Central European time from Manching Air Base and climbed to a ceiling of 54, 000 feet within military controlled airspace, far above and at a safe distance from civilian air traffic.

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But for now its airspace remains tightly controlled by the armed forces, and owners of private planes have to fly through a smog of bureaucracy.

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