In January and February there has been good rain. Because of that a lot of grass has grown. Now the grass is "straw dry" and burns very easily and yeasty.
Our employees are prepared for this and as part of the neighborhood assistance, every fire in a 30km radius is extinguished by all farmers together. On the car there is a pump with a small water barrel and in the second vehicle more water is brought in.
At night you can see especially well how fierce the fires are.
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.