14.10.2009, 16:08
Hi Lejo,
Thanks for posting this. Sure made me me reminisce. I never did get to meet either one of the actresses, but I did see the "Tante-Ju" fly by once at the airport in Frankfurt, while waiting for another flight. Goodness, was that thing ever loud! It seemed to almost drown out some of the jets, even through the thick glass of the waiting area at the gate. As a kid, I did get to walk around inside a Ju-52 on display at the German Museum in Munich.
Our family doctor used to fly them in and out of Stalingrad during WW II. As an eight-year old kid enthusiastic about WW II aircraft, I once asked him what it was like to fly these planes under combat conditions back then. He just smiled at me and said: "Pretty darn cold!"
Regards,
RB
Thanks for posting this. Sure made me me reminisce. I never did get to meet either one of the actresses, but I did see the "Tante-Ju" fly by once at the airport in Frankfurt, while waiting for another flight. Goodness, was that thing ever loud! It seemed to almost drown out some of the jets, even through the thick glass of the waiting area at the gate. As a kid, I did get to walk around inside a Ju-52 on display at the German Museum in Munich.
Our family doctor used to fly them in and out of Stalingrad during WW II. As an eight-year old kid enthusiastic about WW II aircraft, I once asked him what it was like to fly these planes under combat conditions back then. He just smiled at me and said: "Pretty darn cold!"
Regards,
RB