FLUGWERFT SCHLEISSHEIM
Bavaria Flight History Airfield Museum Near Munich
From
early glider construction to outer-space rocketry, the aircraft hangers
in Schleissheim,
twenty-five minutes from Munich, bring the fascination
of flying to life with sixty aircraft on display covering aviation history
from the inception of flight to modern aerodynamics. The main branch
of Munich’s Deutsches Museum, on an island in the middle of the
Isar River was not large enough to maintain an expanding collection of
aircraft, so in 1992, the museum expanded it’s repair and restoration
facility in the restored hangers of a former Luftwaffe aerodrome outside
the village of Schleissheim, near the royal palaces, into a separate
exhibition space.
The field and facility
at Schleißheim were built in 1912 as a
home for the Royal Bavarian Flying Corps (Königlich-Bayerische Fliegertruppen)
and expanded as a flight training center between 1914 and 1918 during
World War I. After the Nazis came to power the field was used as a training
facility for fighters and bombers. The airfield was heavily bombed in
1945 with many hangers and housing buildings destroyed, but the main
command center with the tower miraculously survived relatively intact.
The field was used as an American air corps base for helicopters and
by the modern German Bundeswehr. Military operations ended in 1981 and
the field is now surrounded and used by private flying clubs. Occasionally,
historic aircraft will be rolled out for take-offs and flights around
the airfield.
ACES: A Novel of WWII & Messerschmitt Secret Training
While some of the
Deutsches Museum’s important war aircraft are
displayed in the Munich main Museum Island building (see Deutsches
Museum),
the exhibition in three hangers at Schleissheim include early aviation
development craft, gliders, post-war and supersonic jets, vertical takeoff
aircraft, and helicopters. Among some of the displayed aircraft: a replica
of the world's first production airplane, Otto Lilianthal's 1894 glider,
a Folkwolfe Stieglitz bi-plane and WWI fighter stalwart Fokker D VII,
Lockheed F104 Starfighter of the German Bundes Luftwaffe, Russian MiG
21 and MiG 23 and the first prototype of the Eurofighter EF-2000. Between
the hangers, connected by an enclosed hallway, is an exhibition of the
airfield’s history, radar observation and communication. Visitors
are not allowed out on the field, except for special air show days.
A kids education center
provides children an opportunity to steer model airplanes and practice
pilot skills in the “Flying Circus".
An observation deck allows viewing of the aircraft restoration work in
the engineering section where the restorers at Schleissheim have been
rebuilding a WWII era Heinkel He111 Bomber used in the film of “The
Battle of Britain” (see Duxford Air Museum) since 2000 and have
a few more years to go.
Visiting Flight Museum Schleissheim
The
Museum is open daily from 9 am to 5 pm. Admission for adults is €6,
students €3 children under 6 are free. A combination ticket for
all three Deutsches Museum facilities, including the main museum, the
Transportation Center (Verkehrszentrum) south of the train station, and
Flugwerft Schleisheim is €17.
To get to the Flight Works at Schleissheim, by car take the A99 to the
Neuherberg exit or Ingolstadter Strasse all the way out from Munich Center,
look for the signs
and follow the long drive. By S-Bahn take the S1, direction Freising-Flughafen
to the Oberschleißheim Station. The
Flugwerft Schleissheim aviation museum can easily be combined with a
visit to the
Bavarian Royal Palaces of Schleissheim for a day outing. They are next
to one another, but a foot or bike only path connects them by a 5 minute
walk. The museum has a small snack shop, but for a long day there is
a traditional beer garden restaurant on the grounds of the Schleissheim
Palace park. © Bargain
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