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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Wasserkuppe airfield

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Landkreis Fulda

Gersfeld (Rhön)

Wasserkuppe airfield

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Wasserkuppe airfield

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Naturpark Hessische Rhön

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Location: Gersfeld (Rhön), Landkreis Fulda, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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1. Pferdskopf Summit – Wasserkuppe aviation memorial loop from Obernhausen

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2. View from Schafstein – Fulda Spring loop from Wüstensachsen

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3. View from Schafstein – Fulda Spring loop from Abtsroda

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Tips

Jens

January 25, 2020

The airport on the Wasserkuppe is located at the place where gliding was - as they say - "invented". As early as 1911, gliding pioneers started their first flight tests with gliders on the treeless Wasserkuppe in the Hessian Rhön. Over time, the site became a busy airport for gliders and smaller powered aircraft.

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BAMA

August 25, 2019

The airfield is located on the northern slope of 950.2 meters above sea level high Wasserkuppe about five kilometers north of Gersfeld. Poppenhausen is located about five kilometers west-southwest and Wüstensachsen (main town of Ehrenberg) about five kilometers east. The airfield itself is located at 902 m above sea level. NN and is the highest of the approximately 400 airfields in Germany. It is classified as a special landing site and, with up to 18,000 aircraft movements a year, is one of the busiest special landing sites in Germany. (... from Wiki)

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Hermine

June 23, 2021

You can watch the glider pilot over coffee or fly with them.

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Elevation 910 m

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Max wind speed: 39.0 km/h

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Location: Gersfeld (Rhön), Landkreis Fulda, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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