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The End of Tempelhof

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Closes today.....30th October

http://www.welt.de/english-news/article ... pathy.html

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Seems sad. Youd think that somewhere with such history and such an excellent location would have a future. Looks ideal for regional jet operations. Budapest revamped their similar 1930s/50s terminal 1 at Ferihegy and as far as I know that went very well and is now used by LCCs while the likes Malev and BA use the modern terminal 2.
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Shame that it's closed now. At least I've got it in my logbook once.
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I shall always remember it fondly after operating out of there for about 18 months in BEA S111s alongside the PanAm 727s. I used to love the bit as you arrived and got handed your allowances for the four or five day tour in notes (DM) :flying:

Another nice aspect was that at the end of the week you would as often as not, POSITION home as a passenger with a bottle of Duty Free! :dancer:
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