Messerschmitt Me 163B-1 Komet (c/n 191316?, formerly JG 400 of the Luftwaffe), exhibited in Deutsches Museum, Munich, October 2013. The Me 163 Komet is commonly associated with German anti-aircraft defence in the final years of […]
On 10th February 1967, the prototype of West German vertical take-off and landing (VTOL), jet-powered transport aircraft, performed its first flight. In the 1960s and 1970s, development of vertical or short take-off and landing, jet-powered […]
Bréguet Atlantique 2 – also known as Bréguet Atlantic Nouvelle Génération – (c/n 17, ´17´ of Force maritime de l’aéronautique navale), static display at spotter day during the 100th anniversary of the German naval aviation, […]
On 3rd February 1859, a well-known German aviation engineer and aircraft pioneer, Heinrich Hugo Junkers, was born in Rheydt, a borough of Mönchengladbach city. Hugo was the third of seven children of Heinrich and Louise […]
McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II (c/n 4330, 37+01, Luftwaffe), flying display at Phantom Pharewell retirement event, Wittmundhafen, June 2013. Exactly fifty-two years ago, in January of 1971, the book with a story of German Phantom […]
Grunau Baby IIb (c/n 41, OE-0448), single-seat sailplane, static exhibition at open doors event in Aeroklub Jaroměř, May 2015. Grunau Baby sailplane was created during the winter of 1930/31 by Edmund Schneider, German aircraft designer […]
Wagner DOWA 81, home-made aircraft, exhibited at Deutsche Museum / Flugwerft Schleissheim, Munich, October 2019. Between 1945 and 1989, approximately four million East Germans moved to the West Germany. Majority of them, 3.45 million people, […]
On 28th October 1936, Dornier Do 19, four-engine long-range heavy bomber, performed its maiden flight. Shortly following Hitler´s rise to power at the beginning of 1933 and then creation of the first Nazi-led cabinet, the […]
On 21st October 1961, prototype of Bréguet 1150 Atlantic, long-range maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), performed its maiden flight. In the late 1950s NATO faced a new threat – an excessive number of modern and efficient […]
Scheibe Bergfalke IV glider (c/n 5816, OK-3377), winch launching at LKBR / Broumov airfield, September 2022. Bergfalke IV is the final development within the Bergfalke (English: mountain hawk) glider family designed and produced by German […]
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