Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg

The Helicopter Museum Biickeburg located in the center of Biickeburg at Sablé- space. It is the only pure Rotorcraft Museum in Germany and one of the few in the world. The museum is dedicated to the history and technology of helicopters.

History

The essential factor for the development of the museum was the nearby Army Aviation School, which is stationed at the Army airfield Biickeburg since 1960. There is also a large simulation center for helicopter training.

The beginnings of the museum date back to 1961. The former sergeant major and helicopter pilot Werner Meyer Nolte had received from his commanding officer to order, set up in the barracks of the Army Aviation School at the airfield in Achum, today Heeresflugplatz Biickeburg, a small helicopter museum. Over the years presented the aviation industry illustrative material for the small museum. The museum could only be used on duty, as it was in the military security area. It was only soldiers, special guests and registered schools around accessible.

1970 the museum moved then into the center of Biickeburg order, the city put the Munchausen Burgmannshof for growing, extensive helicopter collection. There, the helicopter museum was inaugurated and thus accessible to the general public on June 9, 1971. The exhibition area of the museum was expanded to include a 2,000 -square-foot production in the years 1978 to 1980.

In June 2011 - just in time for the 40th anniversary of the Helicopter Museum - the built in modern style extension to the public was made ​​available after the existing exhibition thoroughly revised and modern museum educational requirements were adjusted.

The Helicopter Museum Biickeburg is next to the Helicopter Museum in Weston -super- Mare, England (28 km south-west of Bristol), founded in 1958, and 80 helicopters shows, as well as the American Helicopter Museum in West Chester / Pennsylvania is one of world's three helicopters museums. Of course, many other aviation museums also house a helicopter department. However, the helicopter museum Biickeburg is the only pure Rotorcraft Museum in Germany.

The symbol of the Helicopter Museum, the screw flight from Leonardo da Vinci from 1483, the period in which the museum building, the former Burgmannshof ( 1463 ), was first mentioned was. Leonardo da Vinci is considered with this drawing generally considered the inventor of the helicopter.

Helicopter Center Association

The " helicopter Center Association " - founded in 1970 - is the Friends of the Helicopter Museum; he operates and maintains the museum. The helicopter center maintains and manages an extensive archive and a library for scientific analysis of the history of the rotorcraft. The Helicopter Centre promotes scientific exchanges on topics of helicopter technology. For this purpose, held every two years instead of the helicopter forum.

Exhibits

Exhibits at the museum and single-rotor helicopter mehrrotorige, gyroplane flight and screwdrivers, as well as numerous helicopter models, historical photos, functional models of rotors, technical demonstration and teaching material, parts, tools or equipment for helicopters. Currently (spring 2014) are to visit 49 exhibits in its original size.

Single-rotor helicopter

  • Aérospatiale SA- 316B Alouette III
  • Bell 47G2 Sioux
  • Bell UH -1D Iroquois
  • Bölkow Bo 46
  • Bölkow Bo 102 Helitrainer
  • Bölkow Bo 103
  • Bölkow Bo 105 V3
  • Bölkow P166 / 3 Flying Jeep
  • Bristol 171 Mk. 52 Sycamore
  • Eurocopter EC 665 Tiger (prototype # 3 )
  • Georges G-1 Papillon (self-made helicopter living in Wolfsburg Haitian Gerard Georges de Vastey )
  • Georges G -2 ( G -1 and G-2 were only the Engine testing and remained on the ground tied )
  • Havertz HZ -5 ( Hermann Havertz )
  • Heimbächer # 4 (of Fritz Heimbächer )
  • Hiller H -23 Raven C (factory designation Hiller UH -12)
  • Hughes TH -55 Osage
  • MBB Bo 105 P- 1A1 anti-tank helicopter
  • MBB Bo 105 CB -4 " The Flying Bulls "
  • MBB / Eurocopter Bo 108 VT2 ( a development of the Bölkow Bo 105 which is ultimately at the Eurocopter EC 135 was born )
  • MBB -Kawasaki BK 117
  • Merckle SM 67 V2
  • Mil Mi -1
  • Mil Mi-2
  • Nagler - Rolz NR 54
  • Saunders -Roe Skeeter
  • Siemetzki ASRO 4
  • Sikorsky S -58 / H -34
  • Sud Aviation Alouette II (SE 3130 ) - two specimens in the museum, one open to visitors

Mehrrotorige helicopter

  • Aerotechnik WGM 21
  • Cornu No. 2 (first successful helicopter flight on 13 November 1907)
  • Focke- Wulf Fw 61
  • Goslich Pedalkopter
  • Hiller VZ- 1 Pawnee ( "Flying Platform" )
  • Kaman HH- 43F Huskie
  • Kamov Ka -26
  • Vertol V -43 / H - 21C
  • Wagner Rotocar III

Gyroplane

  • Air and Space 18A Flymobil
  • Bensen Gyrocopter B -8M
  • Derschmidt autogyro (from Hans Derschmidt )
  • Focke- Achgelis Fa 330 Wagtail
  • Krauss TRS 1 Gyroflug
  • Rotortec Cloud Dancer I
  • Rotortec Cloud Dancer II
  • Saalbach home-built gyrocopter

Air Screwdrivers

  • VFW H-2
  • VFW H -3E Sprinter

Helicopter Simulator

  • There is a helicopter simulator for use by visitors to the museum to available
School of Army Aviation (Germany) Hauptfeldwebel Weston-super-Mare West Chester (Pennsylvania) Gyrodyne Bristol Sycamore Kawasaki Heavy Industries Saunders-Roe Skeeter Sud-Ouest Djinn Paul Cornu Kamov Ka-26 Piasecki H-21 VFW-Fokker H3
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