Airbus 60th anniversary markings

With a little delay, the EF2000 Eurofighter with serial 98+07 (c/n GS0029/IPA7) had its roll-out at Ingolstadt-Manching adorned with special 60th Jubileum Airbus Manching markings on Friday 14 January 2022.

Although the anniversary itself was already in May 2021, it took up to this week before Airbus could present the special marked Eurofighter. One of the predecessors of Airbus, Flugzeug-Union Süd, opened their facility at Manching in May 1961.

Flugzeug-Union Süd is a consortium of former competitors Messerschmitt, Heinkel and Dornier. At Manching, Messerschmitt was responsible for the final assemby and testing of the F-104 Starfighter.

On 19 January 2022, the brightly coloured Eurofighter took to the skies.

Photo by Dietmar Fenners