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Junkers Ju 52/3m in Luftwaffe eastern front camouflage scheme
In the background a Focke Wulf 190 and a Lockheed F104
Shot at Technik-Museum Sinsheim, Germany ---> Click
Rolleiflex SL66 ("The 666"), mounted on a tripod
Carl Zeiss Planar 80mm 1:2.8
Type 120 roll film, Kodak Portra 400 professional grade colour negative film, exposed at ISO 200
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Seen at Technik-Museum Speyer
The VFW 614 was a 40 seat airliner that was conceived in 1961 as a replacement for the then still widely used DC-3. However development was delayed so much that it didn't enter service until 1975. Only 16 were made, the last being used untl 2012 by the German aerospace research centre as a flying testbed.
Although the prototype crashed during flight testing. the ultimate aircraft had good handling characteristics and was suitable for short or unprepared runways and small airfields. However, the unusual engine placement on pods above the wing made the cabin very noisy.
The scans I received from the lab were incredibly clean. I noticed that several times before - especially TMZ shots seem to attract very little dust and appear to be particularly scratch-resistant.
Camera: Nikon F5
Lens: AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8
Kodak TMAX P3200 professional grade high sensitivity black&white negative film, shot at ISO 1000
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Fw-190F-3 Serial: 670071 at Cottbus Aircraft Museum, Germany.
D-EMVT the only example of an Arado Ar79B in existence, At the Berlin Technical Museum. Formerly VA+HP
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Avión destrozado de la Luftwaffe en el aeródromo de Pitomnik en las cercanías de Stalingrado, las fuerzas soviéticas bombardean incesantemente el aeropuerto para inutilizar el máximo de aviones y de este modo imposibilitar la salida del cerco de los soldados del VI Ejército del General Von Paulus, cual animal muerto, el fuselaje de la nave muestra sus heridas sobre el suelo de la pista de aterrizaje y despegue de las naves. Ahora ya es imposible el trasladar a los heridos a los hospitales alemanes. Detalle de la pintura del artista pintor Ernest Descals con la historia y las escenas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
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En la gran Batalla de STALINGRADO los aeropuertos de la Luftwaffe fueron bombardeados de forma incesante por la artillería y la aviación rusas, en el aeropuerto de PITOMNIK los aviones destruidos llenaban la pista con sus esqueletos mecánicos, el objetivo era interrumpir la conexión con los ejércitos de la Wehrmatch que transportaban heridos y comida para resistir dentro de la bolsa. Escenas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en Rusia. Pintura del artista pintor Ernest Descals sobre papel de 50 x 70 centímetros.
“The Haunting of a Europe in Arms: Surprise Air Attack on a Big City.” [Accompanying caption]
World War II, the deadliest and most destructive war in history, began with Germany’s invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939. On that day, the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) began bombing Polish cities and the civilian population in an aerial bombardment campaign.
“The four Messershmidts, on patrol, swoop down on the French observation plane they have just seen. Three Moranes who were protecting the observation plane at higher altitude swoop down after the Messerschmidts. A fight ensues. The planes can reach nearly 700 km/h during these encounters and can climb 2,000 meters vertically in a few seconds. The turns are taken at the extreme limit that the pilots and the machines can support. It is on their endurance, the training of some and the maneuverability of others, that the outcome of the fight depends.” [Accompanying description]
The Messerschmitt KR200, or Kabinenroller (Cabin Scooter), is a three-wheeled bubble car designed by the aircraft engineer Fritz Fend and produced in the factory of the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt from 1955 until 1964.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_KR200
D-IFNT is a Dornier Do 28 that had been converted with new wings and engines. The wing is if the "Tragflügel Neuer Technologie", a rather bulky expression (even by German standards) meaning "new technology wing". The most visible feature of the wing is the fact that the sweep that changes twice along the span, but its really important feature is the supercritical aerofoil.
Supercritical aerofoils - the aerofoil , or airfoil, is the cambered shape you see if you cut the wing vertically perpendicularly to the chord (=median line) - were developed in Germany during WW2 and are of importance especially for planes that can fly at high subsonic speeds because they reduce the transonic drag and delay the onset of buffeting as Mach 1 is approached.
That would not have been of advantage for the above type of aircraft, but supercritical aerofoils also offer an increased lift-to-drag ration at low speeds, albeit while giving the pilot less warning than wings with conventional aerofoils do when a stall is imminent.
In the background an ex-air force Do28D2 with two piston engines in cantilevered pods attached to the fuselage.
Seen at Dornier-Museum, Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Camera: Leicaflex SL2 (Leica ID 10022), made in 1975
Lens: Leica Summicron-R-II 50mm (11216), made in 1978
Kodak Portra 400 professional grade colour negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
The Do 31 was a 1960s design for a VTOL cargo plane. It made extensive use of British engine technology developed for the Harrier jump jet. The two engine pods slung under the wings each contained a Bristol Siddeley engine with swiveled exhaust pipes, the same as were used in the Harrier. The pods on the wing tips each contained four Rolls Royce RB162 jet engines that were installed near-vertically.
So this plane has 10 engines in total, which should be hard to beat.
Only some prototype models were built and successfully flown; the type nevere entered full-scale production.
Seen at Dornier-Museum, Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Camera: Leicaflex SL2 (Leica ID 10022), made in 1975
Lens: Leica Summicron-R-II 50mm (11216), made in 1978
Kodak Portra 400 professional grade colour negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
This is a Fockewulf Fw44j Stieglitz biplane, built in 1936, coming down off the top of a loop. "Still crazy after all these years" but great to see!
Up and . . . . . Over!
Coming down off the top of a loop.