Tempelhof Airport Prepares For Last Day Of Operation

Passengers arriving from a commercial airliner walk through the main hall at Tempelhof Airport on October 7, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. Tempelhof Airport, known for its role in the Berlin Airlift of 1948, will officially close on October 30.
Passengers arriving from a commercial airliner walk through the main hall at Tempelhof Airport on October 7, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. Tempelhof Airport, known for its role in the Berlin Airlift of 1948, will officially close on October 30.
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Press photographers take pictures on the tarmac during a media opportunity at Tempelhof Airport on October 7, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. Tempelhof Airport, known for its role in the Berlin Airlift of 1948, will officially close on October 30. The central terminal of Tempelhof Airport stands under a blue sky on October 7, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. Tempelhof Airport, known for its role in the Berlin Airlift of 1948, will officially close on October 30. A commercial airliner from Czech airline CSA stands on the tarmac at Tempelhof Airport on October 7, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. Tempelhof Airport, known for its role in the Berlin Airlift of 1948, will officially close on October 30. Pilots of the Rosinenbomber memorial flights pose for a picture in the main hall at Tempelhof Airport on October 7, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. Tempelhof Airport, known for its role in the Berlin Airlift of 1948, will officially close on October 30. The Rosinenbomber, or Raisin Bomber, refers to the Allied airplanes that, during the Soviet Blockade of 1948-1949, would drop candy to children in little parachutes as they delivered supplies to the starved city. Today a DC-3 airplane still flies from Tempelhof to take tourists up over the city, though it will move to nearby Schoenefeld Airport once Tempelhof shuts down.
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