this vintage city along the silk Road. In August I visited Paris
by train and later a couple of railroad vintage and Model train events
were worth visiting. Then in November I left for the Algarve winter-holiday. |
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Following the return from Portugal, there
were many anniversaries to attend: 150Years of Rheinfallbahn-line, 100
Years Bahnhof Basel and the Gotthard rail line‘s 100- Year Jubilee. Aviation
celebrated a memorable vintage air display in Dittingen/SO and two weeks
later a local festival in our resident village of Watt was celebrated.
And then in November I accomplished another A320-B2 training for ELAL in
Tel Aviv with a bit of nostalgia besides, during my spare time. |
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The early months of this Year I spent in the
Algarve as usual and back home a couple of retirement parties had to be
attended. Railroad events were the 150 anniversary of the Rheintallinie:
St.Margrethen to Chur among others In summer. Then I purchased a new fully
chromed British-bicycle the Pashley-Phantom. Just after that I had to have
a surgery to repair a cracked hernia which was my first hospital visit
in my life! Many rail events followed like the opening oft he „Glattalbahn“-tramway
from downtown Zurich to the airport. Just before Christmas the most famous
playdoll in the world celebrated its 50th anniversary which was an opening
for some remarkable presentations. |
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This Year‘s Algarve-Holiday was shifted to
Jan./Feb. And while Hans Erni the famous artist celebrated his 100th birthday,
At home we had a bit of media visitors due to the famous plastic doll collection.
Even a TV presentation of my partner’s collection and later an exhibition
in the Swiss-Kindermuseum was organized. Aviation highlights of this Year
were a vintage air display in Kestenholz and in October we walked uphill
to the Axalp watching a Swiss Airforce shooting demonstration. In October
Midwest Airlines in Milwaukee returned all its 717's airplanes and 700
flight crews lost their jobs including our longtime friend and SBB-fan:
Al Minich from Denver. |
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During the final days of 2009 the 787 Dreamliner
prototype finally took to the air and until late this Year the test programme
is accomplished in SEA. Following my return from an Algarve holiday with
much rain I did an MD-80- fam.training for a charter operator in CDG- quite
a bit of nostalgia for me. Mid April became a nightmare for many carriers
when Eyiafjallajökull-volcano erupted in Iceland and sent a huge cloud
of volcanic ash all overhead Europe for up to six days. Despite it all
the 100th anniversary of Swiss aeronautical development have been celebrated
all this Year, I shall be seventy in November and therefore I joined the
Fokker Team to stay in close contact with old birds. |
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