An airworthy Saeta of the collection:
The Me 163 Komet full-size replica which has actually been flown (as a glider). It is however not flown by the Messerschmitt-Foundation.
The instrument panel in the Bf 108:
The collection’s airworthy Bf 108 Taifun D-ESBH:
The cockpit of ‘ME:
The engine of ‘ME:
Thank Ant, getting access involved some “initiative” on my part, but the collection is likely to be opened to the public in a not too distant future.
Here’s the G-10 D-FDME, the ex-Dittes aircraft, which was displayed in the air by Mr Eichorn before the tour of the collection. Unfortunately photograhy was not allowed outside the hangar.. 🙁
More to follow if you’re interested, but not today as the uploading of pictures is somehow awfully slow today..
D-FMBB’s cockpit:
The culprit: a wayward conrod punched a hole in the crankcase..
D-FMBB blew its engine in Berlin last year and was taken back on a lorry…
An example from continental Europe (Germany):
Cessna 172 (wet): € 100 per hour (Hobbs-time) on average
Fuel: 1 litre of Avgas 100LL can cost up to € 2
Landing fee: € 5 at a small airfield (up to 2000 kg MTOW), € 20 at a larger (regional) airport (there is no such thing as a free landing anywhere in Germany).
X-countries are rarely a problem airspace-wise, only sometimes in the region of international airports. Largest problem in Germany apart from costs is disappearing airfields, particularly around larger cities. “Noise” is also a problem and virtually all German GA-aircraft have had silencers fitted at great costs (some airfields levy a hefty charge at “noisy” a/c).
In general such a propellor arrangement is used when the engine power is so great that it’s torque is a major challenge to maintaining aircraft stability.
Not only that, a corresponding single prop would have a much too large diameter (loss of efficiency; u/c problems)
Some early (unsuccessful) helicopter prototypes featured co-axial rotors.
Not only those, Kamov in Russia seems to be quite succesful with them even today.
Didn’t the Westland Wyvern have counter-rotating props as well?
I think LH has a stake in Eurowings; the latter has been operating flights inside and out of Germany for quite some years now. I was on a Eurowings aircraft yesterday with an LH flight number, and the welcome-in-bla-bla announcement said “… Lufthansa flight operated by Eurowings…”
Of 49 aircraft types which I have flown or been a passenger in, the 45 minute ride from Copenhagen/Roskilde to Gothenburg/Säve in the back seat of Scandinavian Historic Flight’s P-51 Mustang in 1988 remains an all-time high…. 😀
Other exotics/highlights: 20 minutes aerobatics in a Danish Air Force Saab T-17, joyrides in a Stinson Trimotor, Lufthansa’s Ju 52/3m and a Stearman….