Frederic Handelmann

1. Do you remember your first flight as a pilot?

FH: Yes! It was in 1981, I was 13 years old, and it was in an ASK13 glider.

2. How many flying hours can you look back on?

FH: About 12,000 hours.

3. Which is your favourite aeroplane?

FH: DC-6, T-28, Extra 300

4. F-22 or Corsair? Airbus 380 or B-25?

FH: I can experience the allure of flying with the Flying Bulls. The airbus is for travelling to other countries and discovering far-off places.

5. If you could choose any plane, which would you like to fly, and why?

FH: The F-104 Starfighter ? why? ?The need for speed?.

6. Is there a (technical or design) feature on your aeroplane/helicopter which particularly intrigues you?

FH: The four 18-cylinder radial engines on the DC-6 ? and working together as a crew.

7. Which (flying) characteristics on which type of aeroplane/helicopter do you find particularly fascinating? And which do you view critically?

FH: I never cease to be impressed and excited by the aerobatic characteristics of the Extra 300, the speed of the T-28 and the grandeur of the DC-6!

8. Have you never had an uncomfortable feeling when boarding or during a flight because of the age of the machines?

FH: No. Never!

9. What was the most turbulent flight you?ve ever had?

FH: It was through the ?intertropical convergence zone?. Oh yes, and the aerobatic flight with Klaus Schrodt.

10. Which machine should definitely still be added to the Flying Bulls collection?

FH: I reckon our collection is complete!