{"id":82,"date":"2026-08-05T17:36:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T17:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relaunch.flugsport-wien.at\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2026-09-08T15:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T15:40:21","slug":"geschichte","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.flugsport-wien.at\/en\/verein\/geschichte\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

The early years<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Club was founded in 1954 as \u201c\u00d6sterreichischer Modell- und Flugsportverband Landesgruppe Wien\u201d. In 1990 this official name has been changed to \u201c\u00d6sterreichischer Flugsportverband Landesgruppe Wien\u201d, short \u201cASK\u00d6 Flugsport Wien\u201d and kept it till today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main office and the workshops where located in Vienna\u2019s 12th district in the Aichholzgasse 52. The flight operations started in 1955 on the \u201cDonauwiesen\u201d airfield which was located at Danube\u2019s former flodd plain close to Langenzersdorf. Langenzersdorf (LOAE) remained our main location till it\u2019s closing due to the construction of the \u201cNew Danube\u201d in 1973. Starting in 1968 we departed also from Wiener Neustadt Ost and since 1978 the airfield Wiener Neustadt West (LOXN) is our home base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 1970s<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1978 also the relocation of all workshops to Wiener Neustadt West took place and the club\u2019s office moved to Vienna\u2019s 5th district at Hauslabgasse 24a which is our official location till today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the report from our honorary member Robert Fiala about the last glider towing from Donauwiese on 8th of July in 1974:\n\u201cIn the early afternoon four club members arrived with the towing aircraft Piper PA18 (OE-AIN) and the motor glider SF25C at Donauswiese to transfer the Blanik (OE-0793) to Wiener Neustadt. For the last time the Blanik was moved out of the Hangar, got prepared for departure and towed to our new home base, which was only possible by an exceptional permission. This aerotow and the following departure of the motor glider finalized the flight operations at Donauwiese, which began back in the 20\u2019s as a picture at the district museum Floridorf shows.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After shut down of the airfield Donauwiese, the club significantly participated in establishing the ASK\u00d6 gllider center Wiener Neustadt West by providing major contributions for the extension of today\u2019s \u201cDonauwiesen-Hangar\u201d. As soon as all the infrastructure of the \u00d6AeC (hangar and housings), the Donauwiesen-hangar and the ASK\u00d6-hangar were completed, the ASK\u00d6-glider-center was officially opened in May 1979.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to great efforts by Josef Kuchling a club house next to our hangar was built, the whole club was reorganized and the base for todays fleet and infrastructure has been established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beside these construction projects a mile stone in our club history was the purchasing of the motor glider SF25C (OE-9147) followed by our Super-Dimona OE-9466 which made aerotowing inside our club possible for the first time. In 1980 we trained our first pilot students. 10 years later we purchased a used winch, which was restaurated by club members and become operative in 1991<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2000\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2002 we agreed on collective flight activities together with the ESV Helios at LOXN airfield, which brought huge advantages for both clubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2003 we purchased the first motor aircraft in our club\u2019s history: the Katana DA-20 (OE-CBB). This was the requirement to provide flight training for powered aircrafts, which started in 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2010\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This decade is best charaterized by modernization in various aspects. The ongoing renewal of our aircraft fleet should be mentioned in the first place. Since 2010 we replaced older planes with a Discus 2b, two LS4s and a second ASK21 double seater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2014 our airfield office has been renovated together with the dormitory, which now shine in new splendor. Besides that, also a \u201cdigital transformation\u201d took place. The whole club management is handled paperless in a browser- and app-based cloud solution since 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together with the highest amount of new club members in our history, we also integrated the FSV Wiener Neusstadt into the club. This merger brought us 15 new members and our third motorized plane, a second Super-Dimona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 2020 to now<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current decade start with the biggest investment from a financial perspective in the history of our club, which is the new glider launch winch. It\u2019s a battery powered electric winch and the first one in the world of it\u2019s kind. It lifts our glider winch operation, which is not less than the backbone of our club activity, to the next level, in respect of ease of operation, safty and release altitudes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Die ersten Jahre Der Verein wurde mit dem Vereinsnamen \u201e\u00d6sterreichischer Modell- und Flugsportverband Landesgruppe Wien\u201c bereits im J\u00e4nner 1954 gegr\u00fcndet. Dieser wurde nach einer Statuten\u00e4nderung 1990 in den heutigen, offiziellen Namen laut Vereinsregister \u201e\u00d6sterreichischer Flugsportverband Landesgruppe Wien, kurz ASK\u00d6 Flugsport Wien\u201c abge\u00e4ndert. Der Sitz und die Werkst\u00e4tte befanden sich in Wien 12, Aichholzgasse 52. Der … <\/p>\n

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