Pilot Uwe Thomas Carstensen

born 1946
private pilot licence since 1995
instrument flight licence since 2004
approx. 800 flying hours up to the world orbiting
lives in Hanover and Husum
married with Maria
academical degree as a qualified industrial engineer (in German: Diplomwirtschaftsingenieur)
up to 2002, owner of a windmill company
co-founder of the „MUT“- Foundation, a trust foundation of the German World Population Foundation (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung) based in Hannover

„To these aeronautical challenges I will rise“
„Since I have done hang-gliding in 1987 for the first time, flying won't get out of my mind. When looking at the earth I ´m fascinated to see how everything moves closer together. In the air I get some peace. I am curious about the big aeronautical tasks during the world orbiting, about the challenges posed by the weather in the different climate zones and about the administrative tasks while flying over and landing in so many countries. I already flew in Germany, other neighbouring countries, and in the USA. But I have not yet been in the air for more than four and a half hours non-stop (as for example from Husum to Strasbourg or over the Alps to Villach).“