Training accident in Lower Bavaria

StephenLawson · 2 May 2005, 12:26 PM

Greetings all here is a beauty. One intact Albatros D.V (no camouflage on the wings...trainer) a wrecked bird (Albatros D...?) and an Albatros C.III (probably bringing a medic from the training station) in a dry river bed near the town of Landshut. Probably post May 1918.

5 May 2005, 08:42 PM

SL... Many thanks for the fascinating photo (This one is a new acquisition)! But you know what strikes me even more than the Albatrosses in the photo is that double-damned dry riverbed! What... did they have the mother of all droughts that year in Bayern??? I mean... look at the hight of those pilings on that pier in the background! We're talking serious "wrath of God" stuff. Amazing! Thank you for sharing that one, mein Freund.

"Prost!"

Hans · 6 May 2005, 02:50 PM

No drought, Herr von Reichel. It's quite usual to have broad meadows along rivers when they flow through a city. High water levels in winter and early sping makes this necessary. These high levels just last a few days. The rest of the year these meadows are used for any sort of leisure activities.

Hans

6 May 2005, 08:59 PM

Hans.. Viele Dank, mein freund für die Erklärung! Ich habe keine Idee gehabt, die die Wässerhöhen so drastisch Faszinieren geschwankt haben, wirklich.. "Hals und Beinbruch, mein Verwandter!"

(Hans... Many thanks, my freund for the explanation! I had no idea that the water levels fluctuated so drastically Fascinating, really... "Hals und Beinbruch, my kinsman!")

"Prost!"