Bückeburg Helicopter Museum

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Bückeburg Helicopter Museum
Overall complex with the extension from 2011, the half-timbered house from 1463 and the extension from 1980
Overall complex with the extension from 2011, the half-timbered house from 1463 and the exhibition hall from 1980
Data
place Bückeburg , Lower Saxony, GermanyGermanyGermany 
Art
Museum of the history and technology of the rotorcraft
opening 1971
Number of visitors (annually) 30,000 (2019)
management
Dieter Bals
Website
ISIL DE-MUS-029516

The helicopter museum Bückeburg is located in the city center of Bückeburg on Sablé-Platz. It is the only pure rotary wing museum in Germany and one of the few worldwide. The museum is dedicated to the history and technology of helicopters .

history

The main factor behind the creation of the museum was the nearby Army Aviation School, today's International Helicopter Training Center, which has been stationed at Bückeburg Army Airfield since 1960 .

The beginnings of the museum go back to 1961. The then sergeant major and helicopter pilot Werner Noltemeyer had received an order from his commander to set up a small helicopter museum on the barracks of the Army Aviation School at the Achum airfield, today's Bückeburg Airfield . Over the years the aviation industry has provided visual aids for the small museum. The museum could only be used for business purposes as it was located in the military security area. It was only accessible to soldiers, special guests and registered school classes in the area.

In 1970 the museum moved to the city center of Bückeburg, the city made the Münchhausen - Burgmannshof available for the ever-growing, extensive helicopter collection. The Helicopter Museum was inaugurated there on June 9, 1971, making it accessible to the general public. The museum's exhibition space was expanded by a 2,000 square meter extension between 1978 and 1980.

In June 2011 - just in time for the 40th anniversary of the helicopter museum - the extension, built in a modern architectural style, was opened to the public after the existing exhibition had been thoroughly revised and adapted to modern museum educational requirements.

On April 11, 2013, the Bückeburg Helicopter Museum, the Laatzen-Hannover Aviation Museum , the Aeronauticum in Nordholz and the Ju-52 Museum in Wunstorf joined forces to form the “Lower Saxony Aviation Museum Working Group”.

The museum is one of three helicopter museums worldwide , along with the Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare , England (28 km southwest of Bristol ), which was founded in 1958 and shows 80 helicopters, and the American Helicopter Museum in West Chester / Pennsylvania .

Model of the flying screw by Leonardo da Vinci in the helicopter museum in Bückeburg

A symbol of the helicopter museum which was flight screw of Leonardo da Vinci from 1483, the period in which the museum building, a former Burgmannshof (1463), was first documented. With this drawing, Leonardo da Vinci is generally considered to be the inventor of the helicopter.

Prototype 3 of the EC 665 Tiger is brought into the exhibition hall of the helicopter museum
The helicopter simulator for use by museum visitors

Helicopter center e. V.

The “helicopter center e. V. “- founded in 1970 - is the support association of the helicopter museum; he runs and maintains the museum . The association maintains and looks after an extensive archive and library for the scientific processing of the history of the rotary wing aircraft. The helicopter center promotes scientific exchange on topics related to helicopter technology. To this end, the helicopter forum takes place every two years.

Exhibits

Single-rotor and multi-rotor helicopters , gyroscopes and aircraft are exhibited , as well as numerous helicopter models , historical photos, functional models of rotors, technical illustration and teaching material, parts, instruments and devices for helicopters. Currently (August 2020) 50 exhibits can be viewed in their original size.

Single-rotor helicopter

Multi-rotor helicopters

Gyroplane

Helicopter

Helicopter simulator

See also

Web links

Commons : Helicopter  Museum Bückeburg - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Schaumburg-Lippische Landes-Zeitung: All turbulence is finally over
  2. ↑ ARGE Lower Saxony Aviation Museums (PDF)
  3. ↑ Schaumburg-Lippische Landes-Zeitung: The puma has floated in
  4. ^ Schaumburg-Lippische Landes-Zeitung: The "Tiger" floats into the museum
  5. ↑ Havertz HZ-5 on: bredow-web.de
  6. ↑ Schaumburg-Lippische Landes-Zeitung: At the crane from through the window
  7. ↑ Kaman Huskie II on: bredow-web.de
  8. ↑ Wagner Rotorcar III on: bredow-web.de
  9. ↑ Air and Space U 18 Flymobil in the Engl. Wikipedia
  10. ↑ Bensen Co. Gyrocopter B-8-M on: bredow-web.de
  11. ↑ Derschmidt gyroplane on: bredow-web.de
  12. ↑ Krauss Autogiro TRS 1 on: bredow-web.de
  13. ↑ Saalbach self-made gyroplane on: bredow-web.de

Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 41.1 ″  N , 9 ° 2 ′ 49.4 ″  E