Pirmin Sensing prepares the oxygen bottles in the morning and evening so that everyone can take off on time.
After the really good thermal days, the shelf of empty oxygen bottles is full to the top.
The oxygen transfer pump is then working at full capacity. Pirmin can fill 5 cylinders with oxygen at the same time.
The O2 flows from 4 large storage cylinders into the small cylinders. The pump ensures that there is 200 bar in each bottle at the end.
This means that a long distance can be covered at lofty heights.
A stay at the Bitterwasser Lodge is usually beyond the financial means of young pilots. At the same time, the next generation is the key to the future of our wonderful sport—and of the lodge as well. That is why supporting young pilots is a core part of the Bitterwasser Flying Center’s mission.
Early October is the ideal time to prepare the runways for flight operations. You can land at the Bitterwasser Flying Lodge in every which direction—depending on how you look at it, on 8 runways (plus one emergency runway), each in two directions. Jeremias carefully levels the landing area over the course of several weeks.