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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Landkreis Fulda

Gersfeld (Rhön)

Gliding Airfield Wasserkuppe

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Landkreis Fulda

Gersfeld (Rhön)

Gliding Airfield Wasserkuppe

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Gliding Airfield Wasserkuppe

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

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Jens

January 25, 2020

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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

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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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guude 🤘

October 29, 2022

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Airport Wasserkuppe. Nice place.

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Elevation 940 m

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

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