Buochs Airport
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The Buochs Airport is a regional airport in the town of Buochs in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland. Its facilities include a concrete runway with a length of 2000 meters and a width of 40 meters
Aerial image of the Buochs airport
Mirage in front of cavern door
Underground hangar
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An underground hangar is a type of hangar for military aircraft, usually dug into the side of a mountain for protection. It is bigger and more protected than a hardened aircraft shelter.
Buochs Airport
…Pilatus P-3, Pilatus PC-7, Pilatus PC-8D Twin Porter, Pilatus PC-9, Pilatus PC-12 and Pilatus PC-21. Buochs Airport is equipped with an aircraft cavern (underground hangar). The A2 motorway was built so that Dassault Mirage III aircraft using JATO booster rockets could take off from this highway. However, such capabilities…
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A Mirage IIIRS being towed out of a cavern on Buochs Airport, Switzerland (1999)