Post by Bernard on Sept 16, 2024 15:24:20 GMT
In 1932 the Dornier Do X undertook a long journey to South and North America. Afterward it spent several weeks on a tour through Germany and landed on waters in numerous cities and places. One of these was a landing on the Danube river at Kechlet-Schalding weir near the Bavarian town Passau. In fact more a test flight to check correct behaviour of the plane and the suitability of the Afcad for the upcoming flights.
Later the Dornier Do X flew over Ammersee in vincinity of Munich.
Some further scrennies of the Dornier Do X at destinations of its Western Hempisphere and Germany tours:
over Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro and approaching the Botafogo Bay, its mooring site
Several weeks later the Do X reaches The Battery at Manhattan
On its great Germany tour the seaplane also visited Berlin, of course. While overflying the famous avenue "Unter den Linden" with the Victory Colomn and the Brandenburg Gate on the right
as well as Tempelhof Airport
the Dornier Do X approaches Müggelsee, a lake outside the city of Berlin
The town is sourrounded by several lakes. Aviatically speaking the most known is the basin created by river Havel. During the Berlin Airlift in 1948/49 it was used by the British Short Sunderlands supplying Berlin's population. Müggelsee is the greatest lake in this area. The restaurant "Rübezahl", where the Do X was mooring, became famous some twenty years later.
Some of you might have once red about the East German people uprising in June 17th, 1953.
This uprising had its starting point in the said restaurant. Four days earlier, during an excursion by construction site workers at an East Berlin hospital, the standard increases decided by the SED leadership were discussed on the trip to Müggelsee. In the beer garden of the Rübezahl restaurant, the workers decided to go on strike.
In the following days, the first work stoppages occurred, which escalated into a popular uprising in the former GDR by June 17th. More than a million people took part in the popular uprising in over 700 places, which was violently suppressed. A memorial plaque by the lake commemorates the origins of the uprising. June 17th is still considered a special day in Germany today, along with several other memorable dates remembering of its turbulent history.
Bernard
Later the Dornier Do X flew over Ammersee in vincinity of Munich.
Some further scrennies of the Dornier Do X at destinations of its Western Hempisphere and Germany tours:
over Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro and approaching the Botafogo Bay, its mooring site
Several weeks later the Do X reaches The Battery at Manhattan
On its great Germany tour the seaplane also visited Berlin, of course. While overflying the famous avenue "Unter den Linden" with the Victory Colomn and the Brandenburg Gate on the right
as well as Tempelhof Airport
the Dornier Do X approaches Müggelsee, a lake outside the city of Berlin
The town is sourrounded by several lakes. Aviatically speaking the most known is the basin created by river Havel. During the Berlin Airlift in 1948/49 it was used by the British Short Sunderlands supplying Berlin's population. Müggelsee is the greatest lake in this area. The restaurant "Rübezahl", where the Do X was mooring, became famous some twenty years later.
Some of you might have once red about the East German people uprising in June 17th, 1953.
This uprising had its starting point in the said restaurant. Four days earlier, during an excursion by construction site workers at an East Berlin hospital, the standard increases decided by the SED leadership were discussed on the trip to Müggelsee. In the beer garden of the Rübezahl restaurant, the workers decided to go on strike.
In the following days, the first work stoppages occurred, which escalated into a popular uprising in the former GDR by June 17th. More than a million people took part in the popular uprising in over 700 places, which was violently suppressed. A memorial plaque by the lake commemorates the origins of the uprising. June 17th is still considered a special day in Germany today, along with several other memorable dates remembering of its turbulent history.
Bernard
