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From #Essen centrum we are now heading towards the eastern part of Essen: Huttrop, Kray, Leithe and Freisenbruch.

There are two cementries on the way.
In the first image you see a big green place near the middle with many trees. This is the Eastern Cemetery.
In the second image you can see a big park structure on the right, this is the park cementry.

We are also following the main trainline and the A40 (Ruhr expressway) here.

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An aerial photo of the eastern area of Essen. The east cementry can be seen in the middle. Many living quaters sourrounded by trees can be seen all around. A freeway is going through the image on the left, which is the A40. A railway track can be seen on the left edge.

An aerial photo of two freeways. The main freeway, the A40 is going through the image and crossing the main trainline over a bridge. The A52 is coming from the bottom middle and ends in the A40. There is a big park with trees on the right which is the park cementry.

An aerial photo of a farm yard, the Ridderhof, with two big silos on the right.

An aerial photo of Freisenbruch, a living quater at the edge of the city to the border of Bochum, with many trees and farm yard around.

More from #Essen centrum around the Essen Central station.

You can see the innogy Headquaters (former RWE Tower), the Aalto Theater and the Philharmonic of Essen here.

The last photo offers a view of the Ruhr expressway (A40, Ruhrschnellweg), one of the main freeways through the ruhr area.

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An aerial photo of the center of Essen. In the center you can See the Aalto Theater and the Philharmonic of Essen with a green park around.
Behind the Aalto Theater is a big round tower which is the headquater of Innogy, this is the former RWE Tower. On The left you see a big train station, this is the Essen central station.

An aerial photo of the Essen central station with the center of essen next to it. There is a big black building in the top left which is the city hall of essen.

An aerial photo of the innogy headquaters (former RWE tower) and the Aalto theater of Essen.

An aerial photo of the Essen central station towards the city center. There is a big black building in the top middle, which is the city hall. In the bottom is a big freeway, the A40 (called the "Ruhrschnellweg"/Ruhr expressway).

This is #Essen centrum from above.

On the first image you can see the #Limbecker place, a big mall in the center of Essen.
Directly right of it is the CinemaxX Essen, it's Germanys biggest Multiplex Cinema with 5067 seats in 16 halls.
Below you see the buildings of the Funke Media Group next to the "new middle" living quaters.
In the top you can see the Essen Central station.
The black Y-Shaped building in the top left is the city hall of Essen.
In the top right of the city hall you can see the old synagogue.

The second image shows the Essen Central station with the Postbank and Evonik Buildings,
The big round tower is the central of innogy (former RWE tower).
Right of it you can see the Aalto Theater and the Philharmonic of Essen.

The third image shows the DB Regio Workshop in Essen.

The last image shows the Essen West station with the ice sport arena.

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An aerial photo of the center of Essen.
You can see the Limbecker place, a big mall in the center of Essen.
Directly right of it is the CinemaxX Essen, it's Germanys biggest Multiplex Cinema with 5067 seats in 16 halls.
Below you see the buildings of the Funke Media Group next to the "new middle" living quaters.
In the top you can see the Essen Central station.
The black Y-Shaped building in the top left is the city hall of Essen.
In the top right of the city hall you can see the old synagogue.

An aerial photo of the Essen Central station with the Postbank and Evonik Buildings,
The big round tower is the central of innogy (former RWE tower).
Right of it you can see the Aalto Theater and the Philharmonic of Essen.

An aerial photo of the DB Regio Workshop in Essen.

An aerial photo of the Essen West station with the ice sport arena. You can also see the Heinz-Nixdorf-Berufskolleg and the Berufskolleg West.

Here we are, above #Essen around Altenessen, Stoppenberg and Katernberg towards the center.

On the second image you can see the #UNESCO world heritage site #Zollverein.
The coking plant Zollverein in the front in its full width.
The coal mine Zollverein can be seen on the top left of it.

The last image shows the #Krupp quaters on the right (the cubic building and the ones around it).

The bigger building on the left is the #Limbecker Place, a big shopping mall.
The form of the building is supposed to represent a curved dress.

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An aerial photo of the north of Essen: Altenessen, Stoppenberg and Zollverein. You can see some industrial sections but also many living quaters between many green places and trees.

An aerial photo of the UNESCO world heritage site Zollverein. In the middle of the image is the coking plant Zollverein in the full view. The coal mine Zollverein can be seen in the top left of it. It is sourrounded by green parks, woods/trees and living/working quaters.

An aerial photo of the north of Essen. You can see working and living quaters between green parks and trees. A railway line is going thrugh the image.

An aerial photo of the center of essen. The center of essen can be seen on the left side, with the Limbecker Place in the middle left. The Essen main station can be seen in the top left, together with most of the skyline of Essen.
On the right side you can see the Krupp quater, the headquater of the Thyssen Krupp Steel Company, with a big building looking liek a cube in a park.

We now crossed the Rhine-Herne Canal and entered the airspace of #Essen.

The first image is still in the direction to #Gelsenkirchen.
You can see the harness racing track in the back.
The half round building left of it is the Gelsenkirchen Prison.

On the second you can see the Schurenbach spoil heal (#Schurenbachhalde) in Essen.

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An aerial photo of Gelsenkirchen. There is a freeway (the A42) in the front. You can see the half round building of the Gelsenkirchen Prison in the top left. In the top distance you can see the harness racing track. There are many trees and grass areas around and some living quaters.

An aerial photo of the Schurenbach spoil heap (Schurenbachhalde) in Essen with many Trees around. A freeway (the A42) is in front of it.

An aerial photo of Essen Altenessen Nord, with the Schurenbach spoil heap (Schurenbachhalde) on the right.

An aerial photo of Essen Altenessen Nord. The CAT Automobillogistik Essen GmbH can be seen with their big area in the middle. Living quaters with many green spaces and trees are all around.

We are approaching the border from #Gelsenkirchen to #Essen but still on the side of Gelsenkirchen.

From the #SchalkeFanFeld, the cementry for #Schalke04 fans we are flying over the Coker BP Gelsenkirchen Horst raffinery over to the Rhine-Herne Canal and the Emscher River with the #NordsternPark.

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An aerial photo of Gelsenkirchen Horst, with the Beckhausen-Sutum cementry, including the Schalke Fan Feld, in the bottom left and the Coker BP Gelsenkirchen Horst rafinnery in the top. Green places and trees are all around.

An aerial photo of the Rhine-Herne Canal and the Emscher River. The Nordstern Park can be seen at the right.

An aerial photo of the Nordstern Park with the Rhine-Herne Canal and the Emscher River on the left.

An aerial photo of the Nordstern Park with the Rhine-Herne Canal and the Emscher River.

We are still above #Gelsenkirchen, with a nice view of the Rungenberg spoil heap (#Rungenberghalde).

Can you spot the cementry for #Schalke04 fans?

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An aerial photo of Gelsenkirchen Buer. You can see some active industry in the background. There are many trees near the living and working quaters.

An aerial photo of Gelsenkirchen with many green places and trees between the houses.

An aerial photo of the Rungenberg spoil heap (Rungenberghalde) in Gelsenkirchen.

An aerial photo of the Beckhausen-Sutum cementry with the Schalte Fan cementry the Schalte Fan Field.

We are now entering the airspace of #Gelsenkirchen with the #VeltinsArena of #Schalke04 to the left.

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An aerial photo of Gelsenkirchen Buer (and part of Erle) behind green woods.

An aerial photo of Gelsenkirchen Buer. With the Berger Lake in the front. The Veltins Arena can be seen at the top left.

An aerial photo of Gelsenkirchen Erle and Beckhausen with the Veltins Arena at the left.

An aerial Photo of Gelsenkirchen Erle with the Veltins Arena.

Some more shots of #Herten Westerholt and the Westerholt mine, this time from the camera in my hand.

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An aerial photo of a city, Herten Westerholt, from above. Some woods and agricultural fields can be seen in the distance.

An aerial photo of a living part of a city next to a coal mine, the Westerholt mine.

An aerial photo of the Westerholt mine, sourrounded by living quaters and wood/grass landscape.

An aerial photo of agricultural fields and woods, some cities can be seen in the distance.

From #Marl we are flying over #Herten in the direction of #Gelsenkirchen passing by the Westerholt mine.

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A photo of agricultural fields and some wood from above. This is in Herten.

A photo of agricultural fields and some wood from above. This is in Herten. A street and some houses can be seen.

A photo of a city from above, this is Herten Westholt. A green cementry can be seen in the middle of the city.

A photo from Herten Westholt from above. Some woods and a golf course can be seen in the front. The Westerholt mine can be seen at the right.

As teased yesterday, this weekend we fly over the ruhr area / Essen with a Gyrocopter. A flight I made back in 2017.

As an introduction: The first two photos show the Gyrocopter. The pilot in the front, me in the back.
A Gyrocopter has a tail rotor that is powered by an engine and a top rotor that is unpowered, it rotates just through the wind.
The Gyrocopter can't take of vertically like a helicopter, it need a normal runway like aircrafts but due to the top rotor it's pretty stable and can fly as slow as around 40 km/h (It can't hover in the air like a Helicopter but can go pretty slow) and at top speed around 100 km/h.
The aircraft is open on both sides with just a windshield in the front, so you have an open view to both sides, which is pretty amazing for making photos or videos.

I made the flight with 3 cameras aiming for video (but still haven't used the videos yet. This was my first flight with filming out of an aircraft so I made some mistakes and my Gear back then wasn't optimal for this. It's always a learning experience!):
- My normal Video camera (a Sony FDR AX100E at the time) in my Hand (secured so it can't fall out)
- A GoPro Hero 3 mounted below the top rotor (see photo 3)
- A GoPro Hero 4 Black mounted below the Gyrocopter (see photo 4)

The flight startet at the Marl Loemühle Airport (EDLM) and went straight to Essen, then we followed the ruhr a bit, visited some other locations nearby and flew back to the airport.

This was really a nice experience and you have a really nice view of the green ruhr area from there.
We also made a surprise meeting in the air!

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A photo of a Gyrocopter on the ground. The pilot is preparing his suit. I'm sitting in full gear in the passenger seat behind the pilot.

A photo of a gyrocoper in the air flying from the ground against blue sky. You can see the pilot in the front and me as a passenger in the back.

A photo of a GoPro Hero 3 camera mounted below the top rotor of a Gyrocopter. You can see part of the gyrocopter with me in the back and the pilot in the front, from behind. We are currently flying over a Golf course near the airport in Marl.

A photo of a GoPro Hero 4 Black camera mounted below the Gyrocopter. You can see a Golf course that is near the airport in Marl.

A small teaser for this weekends "photos" (not actual photos but framegrabs from videos) of a Gyrocopterflight over part of the ruhr area (mostly Essen) I did back in 2017.

So, let's take off together!

The flight starts and finishes at the Marl Loemühle Airport (EDLM) and not from the Essen/Mülheim Airport (EDLE).

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