Civilian Aviation

Visited the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleißheim just outside Munich in early November. A very interesting collection with many unique German aircraft.

D-9531 Dornier Do 31 E3 of Dornier Werke. Ten Engined vertical takeoff transport prototype.

D-9531 Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleißheim 12 November 2022 by ACW367, on Flickr

D-9518 EWR Süd VJ101C-X2 of Entwicklungsring Süd. VTOL with six engines - two afterburning in each swivel jet pod with a further two liftfans behind cockpit.

D-9518 Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleißheim 12 November 2022 by ACW367, on Flickr

D-KLAG Valentin Taifun 17E. An underrated motorglider.

D-KLAG Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleißheim 12 November 2022 by ACW367, on Flickr

BWLV Nr.98 Schneider SG 38 Schulgleiter built by Luftsportgruppe Rastatt

BWLV Nr.98 Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleißheim 12 November 2022 by ACW367, on Flickr

D-10-1451 Horten H IV - prone pilot flying wing

D-10-1451 Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleißheim 12 November 2022 by ACW367, on Flickr

D-8273 Fauvel AV.36

D-8273 Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleißheim 12 November 2022 by ACW367, on Flickr

D-EBCQ Technischen Hochschule Braunschweig LF-1 Zaunkönig

D-EBCQ Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleißheim 12 November 2022 by ACW367, on Flickr

D-IBUF Dornier Do 128 D-6 Turbo Skyservant Technische Universität Braunschweig

D-IBUF Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleißheim 12 November 2022 by ACW367, on Flickr

and one sneaky military aircraft 164585 Rockwell-MBB X-31 the BWB/DARPA variable thrust experiment.

164585 Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleißheim 12 November 2022 by ACW367, on Flickr

Enjoy ACW367

Nice. Some quite interesting aircraft there to see. Thanks.
Pete.

The Dornier Do28 brought back memories. It exhibited at Farnborough in 1978, 1980 and 1982 -


Do28 D-IBUF 1 Farnborough (2)


Do28 D-IBUF 2 Farnborough (2)

LondonEye wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 27, 2022 7:34 pm

The Dornier Do28 brought back memories. It exhibited at Farnborough in 1978, 1980 and 1982 -

Interesting to see the changes in colourscheme over the years there.