Return of the ships from the bitter Lake camera: fire, Bennacef Flugmedizinisches Institute/Hamburg camera: fire Alaska story camera: Ganesh Pentecostal regatta before Helgoland camera: Brandes, Rieck, l. at the beginning and end of total length
This navigation: Return of the bitter sea cheering on the Elbe River. The Hamburg celebrated the end of an unusual voyage - the return of the ship: "Münsterland" and "North wind": bitter Lake.
Of the 14 freighters, which had been held since the six-day war between Israel and Egypt in the Suez Canal, only the two German ships managed the return under its own power.
Rust, paint, once in month a great round in the bitter Lake, to keep the machine ready for use – for the crew of rest of work was a pleasant pastime during the monotonous Warteseit rather.
For eight years, the ships were stuck. But a large part of the charge of the two around 9,000 t large freighter, - feed, mineral sand, steel, raw hides, wool and skins. It is still usable.
After unloading the ships for one to two million mark should be overhauled. In a few weeks, they are going out again and may soon happen again her old berth in the bitter Lake.
This medicine: Check-up flight personnel at an airport in Germany: a team of Lufthansa meets before their machine to the check-up: exactly one hour she has time to check their aircraft before departure on the heart and kidneys. But who controls the crew on each flight of 100 to 400 passengers entrust their lives who?
Lufthansa has - as all major airlines of the world - flight Medical Institute. Cockpit and ground staff must be regularly doctors to an extreme strict verification of serviceability make. At Lufthansa, it is handled so rigorously that for example in the entrance examination for pilots down 85 percent already in the psychological test eliminated. Most fail here because their measurable values of personality is not sufficient to bear the high responsibility of flight captain.
The flying personnel of the Lufthansa must annually to the test. Pilots even every 6 months. Circuit to be controlled.
Nervous system and internal organs. Running with my eyes closed part of the check-up such as the electrocardiogram, which checks the heart activity. A so-called Ergometer measuring the circuit when the cyclists under heavy load, the pressure of the lungs indicates the condition of the pilots.
Also, the eyes must agree. The Lufthansa statistics indicates that the station at the eye doctor is the cliff, at the most pilots careers fail during the medical examinations.
In the Lufthansa Arzthaus are decorated according to the latest medical findings is also a variety of equipment designed specifically for airworthiness tests. Eight full-time doctors and 120 contract doctors in the world watch over the health of the Lufthansa crew. This strict medical monitoring service is according to opinion of experts of one of the reasons why the Deutsche Lufthansa is one of the safest airline in the world.
In tourism: Trip to Alaska Anchorage - northernmost airfield in the United States, former stop-over of the non-stop polar route London/Tokyo.
Dar next inhabited place is accessible only to the sports machine.
It is almost as important as in Europe of the car in Alaska. Because Alaska is today still as impassable as 1867, when the Czar of Russia sold the United States the country for 7 ½ million dollars in parts.
In the 49th State of the United States, only 300,000 people today live in an area that is 20 times as large as the Federal Republic of Germany. Alaska-this is a last piece of Wild West. Who here wants to live or vacation, need a shot of adventure in the blood and those old pioneer spirit that was once America's power and size.
Almost unnoticed by European tour operators it has built a ski paradise on the South side of Alaska in Girdwood. So far, more than half of its guests comes from Japan. But the hang gliding over snow and ice also students from California here on long weekends.
The snow lies high four mater here. It melts even in short hot summers, where the temperatures up to plus 35 degrees can climb.
Girdwood, the ski paradise with his spirited sled dogs has become a meeting place for all ski fans, who want to make winter even in the summer. This sport: Before Helgoland boats for the admirals Cup the Superstars of the German high sea yachts - crossed shipyard fresh racing machines, which should show in the prelude in rough North Sea, whether in them is even more, than in their three famous predecessors of "Saudade". "Ruby" and "Rod". With these ships had German sailing crews for the first time 2 years ago "Admiral's Cup" won - the unofficial World Championship of offshore yachts.
The new "Rubin" the Hamburg skipper Sakib has been handmade in the Burmester Werft in Bremen. -Material: shape glued Tabasco - mahogany.
America's famous Design Bureau supplied the design for the "Rubin" and her sister ship "Duva" Sparkman and Stephens. Owner and skipper Sakib monitors every phase of construction. Well unlike predecessor has no expensive interior design the new "Rubin", the renunciation of comfort below deck reduced the production cost of 500.000 on 350,000 marks. Set the spinnaker - the huge bellied sail, the ambitious skipper today even at night races. With him, the German crews hope at the ' Admiral's Cup' to get those seconds, which decide with equally strong ships, victory and placement.
Mahr than 20 yachts quarreled on the 60-mile course around Heligoland to the participation of the ' Admiral's Cup'. The German three-team qualified for just, who is in the elimination race.
Three things make the victory: a well-rehearsed crew, superior tactics and perfect yachts.
Prior to Helgoland, the 57 year old veteran Schünemann took first place with its new racing yacht.
Maybe, the second blow to Britain's maritime self understanding manages the German crew for the title defence in August. At that time the whole nation held breath, when the outsider from North Germany sailed the British held for unbeatable with ex - Prime Minister Heath at the top in land.
