Erding Air Base
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The airbase Erding is a military airbase of the Luftwaffe north-east of Erding in the Munich area. Today, the weapon system support center 1 is stationed there. After Cologne -Wahn Erding is the second largest Air Force Base in Germany.
On the edge of the airfield site the company built IABG 2011 a hall for dynamic testing of Airbus A350 components.
History
The airbase was built in 1935 by the Air Force of the former Wehrmacht. After the Second World War, occupied and used the U.S. Air Force Airfield R.91, the former Allied code name.
On 14 December 1957, the entire facility was handed over to the newly formed Luftwaffe of the Bundeswehr.
Williamsville, the built for military personnel settlement of multi-family houses along what is now the Red Cross street is named after First Lieutenant Leland V. Williams, an American airlift pilot who crashed in 1948 en route from Frankfurt to Berlin in the Taunus. The bronze plaque in his honor was renewed by the " Friends of the town of Erding " in 2008.
In the early 1990s, the active flight operations, also because of the close proximity to Munich Airport "Franz Josef Strauss " set. Since the late 1980s, no low-level flights over Erding and the neighboring counties more took place.
By the end of 2012, the airfield served as the site of the Air Force Maintenance Regiment 1 and repair airfield for the machines of the Luftwaffe, mainly tornadoes.
Test flights will be completed as before.
Civilian training workshop
Since the establishment of the training workshop 1960 dual training is carried out in the Aerodrome. Since then, more than 1,600 apprentices (August 2013) through the various vocational training. Currently, the following professions are trained:
- Aircraft mechanic specializing in repair technology
- Aircraft mechanic specializing in engine technology
- Electronics technician for devices and systems
In addition to skills such as planning and organization of work, the production of assemblies and analysis and troubleshooting are workplace safety and environmental protection at work content of vocational training. The trainees pass through the (usually) 3 ½ -year-old training for in-depth basic training courses for different departments and specialist workshops.
In the professional category aircraft mechanic trainees will be trained 12 months at various types of teaching aircraft. To stand among others. Tornado, Starfighter and from autumn 2013 BO 105 available. Following the student is involved in operational maintenance and repair process.
Through inter-company training periods at partner institutions inter-enterprise processes to convey to the trainees. In the professional electronics technician for devices and systems training is primarily in terms of magnitude. A training masters and instructors supervise the trainees in special workshops. Each trainee has his own case equipped with measuring and testing work. Throughout the training are lessons and practical exercises the knowledge acquired and deepened.
Attached to the training workshop is a dormitory, can be accommodated in the trainees.
Flight days
During the active period of the German Luftwaffe airbase at Erding several public flight days were organized in the framework of military flight demonstrations, most recently in the summer of 1986.
Since the air show disaster at Ramstein in 1988 and the setting of the military flight operations, there were in the years 1996 and 2006 open days, in which only took place overflights with German Tornados.
Once a year the resident in Erding Flying Club invites you to a civilian FlyIn. On this day, it is also external machine allowed to land at the airfield Erding.
Civil use
Since 1968 as a civilian co-users of the Flying Club Erding with Bundeswehr Sportfluggruppe eV at the airbase Erding.
The Luftsportvereinigung Albatros eV operates since the opening of the Munich airport " Franz Josef Strauss " their motor glider on the site of the military Horst Erding as the second club in addition to the flying club Erding.
Traditionally held every four years, the disguises of the German Olympic athletes for the Olympic Winter Games in the sports hall of the air base instead.