Air shows and flying days have become rare in Germany. There are too many regulations and fewer and fewer responsible organizers want to take on the associated risk. With its family festival, the LSC air sports club in Leverkusen has found a way to attract flying enthusiasts and revive the special flair of the old air shows. The gliding area, on the site of the former Bayer sports center at Kurtekotten, is located at the gates of Cologne and the Bergisches Land region. As soon as you take off from the runway for powered aircraft, you can already see the first suburbs of the Cologne metropolis. For Dieter Morsezeck, there was no question of supporting the LSC with Junkers Flugzeugwerke GmbH. He went even further and handed over one of the first Junkers A50s (Junior) delivered to the air sports club for training purposes at a small celebration on August 25, 2013. This means that the club now has the long-term opportunity to become an A50 base for Junkers Flugzeugwerke.
In addition to the Junkers A50 on display, two of the Junkers F13 replica aircraft could also be admired at the end of the flight line at the Junkers Flugzeugwerke tent. Thanks to the good weather, visitors were able to marvel at the two aircraft during several take-offs and landings, as well as together with the Junkers Junior in a formation flyover. The flypast of Cologne Cathedral was the highlight for the Junkers F13 passengers. This spectacular experience was made possible thanks to the support of air traffic control at Cologne-Bonn Airport and the fact that the route between Leverkusen and Cologne Cathedral only takes 15 minutes for a return flight.
Junkers Flugzeugwerke will also be supporting the LSC Leverkusen Flugfest 2024 next year.
Here you can find some impressions of the flight festival:
