He has been a helicopter pilot for 45 years and has been flying rescue helicopters since 1990 - most recently Christoph 54 from Freiburg Airport. Andreas Helwig is now retiring - and has a lot to tell.
TO THE ARTICLE »The aid organizations Ukraine Air Rescue and Safer Ukraine are flying children with cancer from the war-torn country to Western Europe for further treatment. Also from Freiburg.
TO THE ARTICLE »Big eyes among aircraft enthusiasts: a genuine Dornier Do 328 airliner is now landing at the airfield more often. It is the aircraft of choice for SC Freiburg and other Bundesliga clubs.
TO THE ARTICLE »The tower at Freiburg Airport coordinates up to 35,000 flight movements every year. Chilli editor Philip Thomas spent a day looking over the shoulders of the air traffic controllers.
TO THE ARTICLE »A small plane took off from Freiburg Airport on Wednesday morning in the direction of the Polish-Ukrainian border: On board are 140 kilograms of medical supplies for the clinic in Butscha.
TO THE ARTICLE »A special operation in Hamburg was the only chance for two unborn twins. Because time was of the essence, an acquaintance of the family organized an unusual transport.
TO THE ARTICLE »A small plane from Freiburg has brought relief supplies to the Polish border. A total of 180 kilograms of medicines and medical supplies for a hospital in Kiev were on board.
TO THE ARTICLE »Oliver Barth is head of the DRF air rescue service in Freiburg. In an interview with Hannes Selz, the pilot explains what is important during missions and when landing.
TO THE ARTICLE »After an interruption of 24 years, the connection to domestic German air traffic (Südflug GmbH) was re-established in Freiburg, in the presence of the district president Anton Dichtel, among others.
TO THE ARTICLE »The Freiburg-based company FFH Aviation Training trains 50 pilots a year. After a sharp decline during the pandemic, the number of student pilots has returned to normal.
TO THE ARTICLE »The DRF Luftrettung helicopter stationed in Freiburg flew 1,493 missions last year. That is almost exactly the same number as in the previous year. Overall, however, the rescue helicopters stationed in Baden-Württemberg flew slightly fewer missions than before. In 2022, they flew a total of 9,101 missions, 71 fewer than in 2021, as announced by DRF Luftrettung on Tuesday (17.01.2023).
Stern TV accompanies the DRF Freiburg team on joint missions in Freiburg and the surrounding area.