http://www.ourairports.com/countries/DE/BY'/comments.html Comments left by OurAirports members who have visited airports in Bavaria, Germany. http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=1163 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:01:55 -0500 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=1163 <p>The aircraft manufacturer Dornier Flugzeugwerke (later Fairchild-Dornier) was located at Oberpfaffenhofen from the 1950s until 2002, when Fairchild-Dornier went bankrupt. This is still a major location for the German Aerospace Centre (DLR):</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberpfaffenhofen" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberpfaffenhofen</a></p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=1137 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:02:32 -0500 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=1137 <p>This base figured prominently in 20th-century history. It was the primary pilot training centre for the Luftwaffe during World War II, and later, the site of the Munich massacre at the 1972 Olympic games:</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre</a></p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=1136 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:41:24 -0500 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=1136 <p>It's just about the 50th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster, when 8 members of the British Manchester United football (soccer) team and 15 other people died during a failed takeoff from this airport on a slushy runway:</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_air_disaster" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_air_disaster</a></p> <p>The airport closed in 1992 and has been redeveloped, with only the control tower and a terminal building left.</p> http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=1111 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:59:07 -0500 http://www.ourairports.com/comments.html?comment=1111 <p>Beautifull location in southern Germany, friendly relaxed ATC</p>