Wasserkuppe

Yesterday, Virginia and I drove the glider back to Poppenhausen and today we drove up the the Wasserkuppe to see this famous gliding site. The site is marked by the fleiger Denkmals a monument that was erected in 1923 to honour early gliding pioneers who lost their lives during the early days of the quest for motorless flight.





The Wasserkuppe is actually the name of the mountain and flying activities have been going on there since about 1910. Today, there is a soaring club/school/ commercial operation. I counted 3 Duo's and 3 K-21's that were busy doing flights for visitors, and there were hundreds of people standing around watching.

There was also para-gliding for the mentally unstable on another corner of the hill top.

and RC gliders ridge soaring on another corner. There were some amazing models. I saw one model of a Ka6 that had a wing span of about 2 m. In the air it looked real.


Tomorrow we are off to the Schliecher factory for a morning tour and a look at SOSA's K-21's that are currently in production.