The rain has slacked up a little bit.įlorenz Gilly: That’s the voice of Herbert Morrison. Herbert Morrison: It’s starting to rain again. in the 1930s.įlorenz Gilly: Until this one day in the spring of 1937, May 6th.
Leon: Probably the most famous of all airships was the Hindenburg, which completed several roundtrips between Germany and the U.S. And it was a real technical sensation at the time. Leon Ginzel: I mean, still quite short if you consider that going overseas by ship took several weeks.įlorenz Gilly. Leon Ginzel: Apart from propeller-driven aircrafts, there was a different kind of flying objects occupying the air space: humongous ‘airships.’ Big hydrogen-filled vehicles, which looked like gigantic cigars.įlorenz Gilly: The so-called Zeppelin took up to three days to fly from Frankfurt to New York. And now, sit back and enjoy the flight.įlorenz Gilly: The 1930s mark the beginning of commercial air traffic across the big pond. So, please fasten your seat belt and leave your earbuds in at all times. And we will discuss how the climate crisis will change the way we travel with planes. We will meet an incredible young German woman, which looped around the Statue of Liberty, and we will learn how the work of pilots and stewardesses have changed during the last couple of years. In the next 28 minutes or so, we will take a deep dive into the history of aviation and highlight the importance of air travel between Germany and the U.S. My name is Leon Ginzel and sitting next to me is my co-host Florenz Gilly. Leon Ginzel: Dear passengers, welcome aboard this BIG PONDER flight from Berlin city to Washington, D.C., with stops in Berlin-Tempelhof and Frankfurt am Main. And then our whole luggage was double-checked. And the clever dog smelled the apple, and it’s forbidden to import them. Leon Ginzel: You don’t believe it! It was because of an apple! Deep inside my bag. Leon Ginzel: Fun story: On our way to the exit, we were stopped at the baggage claim by the police because the search dog had sniffed something. And it felt really like a new way to travel to also a new world. But the flight itself was really, really nice. Leon Ginzel: And at 5 a.m, in the morning, and - exactly - there was a cleaning machine starting right next to us.
With neon lights flashing the whole night. Then, we slept on the bench at the airport near like a snack bar. Thing was that the flight was so early in the morning that we have to go to Brussels the day before. Leon Ginzel: Well, my first transatlantic crossing was ten years ago, from Brussels to Canada. This feeling you get in your stomach the second the airplane takes off and accelerates - like in a roller coaster - there is still nothing that could beat that!įlorenz Gilly: What about you, Leon? When did you first fly overseas? For me, flying was still one big adventure. Leon Ginzel: For me, it sounds like a nightmare.įlorenz Gilly: Kind of, but, you know, I was too small to realize the stakes. And when the pilot finally regained control over the aircraft, everyone sighed, you know, in relief. You know, red wine and tomato juice spilling everywhere.
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Dropped some couple hundred meters down in free fall. On our way to Frankfurt, we actually hit an air pocket.įlorenz Gilly: Yes. A continental flight from Frankfurt to either Tampa, Florida, or Fort Lauderdale. Florenz, do you remember your first transatlantic flight?įlorenz Gilly: That must have been in 2000, I believe. The Big Ponder - Airlines (PDF, 478 kB).
Yassine El Mansouri took the photo for this episode. The sound effect “Having a Smoke” by husky70 is in the public domain. The sound effects are from straget, qubodup, and ebcrosby, all licensed under CC BY 3.0 licenses via Freesound. The audio greeting by Gail Halvorsen is used by courtesy of his family, with help from the social media team of the Senatskanzlei Berlin. Florenz and Leon also produced the episode “ The Diner.” The music for “Airlines” comes from Blue Dot Sessions. In this episode, Florenz and Leon talk with pilots, flight attendants, and travelers about flying. In 2019, Leon worked at KUOW in Seattle as a fellow of the RIAS Berlin Kommission. Leon works as a freelance reporter for several German radio stations and is the co-host of the podcast Doppelspitze. During a year abroad at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, he covered local news for the town’s radio station WVBR. Florenz is a freelance reporter and the producer of the podcast This is Ithaca. This historical piece is by Florenz Gilly and Leon Ginzel, a Berlin-based production team.
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