Above the clouds
At this year's air show, students from the Faculty of Business Administration and Engineering Management once again took to the skies.
On June 3, 15 students and 4 professors (Prof. Kroschel, Prof. Fichna, Prof. Zips, Prof. Wendt) came together to fly.
Prof. Kroschel himself traveled from Dresden in a Comco Ikarus C-42 ultralight aircraft. This is a two-seater with a cruising speed of 150 km/h and a range of over 600 km.
Prof. Kroschel took 10 of our 15 students on a 15-minute sightseeing flight over Görlitz, the Landeskrone and Lake Berzdorf in his own microlight. In addition, two gliders and a motor glider were used, which the students and professors were also able to fly in. The gliders were partly winch-launched and partly towed into the air. This meant that every student was able to fly at least once, and most flew several times.
The perfect flying weather allowed the participants to admire the Zittau Mountains to the south and the Jeschken near Liberec and the Krkonoše Mountains to the south-east. Looking north-west, they could see as far as the Boxberg and Schwarze Pumpe power stations from the plane.
The day ended with a barbecue together.
The great thing about flying in a club like the Görlitz Gliding Club is that several people always have to work together to get a glider into the air. One person is needed on the winch and one on the radio. Two other people help to launch the glider and finally get it into the air. This teaches you how to work in a team. You can't make any mistakes, because there can be no compromises when it comes to your own safety and the safety of others. The ability to work in a team, accuracy and reliability: these are all skills that will also help you in your studies or career.
”On behalf of the students, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences and the Faculty of Business Administration and Engineering Management would like to thank Prof. Kroschel, Prof. Fichna, and the Görlitz Aviation Sports Club (Görlitzer Flugsportclub e.V.) for a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Jörg Kroschel joined our university in 2007 after studying economics at the University of Dortmund and completing his PhD thesis on U.S. tax law at the Technical University of Dresden. He is now the Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration and Engineering Management.
Before joining HSZG, Prof. Kroschel worked at the Dresden office of Ernst & Young, one of the Big Four accounting firms.
He has held a pilot’s license and owned an ultralight aircraft since 2016, and now he has once again taken students and colleagues alike up to new heights.
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