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Friday, 20 January 2012 |
There is a new LOM for sale in the Atlantic Flyer. 2 hours TT. Includes prop, spinner, eng. mount. cowling, exhaust, $10K 860-623-1823
This is possibly an unusual LOM in that it may not be equipped with a super charger, making it a 120 HP engine. If you call about the engine, that would be something to check. The LOM usually installed on a Jungmann is a 140 or 160 HP LOM332.
John
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Bucker List: Bücker Jungmann |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 09 January 2012 |
Gordon Clemant had fun giving some Jungmann rides recently, and boy did this man get it! So inspired was "The Pasture Pilot", he wrote a great blog post about the experience.

"Pasture Pilot"
Here is an extract:
Flying the Jungmann is, to me, the embodiment of all the flying dreams
we have. One doesn’t dream of buffets, shudders and having to gear my
brain to mesh into an airplane’s automation. One dreams of the
bovine-scented air rising up from the pasture off the end of the runway,
the swish of air around a flying helmet, and of the horizon tumbling
round in a perfect, gentle snap roll.
You can read the whole story here: http://pasturepilot.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/jungmann/
I have met more than one person who has told me they prefer a single seat aircraft so that they aren't bothered by people wanting rides. Never really understood that.
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A remarkable new resource |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 02 January 2012 |
Over the years, many people have generously contributed their time and talents to this website. Pictures, movies, stories, tutorials and more. Recently though, Larry Ernewein and Karl Pfister contributed a document that that takes this generosity to a whole new level.
Karl and Larry have composed a document that reflects their combined experience in maintaining and operating the ENMA Tigre engine. It is by far the most detailed, professional and complete source of information on the engine I have ever seen, and operators of this engine world-wide are going to find it an indispensible aid.
The eighty page guide deserves better than a simple download link, so I ihave made a new web page to accommodate it, and have updated the "Bucker Engines" page to link to it. Please click on "Bucker Engines" in the menu to the left, then click on the picture in the "ENMA Tigre" section.
Thank you Karl and Larry.
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 24 December 2011 |

Jan Rudzinskyj

Diego Andrada Mateos
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Merry Christmas from the Rangsdorf Bestmann crew |
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Written by Ralf Guida
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Sunday, 18 December 2011 |
The Bestmann “Rangsdorf” Crew wishes all Bucker Enthusiasts a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, many beautiful flights, and always happy landings.

Kind regards
Ralf Gaida
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Famous German women pilots |
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Written by Hermann Diebold
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Saturday, 17 December 2011 |
A long
time ago, famous German women flew Bücker planes.
 
Liesel Bach, Thea Rasche, Elly Beinhorn 1932
Now another young German lady is flying Jungmann and
Jungmeister.

This year Kerstin Abrecht joined the group of German
Bücker enthusiasts. One day she showed up at Degerfeld together with Peter
Ulmer (son of the famous owner of the private Bücker museum in Göppingen) and
asked us whether she could fly with Jürgen Hüfner`s Lycoming powered Bücker
131.
After only a few takeoffs with Jürgen in the front seat he noticed that
she can really fly these planes without any problems. So she made the next step
and flew in our Jungmeister.
Now we know why: Kerstin has 8000 hrs. of flying
experience, 200 hrs. of aerobatic time on mostly Zlin, Yak 55 and Pitts
aircraft. For living she is flying Boeing 737 as PIC.
We are very proud to see her fly these beautiful
planes. Kerstin is considering it to be a great privilege to be invited to use the
Jungmann and our Jungmeister.
Hermann Diebold, Jürgen Hüfner (proud owners of Bücker Jungmeister
D-ESZN)
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Written by Christopher Overson
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Saturday, 17 December 2011 |
The west coast Bücker fly in will at Gillespie Field Airport in San Diego this year. San Diego offers a lot to visitors so we are looking for a big turnout. John Hickman, Dave Stillinger, and I are the organizers.
Folks that want to get on the mailing list can send an e-mail to
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Jungmeister oil cooler needed |
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 17 December 2011 |
Enrique Mico Pascual of the Air Foundation in Valencia wrote:
We are looking for an Oil Cooler for our Bücker Jungmeister with Siemens SH14A engine. I´m sending attached some pictures of 2 diferent Jungmeister, where you can see that there are 2 types of Oil Cooler, one with a cowl flap to send the hot air outside, and another one without it.
I would really appreciate you help,
Thanks a lot,
Enrique Mico
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 17 December 2011 |
Better late than never (I hope!)
Pictures of the 2011 Santa paula flyin can be found in the Gallery section, courtesy of John Hickman. here is a sample.

Thank you John.
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Written by John LaBarre
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Wednesday, 30 November 2011 |
2011 AIR SHOW HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES ANNOUNCED
Air show legends Jim and Ernie Moser, Julie Clark, and Steve Oliver and Suzanne Asbury-Oliver will be inducted into the International Council of Airshows (ICAS) Foundation Hall of Fame on December 7, 2011, at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas during the annual ICAS Chairman’s Banquet. The ICAS Foundation Hall of Fame was created in 1995 to honor those who have made a significant impact to the North American air show industry and, in turn, educate about noteworthy aviation history.
We know the Mosers for their development of the spectacular Jungmann that is now proudly owned by Gordon Clement, and which was the inspiration for so many conversions, magazine articles, and RC models.
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Will Greenwood's Bestmann |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 18 November 2011 |
For those of you who do not check the forum on this website (shame on you!) Will Greenwood has just completed the first post-restoration flights of his Continental O-300 powered Bestmann.
"I have just got my “Bestmann” flying and a good friend and excellent photographer, Richard Foord has taken some air to air’s and ground shots of her. -
Regards, Will Greenwood. TP-WX"
You can see more of Richard Foord's pictures here: http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=38647 They are spectacular.

Many congratulations Will. As Richard Foord's pictures attest, a beautiful restoration of a classic aircraft. The Continental engine and cowling really suit it.
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 12 November 2011 |
A few picture received from Bucker enthusiasts over the last couple of weeks:

The Tom Muller Collection sitting in the Sun in Southern Georgia, USA. Decisions, decisions!

Jan Rudzinskyj from the Czech republic flying CASA 1.131 Jungmann reg D – EELE, Serial number E3B-589. Jan is hoping to locate information about the aircraft from before its move to Germany.
Jan flying a "Mira Slovak pass" for the camera
A CASA/Tigre spinner adapted to the LOM prop hub. (Tigre has 6 bolts, LOM has 8, so new brackets were required)
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 10 November 2011 |
We new to me anyway. Historically nearly 50 years old!
Thanks to Len Elmendorf for sending a scan of this article he found amongst Talmadge Scott's collection.

Please visit the Downlaods page and look in the Magazine section to read the full article, or click this link .
Thak you Len and Talmadge.
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 26 October 2011 |
Congratulations to Will Greenwood who has just completed the restoration of a Bu181. - Actually a Heliopolis Gomhouria Mk6, with a Continental 0-300A engine.
These aircraft were built in Egypyt after WWII, and vary in appearance depending on the engine used, and whether thay have the origianal faceted canopy like Will's, or the more modern looking plexiglass bubble.
At one time, there were 100 or so of these aircraft for sale in Egypt, and the US fuel-flow computer company Shadin were going to market them as the "Shadin Aeropony." That idea seems to have come to nothing. A friend here in Ohio then tried to buy them, but his offer was not accepted. I wonder where they are now?

Bestmanns have a LOT of wash-out!
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More documents from Spain |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 24 October 2011 |
Jesus Ballester has kindly sent me some more valuable documentation. In the new "Jesus Ballester Collection" section of the Downloads page, you will find service bulletins, historical documents, an analysis of different Jungmann versions, and much more.

Gracias Jesus!
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 17 October 2011 |
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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 09 October 2011 |
About 12
years ago (I think) I was given the almost unimaginable privilege of flying a
Sukhoi Su26. What an experience! Controls so light you could barely feel them,
so powerful that the horizon was often just a blue-green blur. With 400+
horsepower, it would hover if the temperature was cool enough. Landing it,
however, felt like driving a formula one race car mounted on a shopping cart (trolley.)
A shopping cart with one wheel missing at that. Total adrenaline pump.
Since then I have flown quite a few Sukhois, and yesterday I ferried one from
Long Island, New York to Virginia. Funny thing is, after flying the Jungmann
every day this week, the Sukhoi felt like a truck. Its controls were heavy and
poorly balanced. It landed as easily as a Cherokee, however. Everything really is
relative.
It is hard to believe, but next week it will be one year since N28Bu made
its first post-restoration flight. Harder still to believe that in all that
time I have flown it for only 15 hours. A cold winter, a terribly wet summer,
a far longer than expected propeller finishing, and a busy work schedule are to blame.
Today though, I rather made up for it.
Ferrying the Sukhoi was tiring work, but I got up early this morning, took a
shower and headed for the airport. The sky was blue, the winds perfectly calm
and the temperature a pleasant 70 F (20 C) or so. I pushed the Jungmann out of
the hangar and gave her 15 gallons of 100LL as a treat. (She usually drinks
unleaded auto fuel)
There has been remarkably little maintenance to do since that first flight. I
installed an oil cooler, reworked the oil tank breather line to prevent oil
loss, and replaced the left landing gear strut oil seals three times. - I
pinched the O-ring the first two times. Other than that, nothing. To my
constant amazement, everything has just worked. Even my fuel system,
the electric supercharger actuator, and my homebrew radio have worked without a
hitch.
The newly finished "Performance" propeller gives about 2500 RPM on
climb out, and a pleasing rate of climb. In just a few moments I was at 1,500
feet, and turned to the Northeast, setting off across Ohio towards Ashland
County airport where there was a "Pie in the Sky" fly-in today.
At 1,500 ft, with 93 kts on the GPS and that smooth LOM engine purring away up
front it was magical. The trees are starting to turn colors of red, orange, and
yellow, and with the harvesting machines starting their annual task of bringing
in the field corn and the wheat, there were convenient little runways all over
the country side. Not too much worrying about a place to land today!
After the first few flights last year I made one slight rigging change, after
which the Jungmann has flown straight and level. Today, with no wind
at all, I put that to the test. I took my hands off the stick and let the
Jungmann fly herself while I drank in the stunning views. 56 NM later, I had
not once laid a finger on the stick. Just a nudge from a toe had been enough to
keep her on course.
When I landed (twice - I need another few degrees of up elevator) and shut
down, people came out of the airport building to meet me. "My God"
one person said. "Don't tell me. Is that what I think it is, the real
thing?" Don't you love it when people recognize a Bucker, rather than
saying "What's that - a homebuilt?"
Inside there was hot coffee, many types of handmade fruit pie, and vanilla ice
cream to be had. What a life.
After an hour or so I took off, allowed the Jungmann a little fun over the
airport to say thank you for the pie, and turned towards home. Another one hour and twenty minutes on the tach. This time we
landed only once, made the first turn-off and taxied to the hangar to wipe off
the bugs. - Yellow airplanes do seem to attract bugs.
As the engine ticked and cooled, I realized that this was exactly why I had
built this airplane. This was the very dream that had inspired me to keep
working for all that time.
I LOVE this airplane!
Steve
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Bucker Prado on France TV3 |
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 06 October 2011 |
Whatever your views and experience with Bucker Prado SA in Albacete, this is a fascinating glimpse of the company, and its proprietor Jesus Ballester.
The movie was broadcast on French Television channel 3 and is presented by well known aviation journalist Bernard Chabbert.

Click the image to watch the movie. Even if your French is as sorry as mine, you will be able to admire the Spanish country side, the town of Albacete, and some nice Jungmann flying.
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75 years old, and still winning |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 05 October 2011 |
An aerobatic contest was held here in Ohio last weekend. The weather was atrocious. Low clouds and rain eventually gave way to a few low clouds, and a 30 kt wind at 90 degrees to the aerobatic box! At ground level, the cross-wind component approached 20 kts.
Despite having to dodge clouds and fight the winds, the winner was none other than Larry Ernewein in his beautiful Jungmann C-FLAE.
How remarkable that more than 75 years after the design first flew, the aircraft is capable of winning a competion against aircraft half its age. (Of course extraordinary piloting skills don't hurt either.)
Many congratuations Larry!

C-FLAE, resting after a morning's work in the Bellefontaine, Ohio aerobatic box.
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Talmadge Scott's Jungmeister |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 03 October 2011 |
Congratulations Scott, and thanks to Len Elmendorf for the picture.

Engine runs, brakes work, got a run up and down the runway. Got a happy guy.- Len.
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Written by Gilles Tatyr
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Monday, 03 October 2011 |
Here are a few pictures shot during flights to and from a homebuilders fly-in in Pamiers (at the foot of Pyrenees mountains) Sept 10th & 11th.

Wonderful weather with a part on top, which provided a strange and unusual feeling in that tiny open-cockpit plane…
Cheers,
Gilles
See the rest of the pictures in Gilles' album.
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30 year Bücker gathering in Degerfeld |
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Written by Hermann Diebold
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Sunday, 25 September 2011 |
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Over 30
Bückers from Germany, Switzerland, Holland, France, England and Austria (the
legendary Jungmeister collection of Sepp Ecker and his friends) had signed up
for the gathering. But weather did not cooperate on Saturday. It cleared up in
the late afternoon, so only 20 Bückers finally made their way to the event. Artur
Düsterhöft flew a wonderful display with 3 Bückers, Martin Krämer did aerobatics
in his Lycoming powered Jungmann, Helmut Müller showed his wonderful 1:1,25 RC
Jungmeister.
Bücker
enthusiast Helmut Hüfner who first brought these fantastic planes that came from
Spain into the German skies was with us. During the evening come-together we
showed the video about the 1981 Degerfed gathering. Helmut did a speech about
the painful way he fought through bureaucracy to get the Spanish Bückers an
airworthiness certificate in Germany. He was the one who made it possible that
we are flying these wonderful airplanes that were once made in Spain. In
Germany there are very few original Bückers that came out of the Rangsdorf
factory. Most Bückers 131 are Spanish made Casa Models.

From the
Bitz company Mr. and Mrs. Griener were with us. Mr. Griener has built a lot of Bücker
planes and helped to restore many of them. Fritz Ulmer who has the private
Bücker Museum at his home in Göppingen, Werner v. Arx who has another private
Bücker Museum in Basel, Switzerland, were invited to our gathering. But both
could not come due to health problems. Both offered to give us as much
information as possible about their Bücker life. We`re now beginning to write
down their stories and we will share it with the Bücker community in the near
future.
Joe Vasile from
the US had signed up, but he had to fly back to the US after a visit to the
Swiss Biplane gathering before Degerfeld started. Mira Slovak tried to come,
but he attended a Tribute to Mr.
Boeing in Seattle that
week, due to Hurricane Irene on the US east coast all flights were cancelled
and he could not make it to Degerfeld
We have
seen a lot of interest of these Bücker guys with so many years of experience,
stories and adventures. This time some of them did not make it to Degerfeld,
but we are sure that some day we will all meet in another gathering. Our plan
is to get closer with the international Bücker enthusiasts and to share as much
information and stories as possible. We all know “they don`t make these Bückers
anymore”, that’s why we must collect and share as much material of their
history as possible. Now younger pilots will have to learn about maintaining
and restoring these planes. We hope that we can learn enough from these very
experienced elder gentlemen to keep our planes going in the future.
I`ve
started a booklet with some of my stories, and this booklet was handed out to
all participants of or gathering to encourage them, to write down their stories
and to share it with us. Helmut Hüfner had sent me the written story about the
Bücker registration and I’m allowed to share it with all Bucker enthusiasts. I
will send it to the Bücker websites archive.

Klaus-Jochen
Rieger, a German journalist who is actually working on a new book about the
Bückers following the stories of Erwin König, was here. He will try to finish
his book next year. Klaus has been in touch with several US, Swiss and Austrian
Bücker enthusiasts over the past year and they have supplied him with a lot of
information about their Bückers for his book. At Degerfeld I received a copy or
the movie of the 1981 Degerfeld Bücker gathering, Ulrich Hunger shot a new
movie about the Degerfeld Bücker gathering 2011. My plan is to paste both videos
to the “cloud” for download by all Bücker enthusiasts.
More pictures of the 2011 Degerfeld gathering
can be found in the Gallery section here: Degerfeld 2011 , and in my album in the "User Pictures" secion.
Who ever
wants to share his Bücker stories or hand out his material about the Bucker
scene please contact Hermann Diebold at
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Sincerely
Hermann
Diebold (proud owner of Jungmeister D-ESZN)
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Wing construction booklet |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 06 October 2010 |
Wing Construction booklet
This has to be the best value in all of Bückerdom. Hank Galpin has for many years distributed a booklet he wrote called "Tips and techniques for Bücker Wing Builders." The booklet is very well written and illustrated with good quality pictures. It takes you step-by-step through the process of building Bücker wings and ailerons. The booklet has recently been expanded to include a section by Joe Krybus on building the ailerons.
To obtain a copy, send $10.00 (For non USA addresses, a $20 bill please) to:

Hank Galpin
1885 Stillwater Rd
Kalispell, MT 59901
Hank's email address is
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(This scan is very low resolution, the real thing is of good quality)
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