Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim (lots of pics)

[AlexC1981]

Nice pics. I was there last month and I took a few photos. I'll get a few up later.

[dr_gn]

perdu said:

Whatever you do.

Do what you want to as soon as you can

[dr_gn]

AlexC1981 said:

Nice pics. I was there last month and I took a few photos. I'll get a few up later.

Great - I hope you got all the stuff I missed!

[AlexC1981]

I only took 8 photos and 4 of them were taken at almost the same angle and distance as yours!

Here's the remaining 4:

[AlexC1981]

And another of the Fokker DVII

[AlexC1981]

I also visited the main Deutsches Museum in Munich and took these.











At the top of a V2 rocket:




Mean machines...... I think this is my favourite, shame I blurred the photo so much.

[Hooli]

Must add this place to my list of things to do when back in that area.

[Mr Dave]

Eric Mc said:

Don't get too depressed. There is more science and engineering going on now than at any time in history - but perhaps in areas you and I are not enthusiasts of - such as IT or even medecine.

I think most of the weird and wonderful aeronautical oddballs have all been attempted by now (we've had 108 years of powered flight after all). Those weird and wonderful ideas that worked (either aeronautically or - probebly more importantly - practically) have been incorporated into mainstream aviation design and we just don't notice them any more. Those that didn't work fantastically well have been filed in the "nice idea - but not much cop" file for future aeronautical engineers to peruse and prevent them from re-inventing bad ideas.

I think theres a lot of innovation and interesting ideas being tried and tested at the minute, look at the shape of some of the drones, the "bird of prey" one looks fantastic. Pure science fiction stuff.

The lack of a pilot makes it a lot less interesting.

And the lack of a pilot wearing a suit even more so.

[dr_gn]

AlexC1981 said:

I also visited the main Deutsches Museum in Munich and took these.

Mean machines...... I think this is my favourite, shame I blurred the photo so much.

Oh. My. God.

Based on those pics I'll definitely be going to the main part of the museum next time I'm in Germany - it looks great.

Thanks for posting.

[dr_gn]

AlexC1981 said:

And another of the Fokker DVII

I was surprised to read that it is an original and not a replica...impressive.

[Eric Mc]

My sister visited Munich in 1977 and took some Deutches Museum photos for me. Back then, some of the larger aircraft, such as the Do331, were on display there.

[AlexC1981]

The transport section of the museum isnt actually all that big in comparison to the overall size of the place. There is a massive section devoted to mining, which is very well done, but I found it hard to get enthusiastic over. The other section that I liked was engines and powerplants. They have some huge and impressive steam engines (the fixed powerplant type, not locomotives).

[davepen]

In '95 I spent a summer working just up the road in Unter-schleissheim.
It was interesting that with the dual history of DDR and BR they had the US and USSR fighter equivalents next to each other. The Radio Free Europe transmitter was still on the airfield. Nice BierGarten at the Schloss and more recently the Neu Schloss garden has been restored.

[CanAm]

AlexC1981 said:

The transport section of the museum isnt actually all that big in comparison to the overall size of the place. There is a massive section devoted to mining, which is very well done, but I found it hard to get enthusiastic over. The other section that I liked was engines and powerplants. They have some huge and impressive steam engines (the fixed powerplant type, not locomotives).

That's because there's a separate transport section elsewhere in the city. Here's a coupe of photos taken a few years ago:-




and another from the main Deutsches Museum.