Sport / Adventure

B A L L O O N I N G

We have been planning our first balloon flight with Skytours for several years.

We hope that it will finally happen in 2024 😉

It finally took place – our first balloon flight – on 23.06.2024.
A gift from Frauke for my 60th birthday, which means that almost 4 years passed between the gift/voucher and the flight thanks to corona and the weather.
But it was worth the wait! Start in Cologne-Bocklemünd in fantastic weather with the largest balloon in Germany – D-OOLA Landal Green Parks from Skytours.
Flight southeast over Cologne to Wesseling!
Of course with subsequent christening – only the certificates with the titles of nobility are still missing 😉
Thanks to Joachim and the Skytours team for this eventful evening! And thanks of course to Frauke for the wonderful gift idea 🎁🎉❤️

B U N G E E J U M P I N G

I did my first bungee-jump 6^th of June 2010

with Bungee Junkee in Oberhausen (60 meters)!

Great feeling!

S C U B A D I V I N G 

Diving is one of the most fascinating things of the world.

I learned diving at Tauchterminal Bochum, Germany in 1997 (SSI)

I dived regulary at e.g. the Tendering See in Dinslaken, Germany

Not really fascinating, but a good practice:-)

Besides that I have been diving e.g. at

Port Bacares, Mediterranean, France in 1997 and at

 Inmo Divers Home/Swiss Inn, Dahab, Red Sea, Egypt in 1999!

Some more links for diving information – mainly in German

Tauchen – German Diving Magazine

Taucher.net

P A R A C H U T I N G

Parachuting is another sport I would like to perform.

I did my first tandem-jump 8^th of September 2002

with Sky-Fun at Dinslaken Airfield „Schwarze Heide“!

Going up to 3000 m height with a Cessna 206 (D-ENWK),

followed by a free fall down to 1500 m (about 40 – 50 seconds). 

Fantastic, but much too short;-) 

And then gliding down to earth for several minutes including save landing at the airfield.

Thank you Dirk for this fantastic pleasure:-))))

I always felt very very safe – and I guess I will do it again!!

I did it again! My second tandem-jump 1^st of June 2006

with Fallschirmsport Marl e.V. at Marl-Loemühle Airfield!

Going up to 4000 m height with a Cessna Grand Caravan (PH-PPS),

followed by a free fall down to 1500 m (about 50 seconds), maximum speed 234 km/h. 

Fantastic, but again much too short;-) 

And then gliding down to earth for several minutes including save landing near the airfield.

Thank you Tobi for this fantastic pleasure:-))))

Will be continued;-)