BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20181030T174500Z DTEND:20181030T193000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Stars & Stripes: 70th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift DESCRIPTION:In Summer 2019\, 70 years after the original event\, about 40 original machines (DC 3 + DC 4 + JU 52) from four continents will fly the former routes all the way to Berlin to commemorate the Berlin Airlift. In 1948\, the former capital of Germany was at the very edge of a beginning political confrontation between the east and the west better known as The Cold War. When all accesses to the western part of Berlin were closed by the Sowjet army in the summer of 1948\, only air transportation was able to support the city of Berlin and its more than 2 million citizens. Until then\, nobody had any idea how to set up such a huge operation. But thanks to personal initiative\, courage\, trust and an unconditional will of the western allies to help\, it turned out to become the most spectacular and largest relief operation in history. It was an organizational and logistical masterpiece and an impressive demonstration of humanitarian support and adherence. \nJoin us at the San Diego Campus for a webinar (and lunch!) on the anniversary of this historical event!\n\nAbout the Presenters: Peter Braun and Thomas Keller\n\nBorn in 1965 in Ten Boer\, Netherlands\, Peter Braun is an Initiator of the Berlin Airlift 70 and an independent management consultant. Braun works in Groningen\, The Netherlands\, and is a specialist in aircraft types and their history and is an ex-paratrooper.\n\nThomas KELLER was born in 1957 in Remscheid\, Germany. Keller is an Initiator of the Berlin Airlift 70 and an independent M & A consultant. Keller is also an ex-paratrooper and lives and works in Hamburg Germany. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:


\nIn Summer 2019\, 70 years after the original event\, about 40 original machines (DC 3 + DC 4 + JU 52) from four continents will fly the former routes all the way to Berlin to commemorate the Berlin Airlift. In 1948\, the former capital of Germany was at the very edge of a beginning political confrontation between the east and the west better known as The Cold War. When all accesses to the western part of Berlin were closed by the Sowjet army in the summer of 1948\, only air transportation was able to support the city of Berlin and its more than 2 million citizens. Until then\, nobody had any idea how to set up such a huge operation. But thanks to personal initiative\, courage\, trust and an unconditional will of the western allies to help\, it turned out to become the most spectacular and largest relief operation in history. It was an organizational and logistical masterpiece and an impressive demonstration of humanitarian support and adherence. \;

\nJoin us at the San Diego Campus for a webinar (and lunch!) on the anniversary of this historical event!\n\n

About the Presenters: Peter Braun and Thomas Keller

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Born in 1965 in Ten Boer\, Netherlands\, Peter Braun is an Initiator of the Berlin Airlift 70 and an independent management consultant. Braun works in Groningen\, The Netherlands\, and is a specialist in aircraft types and their history and is an ex-paratrooper.

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Thomas KELLER was born in 1957 in Remscheid\, Germany. Keller is an Initiator of the Berlin Airlift 70 \;and an independent M &\; A consultant. Keller is also an ex-paratrooper and lives and works in Hamburg Germany.

\n LOCATION:Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 8799 Balboa Ave Classroom 6 San Diego\, CA 92123 UID:e.784.22171 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260417T064644Z URL:https://chamber.sdbusinesschamber.com/events/details/stars-stripes-70th-anniversary-of-the-berlin-airlift-22171 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR