Ulrichen military airfield

Beginning of the former slope 24 with the Nufenenpass road

The Ulrichen military airfield ( ICAO code LSMC ) was a military airfield in the Swiss canton of Valais .

The highest military airfield of the Swiss Air Force was operated as a Reduit airfield until 1999 in the former municipality of Ulrichen .

Then the airfield was partially dismantled and a swimming lake was created. Part of the slope still exists. In 2009 the vertical take off Bell / Agusta BA609 was tested here.

Web links

Commons : Military Air Base Ulrichen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Radio Rottu Oberwallis: The Upper Valais Subaru meeting took place for the 11th time on the former military airfield in Ulrichen. Retrieved October 10, 2014

Individual evidence

^ Alois Grichting: Ulrichen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
↑ Luftfahrt.ch: BA609 is being tested in Switzerland ( Memento from October 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
↑ 20 minutes from September 10, 2009: UFO helicopter on a test flight in Obergoms

46.5 8.2961111111111 1345Coordinates: 46 ° 30 '0 " N , 8 ° 17' 46" E ; CH1903: 665,823 / 150213

[1] Alois Grichting: Ulrichen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

[2] Luftfahrt.ch: BA609 is being tested in Switzerland ( Memento from October 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

[3] 20 minutes from September 10, 2009: UFO helicopter on a test flight in Obergoms