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742:"Flugdienst Sauerland: Impressum|Kontakt|Anfahrt"
670:"Helicopter history site: Soest, Bad Sassendorf"
470:The small airfield also holds flying days where
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225:Location of airport in Germany
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548:"Luftfahrt: Fliegender Fisch"
290:Soest-Bad Sassendorf Airfield
25:Soest-Bad Sassendorf Airfield
1145:Ingolstadt/Manching Air Base
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578:"Part boat, part plane, the
387:units based there included:
363:(from 1971 until mid-1994),
355:Previously been used by the
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1330:History of the British Army
608:"Army Air Corps in Germany"
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586:www.DigitalJournal.com
409:British Forces Germany
132:; 68 years ago
117:North Rhine-Westphalia
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944:Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden
728:www.TandemSpringen.de
596:on 30 September 2020.
333:ground effect vehicle
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465:Flugdienst Sauerland
415:, Suffolk, England.
377:Westland Gazelle AH1
320:, is now a civilian
179:51.57806°N 8.21472°E
1130:Frankfurt-Egelsbach
984:Paderborn/Lippstadt
618:on 22 January 2017.
357:Royal Canadian Army
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1190:Sankt Peter-Ording
858:Berlin–Brandenburg
724:"Tandem Skydiving"
706:"Soester-Anzeiger"
413:Wattisham Airfield
373:Westland Scout AH1
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1160:Leipzig–Altenburg
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796:Soester Flugtagen
761:www.AirVenture.de
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1088:Unscheduled
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994:SaarbrĂĽcken
939:Heringsdorf
447:available.
182: /
170:008°12′53″E
157:Coordinates
1324:Categories
1277:Statistics
1195:Siegerland
1140:Hof–Plauen
1079:Wangerooge
1049:Heligoland
868:DĂĽsseldorf
798:— air days
534:References
472:aerobatics
458:gyrocopter
343:to 8
339:(3.9
326:aero clubs
167:51°34′41″N
137:1956-06-01
1205:Straubing
1165:Magdeburg
1069:Norderney
979:Nuremberg
969:Memmingen
888:Stuttgart
873:Frankfurt
433:skydivers
302:Sauerland
248:Direction
1302:Aviation
1210:Uetersen
1105:Bayreuth
1100:Augsburg
1059:Langeoog
1017:Domestic
964:Mannheim
934:Hannover
909:Dortmund
833:Airports
580:Airfisch
516:See also
361:Cold War
322:airfield
310:Möhnesee
308:and the
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109:Location
87:Operator
1314:Germany
1288:Portals
1229:Defunct
1185:Parchim
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1024:Baltrum
989:Rostock
914:Dresden
878:Hamburg
837:Germany
445:Jet A-1
427:(2,690
252:Length
236:Runways
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121:Germany
82:Private
74:Summary
1175:MĂĽritz
1095:Aachen
1029:Borkum
959:LĂĽbeck
949:Kassel
904:Bremen
883:Munich
688:"EDLZ"
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274:2,690
268:07/25
127:Opened
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