The Berlin government is seriously considering rebuilding Berlin Airport Tempelhof for 62 Million Euro (54 Million GBP) into an amusement park!
Star-Architect Sir Norman Foster said about the world’s oldest passenger airport, “Tempelhof is the mother of all airports.”
Candy Bomber – Berlin Sky-lift … and so much more is history and belongs to Berlin Airport Tempelhof.
A group of concerned citizens has now set out to save the airport. Their idea is to keep Berlin Airport Tempelhof as a training centre for kids and a meeting place for young and old pilots, engineers, scientists and people interested in aerospace.
In their opinion this is what THF should become and this way money would be well spent.
There is a project, an After School Program in Compton, near Los Angeles. It’s called ‘Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum’.
With an aim to reduce the incidence of drug abuse, juvenile crimes and gang violence, Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum has introduced aviation training programs for young citizens. Through interactive school visits and flight training sessions, this establishment aims to secure the future employment prospects of deprived children.
Robin Petgrave, helicopter pilot with more than 15.000 flight hours founded te project in LAX in 1998. Together with politicians, enterprises, scientists and donators they have built up this sensational program. It’s a ‘Think Tank’ for projects in Aerospace for tomorrow.
This is something really positive!
Airport Tempelhof needs a program like that too!
We could kill two birds with one stone:
1) Airport Tempelhof would be a centre for the new pioneers in aerospace
2) We would give kids, who normally don’t have a real chance, a possibility to realize their dreams
Berlin Airport Tempelhof is a symbol for the friendship between Great Britain, U.S. and Germany. It can never ever be an amusement park.
Sign the petition to save Tempelhof here.