The 70th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, where over 27 DC-3s/C-47s will turn into Candy Bombers and again drop sweets over Berlin!

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1 GERMANY 70 th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift & Sinsheim & Speyer Museums Tour PROVISIONAL ITINERARY Tuesday, 11 th Thursday, 20 th June, 2019 The 70th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, where over 27 DC-3s/C-47s will turn into Candy Bombers and again drop sweets over Berlin! If you are on our 75th Anniversary of the D-Day Landing and Normandy Battlefield Tour you can transfer to this tour. The itinerary will travel at a relaxed pace, staying several days in beautiful Berlin and Frankfurt with plenty of sightseeing opportunities for non-aviation minded persons, everyone is free to do as much or as little aviation as they wish!. Our tours are designed for travel at a level to suit all ages. In Berlin we will visit: Tempelhof Airport: we have a guided tour of the US Air Force s Berlin Airlift airbase Gatow (pictured left): ex-luftwaffe and RAF; the former s Airlift airfield and now home of the huge Luftwaffe Museum Zossen/Wünsdorf: Hitler s vast complex of underground operations and control bunkers last used by the Soviets Schonhagen airfield: we will be there when the fleet of DC-3s arrive from Fassberg Gatow or Tempelhof: one of them will be the venue for the Candy Drop Alliierten Museum: presents the history of the Berlin Airlift and the Cold War division of the city. The tour starts in Berlin on the 12 th June: it is here that you will meet your Global Aviation Tour Manager and fellow enthusiasts. There are excellent flight connections between Australian Capital cities. Contact us and we will arrange your flights with our vast flight network to provide the best flight experience to Europe. Admission is included to all the museums and visits in Germany as appropriate. We travel Germany in a deluxe, air-conditioned coach and stay in quality & comfortable hotels in Berlin and Frankfurt on a bed and breakfast basis. Our exclusive small group tours offer personalised service throughout by our well-travelled and experienced Tour Manager. PROVISIONAL ITINERARY (all times local) DAY 1: TUESDAY, 11th JUNE Travel to Berlin. Book your flights with us and any pre and post tours throughout Europe. After the usual arrival procedures we stay 6 nights on a bed and breakfast basis at the 4* Berlin Mark Hotel. In the reception area please meet your Global Aviation Tour Manager and check-in to your room. The hotel is situated down a quiet street; It is air-conditioned, spacious rooms equipped with a flat-

2 screen TV with satellite channels. The trendy cocktail lounge serves drinks and snacks. Evening meals can be taken (at your own expense) at any one of dozens of restaurants and cafes in the surrounding area. DAY 2: WEDNESDAY, 12 th JUNE Today is a free day in Berlin to enjoy at your leisure to relax in this beautiful European city, your hotel is only a 2-minute walk to the famous Kurfürstendamm (or Ku-damm) shopping strasse. The Uhlandstraße Underground Station is a 4-minute walk away; a 10-minute walk is the famous and very popular tourist attractions of the Memorial Church and Berlin Zoo. There are train connections to all parts of the German capital from the Zoologischer Garten Train Station. There is so much history in Berlin to explore. DAY 3: THURSDAY, 13 th JUNE Departing the hotel at 07:30 we drive 1 hour to Zossen to a little known area which played a vital part in World War Two: Hitler s wartime command and control headquarters: Maybach I and II were a large number of above and underground bunkers built 20 kilometres south of Berlin in Wünsdorf near Zossen to house the High Command of the Army (in Maybach I) and the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces (in Maybach II) during the Second World War. Pictured left is one of the entrances to a bunker; they were made to look like a normal house to deceive spying eyes from the sky! The two Maybach bunkers were largely destroyed by the Soviet Armed Forces (GSSD) in late 1946 in accordance with four-power agreement on the occupation of Germany, although some buildings survived including the almost entirely intact and separate communications bunker Zeppelin. Zeppelin was to play a considerable and vitally important part in the Russian war machine during the Soviet Cold War era. Further bunkers were subsequently added to house the central command and communications functions of the Soviet army in East Germany (the GDR). We will have a guided tour in English - of both the German and Soviet bunkers. We spend the rest of the day at the ex-luftwaffe (and RAF) airfield of Gatow, looking around one of the best aviation museums in Europe (if not the world!): the excellent Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr-Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow and its huge number of aircraft 214 at the last count, plus 66 air defence missile and radar systems. The Museum focuses mainly on the history of the post-war German Air Force and has a fabulous collection of more than 600,000 items, including 5,000 uniforms, 30,000 books and documents, art, personal estates, training materials and a great deal more. Not surprisingly, not all are on public display! Uniquely, there is at least one aircraft of every type ever to serve in the air forces of both East and West Germany! There are also displays on the history of the airfield when it was used by the RAF including the famous intelligencegathering DHC Chipmunk from the Station Flight, which is now on display after being moved from the Alliierten Museum (the secret camera is visible). DAY 4: FRIDAY, 14 th JUNE Today is a free day in Berlin to enjoy at your leisure and to explore exciting city. A favourite for tourists is to purchase a ticket for one of the several hop on, hop off sightseeing coach trips. There are many famous landmarks to visit in Berlin. Berlin, Germany s capital, dates to the 13th century. Reminders of the city's turbulent 20th-century history include its Holocaust memorial and the Berlin Wall's graffitied remains. Divided during the Cold War, its 18th-century Brandenburg Gate has become a symbol of reunification. The city is known for its art scene and modern landmarks like the gold-coloured, swooproofed Berliner Philharmonie, built in DAY 5: SATURDAY, 15 th JUNE We have confirmation of a 2-hours guided tour of Tempelhof airfield, starting at 09:30 - one of the most spectacular buildings in Europe. It was the airfield used by the US Air Force in the Berlin Airlift.

3 A landmark of the Third Reich, Tempelhof Airport s main building is a historically protected landmark and a symbol of the eventful history of Berlin itself. On the one hand, it is an expression of Nazi ideology and served in World War II as a weapons production site using forced labour; on the other hand, Tempelhof is also a symbol of freedom, and the Airlift of 1948/49 made the airport famous throughout the world. During the division of the city in the Cold War the airport was the gateway to freedom for many Berliners. Midday we arrive at the small airfield of Schonhagen south of Berlin, ready for when the Berlin Airlift Daks arrive in order to commemorate the 70 th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift. We plan on being on the airfield for an optional lunch (at your own expense) in their café prior to photographing their arrival. DAY 6: SUNDAY, 16 th JUNE Today the DC-3s/C-47s will replicate the famous Candy Bombers of 1948 and 1949 when Allied aircraft would drop sweets and chocolates to the civil populace as they flew into the airfields of Tegel, Tempelhof and Gatow. We await confirmation of when and where the drop will take place: Tempelhof or Gatow. The Berlin Blockade (24 th June th May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multi-national occupation of post World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. The Soviets offered to drop the blockade if the Western Allies withdrew the newly introduced Deutsche Mark from West Berlin. In response, the Western Allies organised what became known as the Berlin Airlift (26 th June th September 1949), to carry supplies to the people of West Berlin, a difficult feat given the size of the city's population. Aircrews from the United States Air Force, the Royal Air Force, the French Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and the South African Air Force flew over 200,000 flights in one year, providing to the West Berliners up to 8,893 tons of necessities each day, such as fuel and food. The Soviets did not disrupt the airlift for fear this might lead to open conflict, and by the spring of 1949 the airlift was clearly succeeding; by April it was delivering more cargo than had previously been transported into the city by rail. Suddenly, on the 12 th May 1949, the USSR lifted the blockade. The Berlin Blockade served to highlight the then competing ideological and economic visions for post-war Europe. We will also visit today the Alliierten Museum which covers the Berlin Airlift, the dividing of Berlin into East and West and the Cold War years. The Museum s exhibits include part of the tunnel dug to wire-tap the Soviet telephone system; the French military train; the guardhouse from Checkpoint Charlie; and an RAF Handley Page Hastings T.5 (pictured left). We understand that the Vickers Varsity is now in store on Tegel Airport. Since the closure of Tempelhof Airport in 2008, the Allied Museum has been trying, without much success to date, to relocate to the old airport at some point. DAY 7: MONDAY, 17 th JUNE Mid-morning, having checked out of our hotel we transfer by coach to Berlin Central Station and here we take our seats on the Inter City Express (ICE) train to Frankfurt departing at 12:30 arriving at the Frankfurt at 16:44. ICE trains are modern state-of-the-art trains which can reach speeds of up to 300 km/h and use tilting technology to maintain these speeds on the bends. On arrival in to Frankfurt we then transfer and check in to our City Centre hotel.

4 DAY 8: TUESDAY, 18 th JUNE Today is a free day in Frankfurt to enjoy at your leisure. A favourite for tourists is to purchase a ticket for one of the several hop on, hop off sightseeing coach trips or do a guided walking tour of Roemerberg. DAY 9: WEDNESDAY, 19 th JUNE After loading our luggage on the coach we depart the hotel at 08:00 and drive just over 1 hour to Technik Museum Speyer. We arrive at Technik Museum Speyer at approximately The Technik Museum Speyer has 25,000 sq metres of covered hall space and 150,000 sq metres of open space, the museum displays over 3,000 exhibits. The highlight on the outdoor area is the Boeing 747, the Lufthansa Jumbo Jet, which can be walked on completely: From the interior to the cockpit to the cargo hold of the huge transport plane, everything can be visited. In addition, visitors to the left wing of the Boeing can enjoy a magnificent view over the museum grounds at a height of 20 meters. Also in the outdoor area: the submarine U9, whose interior is also completely accessible to visitors. In the halls, the largest space exhibition in Europe is waiting to be discovered: here you will find more than 600 other exhibits in addition to the Russian Space Shuttle Buran, which impressively document the history of space travel from the beginning to the current space station ISS. There are also numerous other exhibits, including locomotives, vintage cars, fire engines, motorcycles and much more. Changing special exhibitions and vehicle meetings provide additional variety. Next door is the IMAX Dome Film theatre, which is connected to the TECHNIK MUSEUM SPEYER. Here, the feature films are not projected on a flat screen as usual, but on a gigantic dome, which offers visitors a unique movie experience. We overnight at the Speyer Hotel; the hotel is located right in the centre of Speyer, just a few minutes' walk from the world-famous Imperial Cathedral. The Speyer Cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the most important monuments of Romanesque architecture. In the old town many romantic wine bars invite you to linger. Who wants to experience the view of the cathedral and the old town from the Rhine, can experience this unique experience on board three passenger ships. DAY 10: THURSDAY, 20 th JUNE After loading our luggage on the coach we depart the hotel at 08:30 and drive 37kms to Technik Museum Sinsheim. In the Technik Museum Sinsheim more than 60 aircraft and helicopters are awaiting you in the museum halls and on the open-air ground. Besides the legendary supersonic aircraft Concorde and Tupolev TU- 144 there are many more icons of aviation history that can be admired and visited. Experience the legendary passenger aircraft Junkers Ju- 52, military aircraft like the World War II fighter plane Messerschmitt Me-109 or unusual aircraft like the firefighting plane Canadair CL-215. Also at the museum is a great collection of vintage cars, sports cars and Formula 1 vehicles, motorcycles, commercial vehicles, locomotives, musical instruments and engines - there is something new to discover on every corner. An unforgettable experience is the visit of the IMAX 3D cinema, which uses state-of-the-art 4k laser technology to show spectacular films in unprecedented brilliance and sharpness on a gigantic screen. We depart the Technik Museum Sinsheim at 14:30 for our drive back to Frankfurt Airport arriving at 16:00. We bid each auf Wiedersehn until we meet again! and board our onward flights back home or to another wonderful destination.

5 TOUR PRICE INCLUDES Transfers and travel in de-luxe, air-conditioned coach Inter City Express (ICE) train from Berlin to Frankfurt 9 nights accommodation in rooms with private facilities Continental breakfast each morning Admission to all museums and collections as stated Services of an Global Aviation Tour Manager Tour Apparel Coach driver s gratuity NOT INCLUDED Meals, other than those stated Any unforeseen, additional charges for taking photographs and/or video Travel Insurance Personal expenditure, for example, telephone calls, laundry, drinks, etc. Admission to any additional museums other than those stated in the itinerary Tips and gratuities (other than for the coach driver)