Ingolstadt Manching Airfield, or ''Fliegerhorst Ingolstadt/Manching'' in
German
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, is a
military airbase with civil usage located in
Manching near
Ingolstadt,
Germany.
Usage
The
airfield is home to the
Bundeswehr Technical and Airworthiness Center for Aircraft.. The first flights of the
Tornado and
Eurofighter prototypes took place here. The
F104
The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engine, supersonic air superiority fighter which was extensively deployed as a fighter-bomber during the Cold War. Created as a day fighter by Lockheed as one of the "Century Series" of fig ...
and the
F4 were flown here testing weapons systems in the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
During the Space Shuttle missions it was considered as a landing site for TAL aborts.
Cassidian, the defence and security subsidiary of
EADS
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(now renamed
Airbus Defence and Space
Airbus Defence and Space is the division of Airbus SE responsible for the development and manufacturing of the corporation's defence and space products, while also providing related services. The division was formed in January 2014 during the ...
), also had its headquarters here. Manching is now a key center for Airbus' military air systems activity in Germany including the support of
Luftwaffe aircraft.
Airlines and destinations
Private Wings
Private Wings Flugcharter GmbH is a German charter airline that was founded in 1991 and operates chartered corporate, cargo and air ambulance services out of Berlin Brandenburg Airport. Its head office is located in the General Aviation Terminal ...
offers some business on demand charters and seasonal scheduled leisure flights across Europe. Ingolstadt Manching also receives frequent charter flights from
Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport transferring personnel of the
Volkswagen Group between their headquarters in
Wolfsburg and their subsidiary
Audi in
Ingolstadt.
See also
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Transport in Germany
As a densely populated country in a central location in Europe and with a developed economy, Germany has a dense transport infrastructure.
One of the first limited-access highway systems in the world to have been built, the extensive German A ...
*
List of airports in Germany
References
External links
Official website*
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