Berlin, Germany

    I didn't work today, so I went to a museum.

    This is one of the airplanes, which supplied Berlin during the blockade from June 1948 to May 1949 with an air lift. It's, a Douglas C-47 "Skytrain" and it's hanging now on the roof structure of the German technique museum Berlin.

    If you follow this link on google-maps and you're zooming in you can see this airplane hanging around :-)

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    1. Luv 2 Flickr (69 months ago | reply)

      Good for you...enjoy yourself. Nice shot.

    2. dee_r (69 months ago | reply)

      wow...this is amazing....great shot...

    3. Michel ! [deleted] (69 months ago | reply)

      Now on ADOE website. Thanks for sharing and joining in the project

    4. nikjanssen (69 months ago | reply)

      Very good.

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      smata2 added this photo to his favorites. (69 months ago)

    6. smata2 (69 months ago | reply)

      Great photo. A number of those old C47/DC3's are still flying all over the world.

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      photoholic1 added this photo to his favorites. (69 months ago)

    8. Michael (rw) [deleted] (69 months ago | reply)

      ich mag besonders, wie es sich gegen den weißen Hintergrund abhebt.
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      Seen in flickr Deutschland HQ (?)

    9. Fotomom (69 months ago | reply)

      Wow! Fantastic. You spent your day off well. Thanks.

      Seen on ADOE photostream.

    10. Eat-My-Heart-Out 你吃,我看 (69 months ago | reply)

      Great use of map. I tried zoom-in. Wow!
      Wonder what will be hanging in Iraq years later. :)

    11. JoJo4Art [deleted] (69 months ago | reply)

      When we went to this museum, we spent whole day there and still didn't see everything. It's truly amazing.

    12. :-))<--< [deleted] (69 months ago | reply)

      da um die Ecke war mein Hotel

    13. GooseGoddessS (68 months ago | reply)

      Awesome Shot!! Very Cool Landmark!! :)
      Thank You for sharing this in
      Historical Landmarks from Around the World theme at
      The World Through My Eyes

    14. Little♥Krawler (66 months ago | reply)

      Cool........Du hattest es auch von einer anderen Perspektive fotografiert. Richtig? Diese hier gefällt mir sehr und vor allem auch das Licht. Schön fotografiert Gertrud!
      Seen in the Deutsche Fotografen-German Photographers group.

    15. Gertrud K. (66 months ago | reply)

      Ja, ich habe es schon mehrmals fotografiert. Durch die silbrige reflektierende Außenhaut sieht es in unterschiedlichem Licht immer wieder anders aus. Hier sind die 3 Bilder, die es bisher auf flickr gibt.

    16. msamaclean © (66 months ago | reply)

      Oh-Gertrude ! When I saw this, my heart jumped ! My father, Roger Altman, was one of those pilots of the Berlin Airlift and flew one of these planes. The Geman people made him a replica of the plane from a piece of one that could no longer fly, and my sister has it in her office at home. It is also special because his family originated from Germany. Thank you for posting this !

      Seen in the Deutsche Fotografen-German Photographers group.

    17. Gertrud K. (66 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for this comment msamaclean! How nice to have this memories from "the other side".

    18. ca.ne [deleted] (51 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Mein Berlin, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

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      galonso photoagt added this photo to their favorites. (50 months ago)

    20. mvonraesfeld (47 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Aviation Museum, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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      kamkam29 added this photo to his favorites. (33 months ago)

    22. miguel y su lambretta (31 months ago | reply)

      nice

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