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A huge syringe over the southeast of Baden-Württemberg
Photo: flightradar24
The day before Christmas Eve, the pilot stayed in the air a little less than two hours.
He first flew from Friedrichshafen to Ulm, then suddenly turned around and made a few unusual turns in the air space north of Lake Constance.
Evaluations of his flight data show: The man traced the shape of a syringe.
With the campaign, he wanted to draw attention to the upcoming corona vaccinations.
The pilot and his Diamond DA20 Katana machine belong to the Friedrichshafen Air Sports Club on Lake Constance.
"One of our members, a very creative person, came up with the idea of making this flight," quoted the Swiss news site "20 Minuten" from Frank Fischer.
The pilot Samy Kramer wanted to set an example for the corona vaccinations that will soon start in Germany.
"At the moment I have to collect a lot of flying hours, and instead of just flying like that, I wanted to draw a reminder in the air that you should get vaccinated," the news portal quotes him.
Kramer had shown that he can already steer very precisely - because the flying of the figure in the air obviously had its pitfalls.
"This makes flying more demanding than usual," the portal quoted Kramer further.
"The turns are flown rather slowly, you can feel about three times your body weight," says the pilot.
It took him about half an hour to plan, then he fed the turning points into a navigation system.
Especially in strong winds, you have to pay attention to the straight course of the route and cover the curves with accuracy, according to the pilot.
In Germany, the first vaccinations against the coronavirus are scheduled to start on December 27th.
First, people over 80 years of age as well as residents and staff in nursing homes are to be vaccinated, according to the Ministry of Health's plan.
Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) expects up to 13 million vaccine doses for Germany by the first quarter of 2021.
Since every patient has to be vaccinated twice, this amount is enough for about 6.5 million people.
According to the Federal Statistical Office, there are 5.7 million people in Germany who are over 80 years old.
Then other particularly exposed groups such as doctors and nurses should be vaccinated.
Spahn announced in December that 60 percent of the population could be vaccinated by the end of summer 2021.
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