Aerodrome of Besancon-Thise

Aerodrome of Besancon - Thise Code ICAO: ( LFSA )

Geography

The aerodrome of Thise (of the the Community of agglomeration of Large Besancon) is located at 5 km in the North-East of Besancon in the plain of Thise on vast extended from Herbe planes (easily flooded by the Crue S of the Doubs) in the Doubs in Franche-Comté on RN83 of Besancon Montbeliard Belfort Mulhouse.

Flying-club

The aerodrome lodges surroundings 150 members divided into 4 Aéro-club:

Infrastructure

  • “Club house”: administration
  • Restoring “the Take-off” and the bar of the aviators “T6”
  • 2 hangars joined out of sheets and beams of the type Eiffel of 5000 m ² of 1938 classified with the historic buildings.
  • 1 track in Grass 970 m length for 150 m of broad
  • Sales turnover: 260.000 €/1,7 million F (figure 1996)

Planes of the club

  • Robin DR315
  • Jodel D112 of 1964 of 65 cv
  • Piper PA-28 of 1989 of 160 cv
  • Morane-Saulnier Rally ms 893 of 180 ch
  • …

Sailplanes of the club

  • 2 Alexander Schleicher ASK 13
  • 1 Alexander Schleicher ASK 21
  • 1 Alexander Schleicher Ka 8B
  • 1 Schempp-Hirth Janus B
  • 1 Loravia LCA-11 Topaz
  • 1 Grob Astir
  • 1 Centrair PEGASE

History

In 1911, whereas Louis Blériot achieved the exploit to cross the Manche for the first time the July 25th 1909 in 37 minutes on board sound Blériot XI, a first air Meeting is organized in the suburbs of Besancon on the polygon of Palente (then army ground) and collects “an enormous popular success”.

In 1932 the Ministère of the Air grants a subsidy to the department of the Doubs to buy grounds in the plain of Thise to 5 km in the North-East of Besancon and to found in 1934 this first Aérodrome and departmental Aéro-club of Doubs.

In 1938 the Air force declares the aerodrome of Besancon-Thise alternate aerodrome for military air bases of Dole, BA102 of Dijon and BA116 of Luxeuil and makes build the two current hangars. In 1944 the aerodrome is used single once during the Second world war for the medical evacuation of wounded combat of the Poche of Colmar and Bataille of the Vosges. The track is lengthened at its two ends by American who stations there of the Douglas C-47, of the Piper Cub and a Bombardier Boeing B-17. The ground and the hangars are grapeshots by a patrol of two Focke-Wulf 189 of recognition whose impacts of balls of machine-guns of small gauge are still visible in the glazings and sheets of the roof of the hangars.

The two hangars of 1938 are today classified with the inventory of the historic buildings.

Another aerodrome of Besancon

See too

External bonds

  • Official site of the CVVACD of the club of the sailplanes of Thise
  • Official site of club ULM of Lépidoptères of Besancon-Thise
  • on Wikimapia

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