Pull away from the dock and take off to the West. Make a climbing turn to the left

to 120 degrees and fly direct to Dannenberg 385.0. Your assigned altitude is 4,500’ Traffic

to Gatow is above you: C-47’s at 5,000’ , Yorks at 5,500’ and C-54’s at 6,000’

Crusing Speed is 153 knots. Fly direct to Frohnau NDB. Plan your descent

to pass over the NDB at 2,000’, then turn right to 205 degrees. Pass over Tegel at

1,500’ and continue to Lake Havelsee (adjacent to Gatow) via Pichelswerder. Land from the north

and do not pass south of the dock. Traffic to Gatow passes over the lake at 500’

From	To	Frequency	Heading	Distance
Hamburg	Dannenberg DZ	294.0	121 deg	55 nm
Dannenberg	Frohnau FO	340.0	109 deg	84 nm
Frohnau	Pichelswerde PCW	315.0	205 deg	8 nm
Pichelswerde	Lake Havelsee HVL	382.0	193 deg	2 nm

Lake Havelsee to Hamburg

Pull away from the dock and take off toward the south, passing below the Gatow RW26 approach before lifting off.. Level off at 1,000’ and fly direct to Wansee, then 270deg for 5nm and 360deg for 17nm until past the Frohnau 340.0 110deg bearing. Maintain 1,000’ until reacing the Frohnau 110 deg bearing. You will be passing beneath outbound traffic from Templehoff, Gatow and Tegel. And beneath inbound traffic to Frohnua. At the Frohnau 112deg bearing turn left to 300deg and climb to your assigned altitude of 4,000’. Cruising Speed is 153 knots. Caution! You are using the northern edge of the northern corridor. Altitudes 4,500’ and up are used by Eastbound flights, although if everyone is on course they should be south of you. Check your bearing to Restorf RES 420.0 to make sure it is off to your left.

From	To	Frequency	Heading	Distance
Lake Havelsee	Wansee WZ bearing 110	308.0	200	4 nm
Wansee	5nm West		270	5 nm
	17 nm North		360	17 nm
Frohnau 112 bearing	Luneburg LUN 180 bearing	285.0	300	104 nm
Luneburg 180 bearing	Hamburg SeaBase HSB	350.0	278	25 nm

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