During the next two decades a new part of the town will be built
on the old airfield in Aspern. At stage 1 there is a small
exhibition (open on weekends) about the ongoing project. From the
top of the two containers the airfield can be overlooked a bit
better.
The development will take place in several phases. The
southwesterly corner of the area should remain accessible at least
until Phase 2.
From July 2008 crossing the area by foot or bike is supposed to
be possible (at your own risk). According to the exhibition there
will be a connection to the eastern side of the area (memorial
forest) and thus to Mogel's
Lostplace Aspern). At the time being there is no possibilty to
cross the airfield.
More information about the history of the airfield and the
project can be found at
Masterplan Flugfeld Aspern (in German only).
Dogs and their owners are a common sight here. With all
the consequences ...
Although the maps may look like it, it is not possible to drive
to the airfield via "An den alten Schanzen" (barred at the end) by
car, this access is only for pedestrians.
Stage 1 - INFO: N48° 13.446 E16° 30.071
If the Info-Cube is open children may pick up a yellow sheet
"Flugfeldrallye". A small surprise is promised for answering the
questions. We don't know what kind of surprise this is (we can't
pretend to be children and on the day the cache was hidden
easter-eggs where handed out freely anyhow).
What is the dominating colour at this place (apart from
light-brown)? ATTENTION: The container has been repainted, making
the question somewhat absurd.
- blue ... A = 4
- white (formerly painted green) ... A = 5
- red ... A = 6
Stage 2 - Anchor: N48° 13.363 E16° 30.145
Amazing how little space and infrastructure a zeppelin needed.
In the year 1931 the famous "Graf Zeppelin" landed at this very
spot. The era of the flying cigars is over and nature has overgrown
most of the old anchoring place. What is the diameter of the
concrete edge of the anchor approximately?
- 1 Meter ... B = 3
- 1,5 Meter ... B = 5
- 3 Meter ... B = 7
Stage 3 - Water N48° 13.380 E16° 29.911
Along the grove several watersupplies can be seen. If you take
the upper lid of this one apart, how many single part you will
get?
- 1 ... C = 5
- 2 ... C = 6
- 3 ... C = 7
The grove is only a temporary plantation. The saplings you can see
here will be planted throughout the new parts of this town as it is
built. Once the grove is empty the new town is completed.
Stage 4 - Gimme a G, gimme an E ... N48° 13.390 E16°
29.869
What letter is given at this point?
- S ... D = 5
- T ... D = 7
- W ... D = 9
Stage 5 - J.R.Ewing N48° 13.408 E16° 29.819
It seems that the desired black gold wasn't found here, else the
place would be crowded by oil-well derricks now.
The remainings of the old drilling site are anything else but
spectacular. How far away from the corner of the grove you can find
the remains?
- 10 m ... E = 2
- 30 m ... E = 4
- 50 m ... E = 6
The Cache N48° 13.ABD E16° 29.CEC
As there is no cover on the airfield the cache is not hidden on
the field itself. Be careful on the way to the cache: In the area
you can find old bunkers (fallen in), malicious
thorns and bees. As with all my caches there is an
easy and safe way to the cache. Do not take a walk through any of
the bee-hives!
The cache is a small white plastic-container, in the beginning
it contained a logstrip, a pencil, a bear and two glass-stones.
Please do not stuff the log further in than the "neck" of the
bottle, so the next cacher can retrieve it more easily.
Good Luck
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