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The Liaison Office rose from the ashes of RAF Brüggen and consists of the following personnel: 1 x RAFLO (Flt Lt) 1 x DRAFLO (WO) 1 x FS 1 x Sgt 3 x Cpl’s 8 x SAC’s (inc 2 x Mov Op)
Many changes have happened at Hannover since those times and as is the same for many of us in the trade OP TELIC had a big bearing on how we now operate. Gone are the scheduled charters into Stansted, replaced by a daily part charter which we have minimal dealings with, and along with that went the ‘contact monitoring’ of the check-in staff. The easy life was about to disappear!
Of course the charters didn’t completely go; we were soon inundated with Antonovs, Ilyushins, B747’s etc etc. Hang on, hang on, all of a sudden we have to earn our LAO!! TELIC 1 finished and we thought “Phew, I’m glad that’s all over!”, then what happened……TELIC 2, 3, 4 etc etc. The overused phrase out here is “Don’t worry, it’ll quieten down next month”. Well, just like tomorrow, next month never comes!
It’s not all doom and gloom though, Hannover gives the guys and gals posted here the opportunity to get a lot of hands on experience in many aspects of the trade, a lot of which people don’t get to do at just one unit. Another plus point to this posting is the travel opportunities (if you can get the leave!!). Germany has a lot to offer, what with Hamburg only an hours drive north of here and Berlin less than 3 hours drive east. The Hartz Mountains are only a hop skip and a jump away for all of your skiing and snowboarding needs in the winter and walking and climbing in the summer. Further south sees the Black Forest and the rest of south east Europe beyond. Of course with more and more airlines putting on ‘no frills’ flight options, it’s just getting easier to get around.
Civil Airport Information
Address:
Hannover
Airport, Petzelstrasse 84, 30669 Hannover, Germany Number of terminals: 3
Country code:
49
Transfer Between Terminals:
The terminals are situated close together and are easily accessible on foot.
RAFLO Hannover Helpful Links (click on image to be taken to the page)
Hannover Airport
HLX (Hapag-Lloyd Express)
Air Berlin
British Midland
Contact Information
All of the relevant contact information can be found at KIHAJX. |
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Only a few years ago
this small detachment at Hannover Airport only had to contend with a
bi-weekly charter to Stansted and a few Off Base Tasks (OBT’s) to Paderborn
and Münster and the odd AT/VIP aircraft thrown in for good measure. Having
to deal with ‘contract monitoring’ of the civilian check-in staff and
filling out F1771’s were normal daily tasks. EX MEDMAN back then meant a
busy period of aircraft numbers in the double figures, sometimes more than
one on the same day!!
