The Klemm L 25 is a two-seater sports aircraft of wooden construction.
From 1927 to 1939, about 600 Klemm 25 were built. This made it the most successful and widespread German sports aircraft. In the early 1930s, it was also stationed at Schleißheim airfield.
Characteristic of the "light aircraft" is its design as a low-wing cantilever aircraft with a low wing loading and a relatively weak engine. This led to a favourable purchase price and in addition, low operating costs.
The Klemm L 25 was built in five versions (a-e). Engines from various manufacturers achieving a power output of 30 and 70 kW were used for propulsion. The exhibited aircraft is equipped with the BMW X engine, which was produced in a small number of units (about 30).
The monoplane fragment by the Vollmoeller brothers is part of one of the oldest motorised german planes.
Karl Vollmoeller (1878-1948) designed the aircraft, and his brother Hans (1889-1917) flew it. The first flight for 300 meters, six meters above the ground took place in April of 1910 near Stuttgart. An accident on April 14, 1910 which killed a spectator ended the brothers’ aircraft construction. Karl Vollmoeller was an archaeologist, author, automobile and airplane designer and enthusiast. He built two gliders and two powered aircraft. On exhibit here is his last airplane. Hans Vollmoeller taught himself to fly as he tested the aircraft. He made a name for himself prior to World War I as a successful competitive pilot of the “Rumpler Taube”. He was killed in a crash in 1917.
Under the direction of Professor Hermann Winter, students at the Braunschweig technical college designed and built the "Zaunkönig" as part of their studies. The objective of the design was a low minimum speed. Using a high-lift profile combined with a fixed slat and slotted landing flaps, a minimum flight speed of only 47 km/h was achieved. Only four Zaunkönig were ever built. The first experimental aircraft went to flight trials in 1941, but crashed in 1942. The second experimental model built in 1943 is displayed here. Two additional aircraft were produced in the fifties.
This ocean-going flying boat was used by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War and in Spain until the 1960s as a sea rescue plane.
More than 200 Do 24s were built in various versions between 1937 and 1945. The Do 24 was used by the Luftwaffe for long-range reconnaissance, transport, and above all as a sea rescue plane. It was an outstanding aircraft for that mission, since it could take off and land on high seas with waves up to one metre high. The plane is displayed with its markings from 1960–1969 when it was used as a sea rescue plane in Spain.
The LFU 205 is one of the first motor aircraft to be built in glass-fibre reinforced plastic (GRP).
By building gliders (Phönix, Phoebus) and helicopter rotor blades (Bo 105), German aircraft manufacturers already had a leading edge in the field of developing GRP design. This was to be transferred to a four-seat powered aircraft with retractable landing gear, using the LFU 205 in order to gain experience with highly stressed GRP components. Its first flight took place on 29 March 1968.
The experimental aircraft remained a one-off and did not go into series production. When the flight tests were completed and the research contract expired, the LFU 205 was transferred to the German Aerospace Research and Testing Institute (DFVLR, today DLR). Since 1977, it flew as a research aircraft and amongst other purposes served as a development tool for laminar aerofoil profiles.
The wings were modified by installing a so-called "glove" with a modern laminar profile. To investigate the resulting changes in airfoil and aerodynamic characteristics, an on-board measuring system was integrated on the rear seats. In 2017, the LFU was decommissioned; the last flight was to Schleißheim airfield on 22 June 2017.
The X-31 is an experimental aircraft for research and testing of new technologies with the aim of improving the maneuverability of fighter planes through thrust vectoring
Thrust vectoring and the aerodynamic rudder are controlled automatically by the digital flight control system. Because of the prohibitive cost of developing a vectoring nozzle for three-dimensional thrust vectoring, this task is performed by three thrust-deflecting “paddles” behind the engine. This permits tactical manoeuvres at a 70-degree angle of attack, far beyond the stall angle of conventional aircraft. The X-31 is one of the legendary US series of experimental ‘X-planes’, and was developed, built and tested under a German- American cooperative programme involving EADS (previously MBB and Dasa), Boeing (previously Rockwell International), the German Federal Office for Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB), the US agencies DARPA and NASA, and the US Navy. To keep costs down, components of existing aircraft were used. The use of advanced materials, for instance carbon fibre composites in the forward section of the fuselage and the wings, optimised the structure and reduced the weight of the aircraft. Two planes were built, and the first flight took place in 1990. In both programmes, more than 400 flying hours were logged between 1990–1995 and 2001–2003 at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland. One plane crashed in 1995 because of ice forming in the pitot tube, which caused the flight control system to malfunction. The test programme was continued with the second plane, with the last flight carried out on April 29, 2003.
The F-86 was not designed as a supersonic aircraft, but nevertheless could break the sound barrier under ideal conditions. Against the backdrop of the “hot war” in southeast Asia and the political Cold War, the North American F-86 Sabre was intended to demonstrate US military strength. In reality the American design was not noticeably superior to the Soviet MiG- 15. The exhibited aircraft was first used as of 1957 at the German Air Force testing facility in Manching. It later served with Entwicklungsring Süd, a development consortium, as an escort plane for test flights of the German VJ-101C VTOL aircraft. In 1968 it had to be taken out of service. After a final flight on an “open house” day of the German Air Force Jagdgeschwader 74 (Fighter Squadron 74) in Neuburg, the plane went to the Deutsches Museum in 1971. In 1992 it was restored by Luftwaffenversorgungsregiment 1 (Air Force Supply Regiment 1) in Erding, Germany.
The F-86 was not designed as a supersonic aircraft, but nevertheless could break the sound barrier under ideal conditions. Against the backdrop of the “hot war” in southeast Asia and the political Cold War, the North American F-86 Sabre was intended to demonstrate US military strength. In reality the American design was not noticeably superior to the Soviet MiG- 15. The exhibited aircraft was first used as of 1957 at the German Air Force testing facility in Manching. It later served with Entwicklungsring Süd, a development consortium, as an escort plane for test flights of the German VJ-101C VTOL aircraft. In 1968 it had to be taken out of service. After a final flight on an “open house” day of the German Air Force Jagdgeschwader 74 (Fighter Squadron 74) in Neuburg, the plane went to the Deutsches Museum in 1971. In 1992 it was restored by Luftwaffenversorgungsregiment 1 (Air Force Supply Regiment 1) in Erding, Germany.
The French Alouette II (Lark) was the first mass-produced helicopters with a turboshaft engine.
The Alouette II was a major technological and commercial success for the French state-owned manufacturer. Despite its very basic navigation equipment and avionics, it proved to be extremely reliable and, with its new engine, set performance records in the 1950s and is an early example of a turbine-powered helicopter.
The helicopter exhibited in the Flugwerft was in service with the Bundeswehr. From 1961 until 1967 it was deployed to the Heeresflieger transport and medical squadron in Niedermendig. When the squadron was disbanded in 1967 it was used by the army aviation school in Bückeburg until 1983.
The Transall was developed in the 1960s by the Franco-German consortium Transporter Allianz. It flew with the air forces of Germany, France and Turkey and with some civilian operators (including airmail, Red Cross).
Its main tasks are transporting material and personnel, dropping paratroopers and loads, and transporting injured people with medical assistance from a danger zone. In addition, missions as a relay station and for electronic warfare. In addition, there are numerous humanitarian missions (aid supplies, UN shuttle) and civilian use.
Of the 214 built, the Luftwaffe finally received 110, which flew with the air transport squadrons LTG 61 in Landsberg, LTG 62 in Wunstorf and LTG 63 in Hohn from 1969. In the air forces of the three current user states, it has been gradually replaced by the Airbus A400M since 2013.
The aircraft on display with the call sign 50+64 was stationed at LTG 61 in Landsberg until 2017; the last flight was from Hohn to Oberschleissheim on 15 October 2018.
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