AEROPLANE READER TOUR - Austria & Germany

A fabulous 10-day tour to Austria and Germany - accompanied by Aeroplane magazine's Assistant Editor - to some of the most beautiful areas of Europe. The forests and mountains of Austria and Bavaria, the Rhine Valley, and the splendour of Berlin. Our itinerary is a perfect blend of sightseeing and aviation, for aviation enthusiasts and long-suffering partners alike, ending in Germany's capital city at the very popular ILA Aerospace Exhibition and Air Show.


Mountains around Berchtesgaden, and the elegant city of Salzburg.


MAY 23 — JUNE 1, 2008
Highlights of the tour include:

• Museum Fahrzeug-Technik-Luftfahrt in Lauffen
• Free time in Salzburg to explore this beautiful city
• Bad Reichenhall
• Full-day lake cruise excursion to the fabulous Königsee
• Berchtesgaden, and a visit to the 'Eagle's Nest': Hitler's wartime mountain retreat
• Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Munich
• Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim in Oberschleissheim
• Technik Museum in Speyer
• Auto und Technik Museum in Sinsheim
• Heidelberg
• Scenic day's drive alongside the River Rhine stopping in Bingen, Rüdesheim, Assmannshausen and St Goar en route to the ancient town of Koblenz, where the rivers Rhine and Mosel merge
• Tempelhof Airport with its unique art deco terminal
• Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin
• ILA 2008 Inter national Aerospace Exhibition and Air Show. With examples of the Me262 and Bf109 now flying in Germany, we hope to see a repeat of their memorable flying display given at ILA 2006
• Free time in Berlin
• Luftwaffenmuseum, located at the ex-Luftwaffe and RAF airfield at Gatow.

TOUR PRICE PER PERSON WILL BE IN THE REGION OF: £1,169.
Based on sharing a twin-bedded room (£235 Single room supplement).

To secure a place on this tour, or to request a full itinerary (details are currently provisional), call Deborah at Ian Allan Aviation Tours on 01932 255 625.



Aircraft illustrations (from top): Messerschmitt Me 163B in the Luftwaffenmuseum at the historic Berlin-Gatow airfield; Messerschmitt Bf 109G-4 in the Technikmuseum at Speyer; Antonov An-22 on outdoor display at Speyer. Photos: Peter W. Cohausz