YoM 1938. A Bücker PR photo.

Edgar Gotthold and journalist Willi Ruge flew from Berlin to Johannesburg via Rome, Cairo, Khartoum, Nairobi and Salisbury (Harare) in February and March 1938 and then back again - a distance of some 25,000 km and quite an achievement in this Walter Mikron-powered Bücker Student light aircraft. Photo from: Walter / Státní oblastní archiv v Praze

The Bü 180 first prototype, over Africa? This light aircraft flew from Berlin to Johannesburg and back in 1938, powered by a Walter Mikron engine. The intended 50-hp Zündapp engine was not yet available and a French Train 4T engine had proven 'totally unreliable' according to the Germans. Most Bü 180s used the Czech Walter Mikron. Photo from Walter Bulletin of June 1939. By that time Czechia was occupied by Nazi Germany. Photo from: Walter / Státní oblastní archiv v Praze

'The Student flies'. This is the second prototype of the Bü 180, which was intended as a cheap civilian training aircraft. The V1, D-ELIO, first flew in November 1937. Only some 25 Students were built. Photo most probably taken at the Bücker works at Rangsdorf.

Rare Bücker type first flown in November 1937. The B model had a 60-hp Walter Mikron engine. Only some 25 Students were built, of which three were exported to Sweden. SE-AHJ, reportedly ex D-ESJE, was bought by a member of the Halmstad Flygklubb and later donated to the club. Wrecked in 1950. A surviving Student retook to the air in Germany in 2020 as D-EUTO. Photo from: Hallands Konstmuseum