Schönhagen Airport

	Schönhagen Airport Schönhagen Airport (german: Flugplatz Schönhagen) is a general aviation airport near Trebbin, a town in the German state of Brandenburg. It is located approximately southwest of Berlin. History Since 1928 the area around Löwendorfer Berg has been used for gliding. The Luftwaffe der Wehrmacht, which expanded the area from 1936, used Trebbin Air Base as an emergency landing site, no flying units were stationed there. Between 1937 and 1945 a "Reichsschule für Segelflug" of the National Socialist Flyers Corps which operated gliding in Schönhagen, was located at Schönhagen.. In GDR times the site was home to the school combine named "Ernst Schneller" of the Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik which among other things provided basic pilot training in preparation for military pilot training with the NVA. On 31 January 1952 Karl Liebeskind performed the first take-off of an aircraft in the GDR with a SG 38 in Schönhagen. After the fall of the Iron Curtain, the airfield was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	National People's Army The National People's Army (german: Nationale Volksarmee, ; NVA ) were the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1956 to 1990. The NVA was organized into four branches: the (Ground Forces), the (Navy), the (Air Force) and the (Border Troops). The NVA belonged to the Ministry of National Defence {{unsourced, date=February 2021 A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is an often-used name for the part of a government responsible for matters of defence, found in states ... and commanded by the National Defense Council of East Germany, headquartered in Strausberg east of East Berlin. From 1962, conscription was mandatory for all GDR males aged between 18 and 60 requiring an 18-month service, and it was the only Warsaw Pact military to offer non-combat roles to conscientious objectors, known as "construction soldiers" (). The NVA reached 175,300 personnel at its peak in 1987. The NVA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]