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Vršac Airport ((セルビア語:Aеродром Вршац / ''Aerodrom Vršac'')) is a small airport and training facility owned and operated by the SMATSA Aviation Academy. The airport is located in Vršac, eastern Serbia. There are five hangars built at the airport, these accommodate aircraft of the flight school and of the agricultural aviation division. An office building with classrooms and a control tower are adjacent to hangars and the concrete aircraft apron. Runway width is 25 m (82 ft). ==History== The first flight on the slopes of Mt. Vršac was performed by the Romanian pilot-engineer Aurel Vlaicu on August 11, 1912. The starting year of aeronautical tradition was 1925. when aeronautical club "Naša krila" (English: "Our Wings") was founded. A study was made about the advantages of this region for development of gliding sport, and this had initiated the investors to build the first hangar in 1934. After World War II the intensive training of glider pilots continued. In 1954 Vršac becomes official State Aeronautical Centre. Glider pilots were now joined by parachutists, airplane pilots and aircraft-model makers. Vršac was the recruitment centre for recreational aeronautics until 1972. Fliers from this center took place in many world championships and brought many medals and records. In 1972 Vršac hosted the 13th World Gliding Championships (WGC). In 1972 the national airline of Yugoslavia, JAT Yugoslav Airlines, now known as Air Serbia, started training future airline pilots at Vršac Airport. The Jat Airways Flight Academy each year organizes the "Vršac Airshow". The first international flight from Vršac Airport was to Podgorica Airport in Montenegro on February 5, 2007. The airport received international airport status after the Government of Serbia, made a decision to do so on December 28, 2006. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vršac International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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