Word: tegeler
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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...maneuvers in France, turned up over East German Communist territory, lost and low on fuel. It was a clear violation of East Germany's airspace, just the kind of incident to touch off trouble. The tower in West Berlin could only order the planes to land at nearby Tegel, the French airfield in Berlin, for if the pilots headed back west on nearly empty fuel tanks, they might be forced to make an emergency landing in German Communist territory...
...Tunner's airlift required eight airfields in West Germany and three in Berlin, including famed Tempelhof, which was ringed by buildings. Tunner would use just three fields this time: at the West German end, the two closest to Berlin in the central air corridor, and in Berlin, unobstructed Tegel Airport in the French sector. Using these three fields would avoid the 5,000-ft. climb to clear mountains, cut the average distance nearly in half, permit the planes to flow toward Tegel at a mere 500 ft., returning in a wide northern loop to approach their home fields from...
...frequent mists, Tunner suggests an old-fashioned remedy: complete radio silence and conventional, though strictly controlled, blind flying. By sticking tightly to proper headings, noting elapsed time and speed, the pilots should have no trouble hitting West Berlin. Once there, haze-piercing, coded ground lights could direct them into Tegel with no complex letdown pattern. Tunner's key to a successful lift in bad weather: discipline must be rigid; the pilot can have almost no discretion...