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U-90 has led a hard life. Manufactured at Dornier in Altenrhein, Switzerland in 1940 the aircraft was employed by the Swiss military until moving to the civil register as HB-MKI in 1968/9, although it appears that the aircraft was exported in 1969 before that registration could be applied. The late Bruce Kemper purchased a number of Jungmeisters from Albert Reusch and HB-MKI was one of the first batch of five shipped to the USA.

In 1976, now registered as N1940H and owned by Texas aerobatic pilot Bob Haak, the former U-90 was involved in a serious accident. Reportedly this happened at the conclusion of a low level loop. Following the accident, the aircraft was rebuilt with a Lycoming engine and a cowling which would be unlikely to win a prize at an aircraft beauty contest. Initially repainted white/red, it reverted to the familiar Swiss military scheme before It was placed on display at the Texas Air Museum in San Antonio.

During the white/red period, the aircraft displayed a German Imperial Eagle (Reichsadler) motif on the fin, but an eagle with part of one leg missing. This was apparently because Bob Haak sported a similar configuration :)





Now comes a happier period in U-90's life. Retrieved from the museum Tom Muller set about bringing the aircraft back to its original configuration. WIth a Siemens Sh14 engine newly overhauled by Dirk Bende and Swiss border conspicuity paint scheme, U-90 flew for a number of years from the Thomaston, Georgia airport until Tom was persuaded to part with it by Dr. Tim Callis. - There are more details of the rebuild here: U-90 Update



Unfortunately, in an accident that is still not fully understood, Dr. Callis was seriously injured when U-90 crashed on takeoff from the Ohio County airport in Kentucky. (Dr. Callis continues to recover and as of last month is communicating with family members and telephoning old friends to catch up)

And now what will with any luck be the final, and best part of U-90s life, the aircraft has been transported to the Bücker Museum in Teufen, Switzerland, where Albert Zeller and Thierry Lestang have already begun the rebuilding process. The Bitz company in Augsburg Germany will repair the fuselage and is manufacturing a new lower left wing.

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John Christian is in need of a brake spring for the former OE-APY. The wheel and brake assembly appears to be the same as used on Zlin aircraft. Contact John at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you can help.



Gary Matlock This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. is looking for original CASA 1.131 oil and fuel pressure guages and also has need of the baffling/air scoop from an ENMA Tigre engine.

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It seems like only yesterday, but the last Bücker meeting at Albstadt/Degerfeld was in 2017 and despite some "ify" weather, it was a wonderful gathering of Bücker enthusiasts from around the world. Bückers, good friends, a castle and Baden-Württemberg/Back Forest hospitality. What could be better?



Perhaps the 2024 meeting? 


Invitation to Bücker Enthusiasts from all over the world

Degerfeld airfield will host the next international Bücker fly in. Once again we will try to realize our dream to have 50 Bückers in the air to fly over our beautiful mountain area and the Hohenzollern castle. The date is June 29/30 2024. Earlier in the year this time in the hope of nicer weather :)

Jungmann and Jungmeisters have changed hands and for sure new owners will join us for another great event. We invite all international Bücker enthusiasts to join us, even if they cannot bring their airplanes because they live too far away. Degerfeld is located only 44 miles south from Stuttgart airport and easy to reach by rental cars.

Schedule

The arrival of Bückers may start on on Friday June 28. On Saturday and Sunday we will enjoy flying our planes. Together, solo, formations or aerobatics, whatever we feel like.

The Degerfeld aero club offers us all hangar space and the infrastructure of the field. About 30 Bückers can be hangared over night.

Accommodation

Please make the hotel reservations by yourself. We will provide a shuttle service. Recommended hotels nearby are:

The airfield offers camp grounds and facilities for those who don't want to use a hotel room. The restaurant at the airfield will be reserved for us and will offer food and drinks all weekend. It has a wonderful beer garden with a lovely evening atmosphere. After flying we can use a projector and speakers for all kinds of presentations. Everybody is welcome to present his Bücker material.

Ulli Hunger -our enthusiastic Bücker movie director- will have his extended Bücker movie ready for us to enjoy.

Please let me know whether you will join our Bücker fly-in and let me know how many persons will join.

We are looking forward to welcoming you.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Hermann Diebold + Philipp Hüfner for LSV Degerfeld

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Some images from 2017 to whet your appetite :)


Thanks to John Tempest for this excellent video of the meeting.



As we were saying our goodbyes and preparing to leave the fly-in at Albstadt-Degerfeld, Hermann Deibold said "This has been a dream come true." I think eveyone at the event felt the same way. About 25 Bückers had arrived by air. Six Siemens Jungmeisters, six Hirth Jungmann, two LOM Jungmann, Two Walter Mikron B&F Jungmann, three Tigre/CASA Jungmann, three Bestmann, one LOM Jungmeister, a Stieglitz and more. A Jungmeister and two Jungmann are based at Degerfeld, so all together I think I counted 29 Bückers!

The sound of 20+ vintage engines turning at once was something to experience. 

Although the forecast for the weekend was horrible, Bückers started to arrive from Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland. There was lots of flying to be done, friendships to renew, stories to tell and eventually work to get that many aircraft into Degerfeld's big hangar.



At dinner on Friday night in the airfield restaurant we were treated to the much anticipated "Bücker Movie". Unfortunately a computer problem the week before had cased some problems with the movie, but even so what we saw was wonderful. Historical footage I had not seen before and a lot of new content of the most excellent quality. When this film is finished it is going to be fantastic.



More movies and stories were enjoyed at the airport restaurant, and Peter Funk gave a most interesting talk on the development of the A and B model Jungmann he now produces.



Sunday was a much better day. The early morning clouds soon dispersed and flying commenced. Benoit put on another impressive display of the flying that recently won him the world vintage aerobatics championships, there was some formation flying (three formations of three aircraft over the field), passenger rides were given to members of the Winter family who had so kindly shown us around their facility the day before, and some last minute maintenance was performed prior to what was for many, a long trip home.



Throughout the event we were treated to flights by RC model Bückers, the larges of which by far was this 80% scale Jungmeister. I counted at least eight servos, two receivers and five batteries in the model.



This is a B&F 'A' model Jungmann powered by a Walter Mikron engine. It sounded very Tigre like and was of spectacular quality. Two of the ten aircraft so far delivered were present.


My favorite aircraft of the show. What a classic.

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Bert was kind enough to share these images and to write out the history as far as it is known. Thank you Bert!

The picture below was taken at the Pearson Airport in Vancouver, Washington in August 1993. The occasion was the Antique Airplane Fly-in.

The person standing on the left is Willi Kretschmer. Willi was a scientist/engineer who worked on the Me 163 rocket powered interceptor. (He is mentioned by name in the book "Top Secret Bird. - The Me 163 Comet". Willi worked for NASA during the 1950s.

On the right is H. Owen Moses. Owen was in northern France at a forward airstrip when a German Bücker Jungmann flew in. Two German mechanics climbed out and surrendered. The CO of the base was an English officer and flight instructor. He had his mechanics paint over the German markings and apply an RAF roundel. He then started teaching some of his crew to fly in the aircraft. Owen passed away at age 100.

It is not known what happened to the aircraft.



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This previously unpublished photograph was taken by a friend of Paco Rivas who shared it recently. Frank price and N87P were competing in the World Aerobatics Championships in Bilbao, Spain in 1964.

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The Monthly EAA magazine has a nice article about the B&F Jungmann that Jeff Cain and Jeff Rowland completed. View it in the magazine or on-line. If you are unable to access it either way, let me know and I'll send you a link. - Congratulations Jeff & Jeff :)

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Larry Harmacinski sent some pictures of Janusz Karacsewicz that I had not seen before, so it seems like a good time to update this article originally from June 2022. Thank you Larry.


Historical Aircraft Services (Serwis Samolotow HistorycznychH or "SSH" in Polish) was a builder of late model T-131 Jungmann as well as components for various other European light aircraft.

From 1989 to 1995 a team of aviation specialists led by Janusz Karasiewicz built 4 Jungmann aircraft . The first of them flew in the summer of 1994. These aircraft were powered by Walter Minor 4 - III engines. In 1995, the Historical Aircraft Service company was formed which started serial production based on original plans of the Czech version of the aircraft designated Bücker T-131 PA.


The planes were manufactured to order. Not much was changed in relation to the original. The 105hp Hirth HM 504 engine was replaced with the Czech LOM M-332 AK engine. Until 2006, over 30 copies of this aircraft were built. In the early 2000s, designs of new versions of the Bu181 "Bestmann" were developed, one with an LOM engine and another with a Lycoming.

Sadly Janusz died in the crash of an FK "Comet" biplane in 2006 putting an end to SSH. The aircraft he produced are regularly seen at flyins around Europe, particularly in Germany and Austria.


SSH T-131 at Degerfeld in 2017



SSH T-133 Jungmeister

Benoit Dierickx (who owns and competes in the T-133 Jungmeister shown above) found this movie showing some of the aircraft and the manufacturing activities. The quality is not great, but it is well worth watching.

Thanks Benoit.


Click the image above to play the video






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