Aviation

We fly these skies like kings.

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He smol.

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Lufthansa's A350 visited Hamburg last week.

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Early morning departure towards Hamburg, thanks to the beacon.

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Ready to go back to Brussels.

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The plane to be.

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My condolences to the recent tragic events in Colombia. 

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Lady Luck! 

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Alitalia’s E190 arriving in Berlin. 

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A beautiful TAP A330 ready for her next flight. 

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sorry

I really would like to post more content, but again everything I get since Friday is “upload error”. Tumblr seriously whats the bloody problem?!  

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Still a few water drops on the fuselage and wing of the first Finnair A350 after a water cannon salute.  

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The last landing after a long day of training for this Swiss A330, back in early 2015. 

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-kind of- open letter to the @lufthansa pilots,

Without a doubt, you have a right to demonstrate, but I’am ashamed for your behavior. Currently LH has to bear the 14th strike wave, since 2012, over your decision to rule the companies decisions for the future. I can understand that its hard to make sacrifices, but you all should understand that if you go on with this self destructive behavior, and if LH goes on paying everyone the way they do, there will be no Lufthansa to fly for in a few years time. And you all now that. I think what is most disturbing is the fact that a pilot already earns up to 225.000€ a year, and that you are asking for 22%(!) more by April 2017. Additionally you are getting a pension payed by the German pension bank and a Lufthansa pension, one of the last companies to have this system. In times of  a minimum wage of 8,50€ in Germany you should be just fine with your paycheck. But what really triggered me is the interview with Thomas von Sturm, who should be ashamed to call himself a Lufthansa pilot, where he openly states that „If we have to we can go on with this for five years“ and says that he hopes (!!) that they can damage Lufthansas reputation that much, that the company will have to accept there conditions. So, Thomas, if its that what you want namely bleeding out the company you work for, which is one of Germanys most reputable ones, go on you’re doing great so far! I hope you and your colleagues will learn that what they have with Lufthansa is more than lucky, otherwise start writing an application to Ryanair soon, they need a lot of pilots in their new planes!      

best regards Nick Thestorf.

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The last rays of the sun reflecting on the engine of the 737 that took me back to Hamburg back in February. 

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As fresh as it gets! freshly painted this wonderful Eurowings A330 arrived in Hamburg after a delivery flight from Doha back in September.  

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New York shuttle. 

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Some pictures of my 737 farewell flight, back in August. It was a smooth and pleasant flight and I also want to say #ThankYou737!