As promised a shot of the Alpha jet that is preserved in the Auto und Technic Museum at Speyer, Germany. The collection has an unfortunate liking for repainting airframes to represent something they are not. This leads to another problem regarding the true identity of some exhibits, Ogden’s European museum guide quotes this as 98+33 (ex 40+01), however European Wrecks and Relics refer to it as a replica ? Having looked at the photo again I think the latter may be true, but why bother?
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By: DOUGHNUT - 13th June 2003 at 11:29
Yes the AN-22 is now on show, it still wears its civil colour scheme and as it is displayed on stilts about 5m of the ground I would doubt it will be repainted. If I find time will post some more photos from Speyer.
By: JASE - 13th June 2003 at 10:23
alpha jet
does ‘nt appear to have any airbrakes either- just aft of the wing.I’d say its a replica.
By: frankvw - 12th June 2003 at 22:52
The nose is not from the German ones. It is that of the French and Belgian A-jets (Without pitot tube in front of the nosecone)
By: Arthur - 12th June 2003 at 22:49
The Luftwaffe used to have a plastic Alpha Jet as a travelling display item, which at some point was painted as 40+01 while the real 40+01 was serving with the test unit (WTD61) for test, of course wearing a 98+.. number.
According to the Scramble database, 40+01 is now an instructional airframe at Manching. As for wrecks and relics books here on the continent, nothing currently beats Otger v/d Kooij’s EW&R part II. Of course, a lot has happened since it went to print but that’s inevitable.
Anything else interesting at Speyer – I haven’t been there for years – but they have an An-22 now? It will probably be painted in some weird Jägermeister-scheme or so.
By: Seafuryfan - 12th June 2003 at 19:53
ROFL
What a flight of fancy!!
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