307 results found
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:212934Submit Correction
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The Do-31 was the only VTOL transport aircraft with jet engines ever built. Two prototypes were used between 1967-1969 as experimental aircraft for researching and testing but the project was cancelled in 1970. This aircraft was initially put into storage at Oberpfaffenhofen, then went for several years on display in the open in the courtyard of the Deutsches Museum in Munich. After restoration it is now on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:D-9531
Aircraft Version:Dornier Do-31E-3
C/n (msn):E-3
Operator Titles:Dornier
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:212934Submit Correction
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The Do-31 was the only VTOL transport aircraft with jet engines ever built. Two prototypes were used between 1967-1969 as experimental aircraft for researching and testing but the project was cancelled in 1970. This aircraft was initially put into storage at Oberpfaffenhofen, then went for several years on display in the open in the courtyard of the Deutsches Museum in Munich. After restoration it is now on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:D-9531
Aircraft Version:Dornier Do-31E-3
C/n (msn):E-3
Operator Titles:Dornier
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:D-EMKB
Other Marks:32
Aircraft Original Type:Hirth Hi-27 Akrostar
Aircraft Generic Type:Hirth Hi-27 Akrostar
Aircraft Version:Hirth Hi-27 Akrostar
C/n (msn):4001
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:28 December 2019
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:212848Submit Correction
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The Aerostar was designed and built with the sole aim of winning aerobactic competitions. This is the prototype Aerostar and made its first flight in 1970, leading to a total of ten aircraft produced (9 MK.II and 1 MK.III), and is now on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:D-EMKB
Aircraft Version:Hirth Hi-27 Akrostar
C/n (msn):4001
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:28 December 2019
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:D-EMKB
Other Marks:32
Aircraft Original Type:Hirth Hi-27 Akrostar
Aircraft Generic Type:Hirth Hi-27 Akrostar
Aircraft Version:Hirth Hi-27 Akrostar
C/n (msn):4001
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:28 December 2019
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:212848Submit Correction
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The Aerostar was designed and built with the sole aim of winning aerobactic competitions. This is the prototype Aerostar and made its first flight in 1970, leading to a total of ten aircraft produced (9 MK.II and 1 MK.III), and is now on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:D-EMKB
Aircraft Version:Hirth Hi-27 Akrostar
C/n (msn):4001
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:28 December 2019
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:D-EDMH
Aircraft Original Type:Herbert Müller 22
Aircraft Generic Type:Herbert Müller 22
Aircraft Version:Herbert Müller DDMH-22
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:28 December 2019
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:212784Submit Correction
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This home-built biplane took 22-years from first drawings to first flight and is now on display at the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim. Homebuilds are not my cup of tea but live and let live!
Registration / Serial:D-EDMH
Aircraft Version:Herbert Müller DDMH-22
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:28 December 2019
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:D-EDMH
Aircraft Original Type:Herbert Müller 22
Aircraft Generic Type:Herbert Müller 22
Aircraft Version:Herbert Müller DDMH-22
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:28 December 2019
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:212784Submit Correction
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This home-built biplane took 22-years from first drawings to first flight and is now on display at the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim. Homebuilds are not my cup of tea but live and let live!
Registration / Serial:D-EDMH
Aircraft Version:Herbert Müller DDMH-22
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:28 December 2019
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:28 December 2019
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:212668Submit Correction
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I previously photographed a wrecked Horten glider at the NASM Udvar-Hazy Center and so this was a real thrill to see how they really looked like - and how tight the fit was for the pilot. This example was discovered in Germany at the end of WWII and flown by British officers until 1950. When it became part of the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim collection in 1971, the mid-section was missing and was painstakingly reconstructed during restoration work.
Registration / Serial:D-10-1451
Aircraft Version:Horten Ho.IVa
C/n (msn):
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:28 December 2019
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:28 December 2019
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:212668Submit Correction
View count: 619
I previously photographed a wrecked Horten glider at the NASM Udvar-Hazy Center and so this was a real thrill to see how they really looked like - and how tight the fit was for the pilot. This example was discovered in Germany at the end of WWII and flown by British officers until 1950. When it became part of the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim collection in 1971, the mid-section was missing and was painstakingly reconstructed during restoration work.
Registration / Serial:D-10-1451
Aircraft Version:Horten Ho.IVa
C/n (msn):
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:28 December 2019
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:28 December 2019
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:212591Submit Correction
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The Silence Twister is a German ultralight, single-seat low-wing monoplane with elliptical wings and tailplane that reportedly took inspiration from the Supermarine Spitfire. Twenty-one examples had been completed and flown by December 2011 and this prototype is now on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:D-MTMH
Aircraft Version:Silence E-Twister
C/n (msn):001
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:28 December 2019
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:28 December 2019
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:212591Submit Correction
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The Silence Twister is a German ultralight, single-seat low-wing monoplane with elliptical wings and tailplane that reportedly took inspiration from the Supermarine Spitfire. Twenty-one examples had been completed and flown by December 2011 and this prototype is now on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:D-MTMH
Aircraft Version:Silence E-Twister
C/n (msn):001
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:28 December 2019
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:D-ECUX
Aircraft Original Type:Focke-Wulf Fw-44 Stieglitz
Aircraft Generic Type:Focke-Wulf Fw-44 Stieglitz
Aircraft Version:Focke-Wulf Sk12 Stieglitz (Fw-44J)
Licence-built by:Saab
C/n (msn):91
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:211307Submit Correction
View count: 119
The Fw 44 Stieglitz (Goldfinch) was one of the best-known training and aerobatic planes of the 1940s and served until the end of WWII as the standard training plane of the Luftwaffe. This example on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim was built under licence in Sweden by ASJA/Saab and used by the Swedish AF for flight training until 1955. It was then sold to and flown by various private individuals and flying clubs until the 1980s until donated to the museum.
Registration / Serial:D-ECUX
Aircraft Version:Focke-Wulf Sk12 Stieglitz (Fw-44J)
C/n (msn):91
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:D-ECUX
Aircraft Original Type:Focke-Wulf Fw-44 Stieglitz
Aircraft Generic Type:Focke-Wulf Fw-44 Stieglitz
Aircraft Version:Focke-Wulf Sk12 Stieglitz (Fw-44J)
Licence-built by:Saab
C/n (msn):91
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:211307Submit Correction
View count: 119
The Fw 44 Stieglitz (Goldfinch) was one of the best-known training and aerobatic planes of the 1940s and served until the end of WWII as the standard training plane of the Luftwaffe. This example on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim was built under licence in Sweden by ASJA/Saab and used by the Swedish AF for flight training until 1955. It was then sold to and flown by various private individuals and flying clubs until the 1980s until donated to the museum.
Registration / Serial:D-ECUX
Aircraft Version:Focke-Wulf Sk12 Stieglitz (Fw-44J)
C/n (msn):91
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:D-1001
Aircraft Original Type:Akaflieg Munchen Mu 10 Milan
Aircraft Generic Type:Akaflieg Munchen Mu 10 Milan
Aircraft Version:Akaflieg Munchen Mu 10 Milan
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:211261Submit Correction
View count: 186
The Mü-10 Milan dates from 1934 and was the first German two-seater high-performance glider and only the second to have a tubular steel/fabric fuselage. In May 1935 the Mü-10 made the first-ever crossing of the Alps by glider, a flight that also set new records for altitude and distance, and was the first aircraft in Bavaria to be certified as a glider after WWII. It is now on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:D-1001
Aircraft Version:Akaflieg Munchen Mu 10 Milan
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:D-1001
Aircraft Original Type:Akaflieg Munchen Mu 10 Milan
Aircraft Generic Type:Akaflieg Munchen Mu 10 Milan
Aircraft Version:Akaflieg Munchen Mu 10 Milan
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:211261Submit Correction
View count: 186
The Mü-10 Milan dates from 1934 and was the first German two-seater high-performance glider and only the second to have a tubular steel/fabric fuselage. In May 1935 the Mü-10 made the first-ever crossing of the Alps by glider, a flight that also set new records for altitude and distance, and was the first aircraft in Bavaria to be certified as a glider after WWII. It is now on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:D-1001
Aircraft Version:Akaflieg Munchen Mu 10 Milan
C/n (msn):1
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:209576Submit Correction
View count: 201
The Krähe (Crow) is a single-seat motor glider that first flew in 1957, shortly after powered flight was again permitted in the FRG. The most widespread problem was that engines proved unreliable when restarted in flight after being switched off for lengthy periods - not really ideal for a supposedly motorised glider. The aircraft was never commercially manufactured, although about 50 home-built examples are believed to have been produced. The Krähe exhibited here was flown until 1998 and is now on display at Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:D-KORL
Aircraft Version:Raab Motor-Raab IV/VM
C/n (msn):14
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:209576Submit Correction
View count: 201
The Krähe (Crow) is a single-seat motor glider that first flew in 1957, shortly after powered flight was again permitted in the FRG. The most widespread problem was that engines proved unreliable when restarted in flight after being switched off for lengthy periods - not really ideal for a supposedly motorised glider. The aircraft was never commercially manufactured, although about 50 home-built examples are believed to have been produced. The Krähe exhibited here was flown until 1998 and is now on display at Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:D-KORL
Aircraft Version:Raab Motor-Raab IV/VM
C/n (msn):14
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:KE-105
Aircraft Original Type:North American F-86 Sabre
Aircraft Generic Type:Canadair CL-13 Sabre
Aircraft Version:Canadair CL-13B Sabre 6
C/n (msn):1659
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:209547Submit Correction
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This Sabre was TOC in 1957 at the West German AF testing facility in Manching. It later served with the evelopment consortium Entwicklungsring Süd as an escort plane for test flights of the German VJ-101C VTOL aircraft. The Sabre was retired in 1968 and arrived at the Deutsches Museum in 1971 for display, after restoration, at the Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:KE-105
Aircraft Version:Canadair CL-13B Sabre 6
C/n (msn):1659
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:KE-105
Aircraft Original Type:North American F-86 Sabre
Aircraft Generic Type:Canadair CL-13 Sabre
Aircraft Version:Canadair CL-13B Sabre 6
C/n (msn):1659
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:209547Submit Correction
View count: 223
This Sabre was TOC in 1957 at the West German AF testing facility in Manching. It later served with the evelopment consortium Entwicklungsring Süd as an escort plane for test flights of the German VJ-101C VTOL aircraft. The Sabre was retired in 1968 and arrived at the Deutsches Museum in 1971 for display, after restoration, at the Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:KE-105
Aircraft Version:Canadair CL-13B Sabre 6
C/n (msn):1659
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:D-HATU
Aircraft Original Type:Bell 204
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell 204/205/210 (H-1/40 Iroquois)
Aircraft Version:Bell UH-1D Iroquois
Licence-built by:Dornier
C/n (msn):8066
Operator Titles:Bundesgrenzschutz
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:209437Submit Correction
View count: 225
The Federal Border Patrol (Federal Police today), stationed this Huey on the opposite side of the Schleissheim airfield. It was used for border patrols, transport and medevac missions. It also took part in disaster relief operations in Ethiopia, during which it flew 550 missions bringing relief goods to drought zones. In its 30 years in operation it accumulated more than 7000 flying hours before being wfu in 2000 and then placed on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim .
Registration / Serial:D-HATU
Aircraft Version:Bell UH-1D Iroquois
C/n (msn):8066
Operator Titles:Bundesgrenzschutz
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:D-HATU
Aircraft Original Type:Bell 204
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell 204/205/210 (H-1/40 Iroquois)
Aircraft Version:Bell UH-1D Iroquois
Licence-built by:Dornier
C/n (msn):8066
Operator Titles:Bundesgrenzschutz
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:209437Submit Correction
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The Federal Border Patrol (Federal Police today), stationed this Huey on the opposite side of the Schleissheim airfield. It was used for border patrols, transport and medevac missions. It also took part in disaster relief operations in Ethiopia, during which it flew 550 missions bringing relief goods to drought zones. In its 30 years in operation it accumulated more than 7000 flying hours before being wfu in 2000 and then placed on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim .
Registration / Serial:D-HATU
Aircraft Version:Bell UH-1D Iroquois
C/n (msn):8066
Operator Titles:Bundesgrenzschutz
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:D-ELFU
Aircraft Original Type:Leichtflugtechnik-Union LFU 205
Aircraft Generic Type:Leichtflugtechnik-Union LFU 205
Aircraft Version:Leichtflugtechnik-Union LFU 205
C/n (msn):V-1
Operator Titles:DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:209414Submit Correction
View count: 285
The LFU 205 is one of the first powered aircraft made of fibreglass (GRP -glass fibre reinforced plastic). In the 1960s, Germany had something of a head start with GRP used for aviation purposes glider construction and helicopter rotor blades. This knowledge was to be utilised with the LFU 205 prototype in order to gain experience with highly stressed GRP components. The first flight took place in March, 1968 and after all GRP flight-testing and research had been completed the aricraft was transferred to the DLR. The LFU was wfu in 2017 and flown to Schleissheim for display.
Registration / Serial:D-ELFU
Aircraft Version:Leichtflugtechnik-Union LFU 205
C/n (msn):V-1
Operator Titles:DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:D-ELFU
Aircraft Original Type:Leichtflugtechnik-Union LFU 205
Aircraft Generic Type:Leichtflugtechnik-Union LFU 205
Aircraft Version:Leichtflugtechnik-Union LFU 205
C/n (msn):V-1
Operator Titles:DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:209414Submit Correction
View count: 285
The LFU 205 is one of the first powered aircraft made of fibreglass (GRP -glass fibre reinforced plastic). In the 1960s, Germany had something of a head start with GRP used for aviation purposes glider construction and helicopter rotor blades. This knowledge was to be utilised with the LFU 205 prototype in order to gain experience with highly stressed GRP components. The first flight took place in March, 1968 and after all GRP flight-testing and research had been completed the aricraft was transferred to the DLR. The LFU was wfu in 2017 and flown to Schleissheim for display.
Registration / Serial:D-ELFU
Aircraft Version:Leichtflugtechnik-Union LFU 205
C/n (msn):V-1
Operator Titles:DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:D-ECYV
Aircraft Original Type:Bücker Bü-181 Bestmann
Aircraft Generic Type:Bücker Bü-181 Bestmann
Aircraft Version:Bücker Bü-181B-1 Bestmann
C/n (msn):331381
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:209389Submit Correction
View count: 129
The Bücker Bü 181 was the standard Luftwaffe training plane for beginners, as side-by-side instruction in an enclosed cocpit is ideal, from 1940 until the end of WWII Around 3,400 were produced during the war and continued afterwards in Sweden, Czechoslovakia and Egypt. The complete history of this Bü-181 is not known, although it is nearly certain that it flew with the Luftwaffe. In 1959 It was flown in Saarland with the registration SL-AAS and then was registered as D-ECYV. Its final flight was on August 24, 1997 and is now on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:D-ECYV
Aircraft Version:Bücker Bü-181B-1 Bestmann
C/n (msn):331381
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:D-ECYV
Aircraft Original Type:Bücker Bü-181 Bestmann
Aircraft Generic Type:Bücker Bü-181 Bestmann
Aircraft Version:Bücker Bü-181B-1 Bestmann
C/n (msn):331381
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:209389Submit Correction
View count: 129
The Bücker Bü 181 was the standard Luftwaffe training plane for beginners, as side-by-side instruction in an enclosed cocpit is ideal, from 1940 until the end of WWII Around 3,400 were produced during the war and continued afterwards in Sweden, Czechoslovakia and Egypt. The complete history of this Bü-181 is not known, although it is nearly certain that it flew with the Luftwaffe. In 1959 It was flown in Saarland with the registration SL-AAS and then was registered as D-ECYV. Its final flight was on August 24, 1997 and is now on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:D-ECYV
Aircraft Version:Bücker Bü-181B-1 Bestmann
C/n (msn):331381
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:D-8802
Aircraft Original Type:Dittmar Condor IV
Aircraft Generic Type:Dittmar Condor IV
Aircraft Version:Dittmar Condor IV
C/n (msn):24/53
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:209238Submit Correction
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The two-seater Condor IV was one of the last gull-wing gliders designs to be produced. The design was first developed before WWII and then refined after 1951. This example is on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:D-8802
Aircraft Version:Dittmar Condor IV
C/n (msn):24/53
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:D-8802
Aircraft Original Type:Dittmar Condor IV
Aircraft Generic Type:Dittmar Condor IV
Aircraft Version:Dittmar Condor IV
C/n (msn):24/53
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:209238Submit Correction
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The two-seater Condor IV was one of the last gull-wing gliders designs to be produced. The design was first developed before WWII and then refined after 1951. This example is on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:D-8802
Aircraft Version:Dittmar Condor IV
C/n (msn):24/53
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:209210Submit Correction
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The Kranich (Crane) is a two-seater high-performance glider developed by Hans Jacobs at the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS) (German Research Facility for Gliding). It flew for the first time in 1935 and performed so well that it was produced in large numbers right until the end of WWII. This Kranich was built in 1943 and donated to the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim, where it is now on display.
Registration / Serial:D-6187
Aircraft Version:DFS Kranich II
C/n (msn):533
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
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The Kranich (Crane) is a two-seater high-performance glider developed by Hans Jacobs at the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS) (German Research Facility for Gliding). It flew for the first time in 1935 and performed so well that it was produced in large numbers right until the end of WWII. This Kranich was built in 1943 and donated to the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim, where it is now on display.
Registration / Serial:D-6187
Aircraft Version:DFS Kranich II
C/n (msn):533
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:209151Submit Correction
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The C-2.111 is one of about 200 examples produced under licence until 1956 by the CASA in Tablada. After WWII, availability of the German-built Junkers engines was obviously problematic and so CASA used instead the R-R Merlin 500 - these becoming the B and D-versions. This example was retired by the EdA in 1967 but then used in the film 'Battle of Britain. It flew for the last time at in September 1970 and is now on display at theDeutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:B2-1-77
Aircraft Version:CASA C-2.111B
C/n (msn):025
Operator Titles:Spain - Air Force
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
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The C-2.111 is one of about 200 examples produced under licence until 1956 by the CASA in Tablada. After WWII, availability of the German-built Junkers engines was obviously problematic and so CASA used instead the R-R Merlin 500 - these becoming the B and D-versions. This example was retired by the EdA in 1967 but then used in the film 'Battle of Britain. It flew for the last time at in September 1970 and is now on display at theDeutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:B2-1-77
Aircraft Version:CASA C-2.111B
C/n (msn):025
Operator Titles:Spain - Air Force
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:209082Submit Correction
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More than 700 examples of the Extra 300-series have been produced. This is the protoype aircraft is on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:D-EUWH
Aircraft Version:Extra EA-300L
C/n (msn):01
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
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More than 700 examples of the Extra 300-series have been produced. This is the protoype aircraft is on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:D-EUWH
Aircraft Version:Extra EA-300L
C/n (msn):01
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:209062Submit Correction
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The X-31 program tried to improve the manoeuvrability of fighter planes through thrust vectoring, which is performed by three thrust-deflecting "paddles" behind the engine controlled automatically by the digital flight control system. This permits tactical manoeuvres at a 70-degree angle of attack, far beyond the stall angle of conventional aircraft. In total more than 400 flying hours were logged between 1990-1995 and 2001-2003 at Edwards AFB, CA, and NAS Patuxent River. This second and last testbed is now on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:164585
Aircraft Version:Rockwell-MBB X-31A
C/n (msn):2
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:209062Submit Correction
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The X-31 program tried to improve the manoeuvrability of fighter planes through thrust vectoring, which is performed by three thrust-deflecting "paddles" behind the engine controlled automatically by the digital flight control system. This permits tactical manoeuvres at a 70-degree angle of attack, far beyond the stall angle of conventional aircraft. In total more than 400 flying hours were logged between 1990-1995 and 2001-2003 at Edwards AFB, CA, and NAS Patuxent River. This second and last testbed is now on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:164585
Aircraft Version:Rockwell-MBB X-31A
C/n (msn):2
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:9829
Aircraft Original Type:Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon
Aircraft Generic Type:Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon
Aircraft Version:Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon S
C/n (msn):DA-1
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:208777Submit Correction
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This first prototype DA 1 (Development Aircraft 1) made its maiden flight from Manching in 1994. The final assembly plant for the German Typhoons is locatd in Manching as well as the flight test center of Airbus Defence & Space. During its 12 years in service, the prototype performed 578 flights totaling about 500 flight hours. The last flight took place on 21 December 2005 and the frame is now on display at Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:9829
Aircraft Version:Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon S
C/n (msn):DA-1
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:9829
Aircraft Original Type:Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon
Aircraft Generic Type:Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon
Aircraft Version:Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon S
C/n (msn):DA-1
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:208777Submit Correction
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This first prototype DA 1 (Development Aircraft 1) made its maiden flight from Manching in 1994. The final assembly plant for the German Typhoons is locatd in Manching as well as the flight test center of Airbus Defence & Space. During its 12 years in service, the prototype performed 578 flights totaling about 500 flight hours. The last flight took place on 21 December 2005 and the frame is now on display at Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:9829
Aircraft Version:Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon S
C/n (msn):DA-1
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:67-0260
Alternate Serial:AF67-260
Military Code:SP
Aircraft Original Type:McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
Aircraft Generic Type:McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II
C/n (msn):2972
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:208731Submit Correction
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This F-4E was initially deployed to George AFB, CA from 1968-1971. In 1971, it was transferred to Bitburg AB in West Germany for around five years before returning stateside as a training/test frame, most recently at the USAF Test Center in Eglin, Florida. In 1989 it was ferried to the USAF base at Spangdahlem in Germany, where it was used as a ground trainer until it was decomissioned in 1992. It is seen here on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim, but it has moved to Krakow (PL) since.
Registration / Serial:67-0260
Alternate Serial:AF67-260
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II
C/n (msn):2972
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:67-0260
Alternate Serial:AF67-260
Military Code:SP
Aircraft Original Type:McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
Aircraft Generic Type:McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II
C/n (msn):2972
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:208731Submit Correction
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This F-4E was initially deployed to George AFB, CA from 1968-1971. In 1971, it was transferred to Bitburg AB in West Germany for around five years before returning stateside as a training/test frame, most recently at the USAF Test Center in Eglin, Florida. In 1989 it was ferried to the USAF base at Spangdahlem in Germany, where it was used as a ground trainer until it was decomissioned in 1992. It is seen here on display at the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim, but it has moved to Krakow (PL) since.
Registration / Serial:67-0260
Alternate Serial:AF67-260
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II
C/n (msn):2972
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:208689Submit Correction
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This T-33 was previously 53-5628 as part of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP). It flew with the Aufklärungsgeschwader 51 (Reconnaissance Squadron 51) and Jagdbombergeschwader 34 (Fighter Bomber Squadron 34). After decomissioning it joined the Deutsches Museum in 1974 and after restoration by the Luftwaffenversorgungsregiment 1 (Air Force Supply Regiment 1) in Erding it is now on display at Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:9447
Aircraft Version:Lockheed T-33A
C/n (msn):580-8967
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:208689Submit Correction
View count: 243
This T-33 was previously 53-5628 as part of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP). It flew with the Aufklärungsgeschwader 51 (Reconnaissance Squadron 51) and Jagdbombergeschwader 34 (Fighter Bomber Squadron 34). After decomissioning it joined the Deutsches Museum in 1974 and after restoration by the Luftwaffenversorgungsregiment 1 (Air Force Supply Regiment 1) in Erding it is now on display at Flugwerft Schleissheim.
Registration / Serial:9447
Aircraft Version:Lockheed T-33A
C/n (msn):580-8967
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
City / Airport:Oberschleißheim (EDNX)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:26 January 2020
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact