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In celebration of the Fliegerwerkstatt’s roll-out social return invited 24 entrepreneuers to encourage support in aviation industry. Special guest and supporter of our initiative was Bertrand Piccard, adventurer and scientist who already completed a non-stop balloon flight around the world and currently runs the Solar Impuls 2 project to create global awareness of clean energy. With his personal experience, he inspired all those present to try the impossible, to develop pioneering and to implement sustainable ideas together.

Four teams were playing for the Cup!

Three teams of our partner schools and the aviators of our workshop:

For this question we sent for a specialist: our volunteer Michael Lein is an aviation professional and explained the young people in a very vivid way the physical background of buoyancy, air flow, force and counterforce.

For the small flyer the laws of physics are the same as for a giant Jumbo.

The catapults for self-created flyers are made of wood.

Which hammer hits the nail fastest into the wood? Which technique is the best? What looks so simple, requires concentration and skill!

At the end there was only one winner in each group:

Hristo from the Alfred-Nobel-School and Tobias from the Ferdinand-Freiligrath-School.

A long day of shooting, hard work, but also a lot of fun! With the production company mmpro we shoot our first video about the Fliegerwerkstatt. Starring: our youth! To be on view from 19 November on our new website!

In the morning on the set.

“Sound and action!”

In the afternoon the parcours-team joins us. The camera is still in place.

Done: Everything in the box!

The intention of our graffiti workshop is to achieve a common goal by creating a big picture together. Besides, the students learn how to deal with paints and varnishes, to apply different spraying techniques and to observe working safety regulations. With the support of our volunteer Jerome Gillen the eight students of the Alfred-Nobel-School created a logo for the Fliegerwerkstatt.

In the new school year 2015/2016 the Fliegerwerkstatt starts in two co-operations with Berlin secondary schools. Within the arena of product design the classes of 12 students of the Ferdinand-Freiligrath-School in Kreuzberg takes place once a week in our halls in Tempelhof. They become familiar with tools and equipment, learn to deal with different materials and produce their first products according to the blueprints.

The practice class of Alfred Nobel School in Neukölln comes three times a week. The focus for the 9th and 10th-graders is apart from technical workshops, how to prepare them for their career entry. Resume Writing, Job Training and Internship search paid off: In the meantime,  5 students could be placed in internships.

The third co-operation is launched in November: 10 students of the senior high school LOTIS from Tempelhof deepen their craftsmanship and technical abilities to find out in which professional direction they want to go in their future.

From 10 to 30 August 2015 our staff is on summer vacation. During this period the Fliegerwerkstatt will be closed.

Since four weeks the first students of Alfred-Nobel-School join us once a week at the Fliegerwerkstatt. They build up the workbenches and they helped to shape the setup of our course.

On the last day before the holidays the wooden border for the sprung floor was completed.

For a 2nd time, the Marianne-Cohn-School uses the offer of the Fliegerwerkstatt to give their students the opportunity to familiarize with handcraft.

With enthusiasm everyone works according to his opportunities, the sense of achievement inspires.