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Junkers J 1
Junkers J 1 (full-scale replica), exhibited at Technikmuseum “Hugo Junkers” in Dessau, August 2025. Hugo Junkers was one of the best-known German inventors of the early 20th century. His early career was related to mechanical […]
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Yakovlev Yak-27R
Yakovlev Yak-27R / Як-27Р, NATO reporting name “Mangrove” (c/n 477, formerly “0708” – “red 28” of the Soviet Air Force), exhibited at Technikmuseum “Hugo Junkers” in Dessau, August 2025. In the early 1950s, the Soviet […]
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Tag der Bundeswehr 2026 – date and locations officially announced
Although only about two months have passed since this year’s edition of Tag der Bundeswehr – the annual open-doors event of the German armed forces – the German Ministry of Defence has already announced the […]
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Bölkow P-166/3
Bölkow P-166/3 ´Flying Jeep´ experimental rotorcraft, exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2025. The P-166/3 was developed in 1960 by Götz Heidelberg, a German aviation engineer, inventor, and aircraft designer who at that […]
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Kaman HH-43F Huskie
Kaman HH-43F Huskie (c/n 174, formerly 62-4547 of the United States Air Force – USAF), exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2025. The HH-43 Huskie, one of the most interesting helicopters developed in […]
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Hispano HA-200D Saeta
Hispano HA-200D Saeta (c/n 20/73, formerly in service with Ejército del Aire / the Spanish Air Force, D-IWMS of Messerschmitt Stiftung), departure from Neuburg air base, July 2025. In the late 1940s, with the beginning […]
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Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze
Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze (c/n 100406, formerly operated by Kriegsmarine / the German Navy), exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2025. The idea of using an aircraft to improve observation range of submarines […]
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Airbus H145M
Airbus H145M LUH SOF and Airbus H145M LUH SAR (c/n 20136 and c/n 20360, ´76+14´ and ´77+08´ of the German Armed Forces), rehearsal for flying displays at 2025 edition of Tag der Bundeswehr open doors […]
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Sikorsky H-34G
Sikorsky H-34G (c/n 58-1100, formerly PZ+464, QB+467, QA+470, PC+202 and 80+35 of Heeresfliegertruppe / the German Army Air Corps), static display during the 2025 edition of Tag der Bundeswehr open-doors event, Bückeburg, June 2025. In […]