Fly me to the Top

A new Podcast Format by Dr. Frank Liemandt holds a leading position at the EHA (European Helicopter Association) and is significantly involved in organizing EUROPEAN ROTORS, the leading European trade fair for the helicopter industry. He represents the interests of the association and shapes the future of the industry, particularly with regard to the annual trade fair. Key aspects: Role: Dr. Frank Liemandt is a key contact person for the EHA. European Rotors: He is closely involved in organizing the fourth EUROPEAN ROTORS, which took place in Amsterdam in November 2024. Focus: His commitment is to strengthening the European helicopter industry and fostering the growing interest in the EHA trade fair.

Interview covering 40 years in the cockpit as a military pilot, rescue pilot and Swiss Space Tourism. The Podcast is available 05. 03.2026 publish on this page soon Spotify and Youtube.

«Fly me to the top» – Boarding for Episode 3: A Pilot, Two Horizons
He has saved thousands of lives, completed countless missions, and made the sky his home. In Episode 3 of «Fly me to the top», studio guest Klaus Rainer from the ÖAMTC air rescue talks about how emergencies become teachers, what it means to literally reach lives at the last second – and why his gaze is also directed toward the stars. Together with initiator and host Frank Liemandt, he explores how passion, precision, and courage in aviation link career, humanity, and inspiration. COCKPIT supports «Fly me to the top» as an official media partner and shares the weekly conversations on its channels.
03/05/2026
What drives people who spend their professional lives in the air? When does responsibility turn into passion – and experience into vision?
With «Fly me to the top», Frank Liemandt has created an acoustic interview format that presents personalities  puts aviation at the center. It's not the headline that counts, but the story behind it. Not the position, but the journey. Week after week, a new guest takes a seat in the virtual cockpit – open, reflective, and with a view of what has shaped him or her. On the way to space In episode 3, Klaus Rainer talks about a career driven by discipline, precision, and a passion for flying. As a pilot for the ÖAMTC air rescue, he completed thousands of missions and accumulated an enormous wealth of experience in the cockpit over decades. Before that, he served in the Air Force. The sky has always been more than a workplace for him. But Rainer's horizon does not end at the atmosphere. His declared goal: to reach space. As the first Carinthian. Parabolic flights and training have already familiarized him with weightlessness – the dream of space is not just a thought experiment for him, but a serious vision.