Roehris Aviation Pages - Gallery on the job


I am one big soccer fan. No really... actually sports in general - a HUGE fan! If you asked me if Kimi Räikkönen was the goalkeeper of Inter Milan, I would have definitely agreed... :-D And the soccer competition EURO'08 has only marginally drawn my interest in the past few weeks. But this all has changed on December 1, 2007. Out of the blue, our crew for the SWISS flight LX2806 was informed that we would fly from Zurich to Geneva on an interestingly looking A320 advertising the Swiss particiption in the soccer game "EURO'08". I had heard about the plane before, but did not show special interest in the whole thing. But my mood changed when I realized that I - together with my crewmates - was among the first crew to take the "SWISS EURO-Bus" to the skies of Switzerland! Most probably it's just pure irony that out of dozens of soccer-fanatic first officers working for SWISS, it was me as an absolute "sports nobody" to fly this first-timer... Catch the mood of the first flight on this page and click yourself through some pictures of the event and our first flight.
	The EURObus is towed from the paintshop to the festival area beside the "event dock" on the airport of Zurich. (Picture credit: Christian Galliker)
	A wet welcoming by the airport fire brigade. (Picture credit: Christoph Guler)
	The crowd of officials and VIPs during the official event. (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	Some VIP guys, amongst them the trainer of the Swiss soccer team, Koebi Kuhn, dressed in grey. (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	Christoph Franz, the CEO of SWISS. (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	HB-IJM in her new full beauty. (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	It's still calm, before the crew and the passengers for the flight to Geneva arrive. (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	Details... (Picture credit: Pascal Pulver)
	More details... (Picture credit: Thomas Syfrig)
	The aircraft comes to life while the technicians and the ground staff are preparing "Juliett Mike" for the flight L2806 to Geneva. (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	Captain Hail and me busy briefing. (Picture credit: Thomas Syfrig)
	Our cabin crew is also excited about the new plane as you can see... (Picture credit: Pascal Pulver)
	After the cockpit preparation, I noted some fans on the visitor's terrace, taking pictures of the airplane. As I did not carry my cam with me today, but still desperately wanted some pictures of the plane, I tried hard to have my wish turned real. And as you can see, it worked. (Thanks a lot Pascal and Thomas!) (Picture credit: Pascal Pulver)
	Anyone who doubted the plane can make people happy? Check this... (Picture credit: Thomas Syfrig)
	"Your flight SWISS 2806 in cooperation with Lufthansa to Geneva is now ready for boarding." (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	Details... (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	...more details... (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	One of our t(h)rustworthy CFM56 engines. (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	...note the "trick-kicking" First Officer on the green sign... (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	Boarding view. (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	Boarding. (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	Welcome to the club! (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	Our regular passengers to Geneva are boarding the plane. (Picture credit: Thomas Syfrig)
	The "Maitre de Cabine" Katja welcomes our passengers on board. (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	Ready to taxy. (Picture credit: Thomas Syfrig)
	Taxying out. (Picture credit: Pascal Pulver)
	"Flaps at 2". (Picture credit: Pascal Pulver)
	Passenger's view of the famous visitor's terrace on Zurich's airport. (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	Taxying out towards runway 28 (I guess it's a picture from the next flight in the afternoon, as we did not taxy past the visitor's terrace). (Picture credit: Hans Domjan)
	Spotters everywhere, here I guess it's Rolf Wallner, who took the.... (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	..following picture minutes later. (Picture credit: Rolf Wallner)
	Lining up on runway 28. (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	On runway 28, ready to go. (Picture credit: Propfreak)
	See there how she flies... (Picture credit: Pascal Pulver)
	Passenger's view from inside the cabin. Fortunately this is not the usual load factor :-D (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	The girls doing their "show". (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	Finals to runway 23 in Geneva. (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	Me flaring the EURObus to a gentle touchdwn in Geneva. (Picture credit: Mike Stewart)
	After rollout, we vacate into taxyway Delta... (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	...and taxy to our gate, number 8. (Picture credit: Patrik Hofmann)
	Thanks for watching, and remember - HOPP SCHWIIZ!