Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister
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Bü 133C Jungmeister at Flying Legends (2011) | |
Role | Single-seat advanced trainer |
National origin | Germany |
Manufacturer | Bücker, CASA Dornier |
Primary users | Luftwaffe Spain Switzerland |
Number built | around 250 |
Developed from | Bücker Bü 131 |
The Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister was an advanced trainer of the Luftwaffe in the 1930s. It was a single-engine, single-seat biplane of wood and tubular steel construction and covered in fabric.
Development[]
The Bü 133 was a development of the Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann two-seat basic trainer. First flown in 1935 (by Luise Hoffmann, the first female works pilot in Germany),[1] it was slightly smaller than the Bü 131. The prototype, D-EVEO, was powered by a 140 hp (104 kW) Hirth HM506 inverted, air-cooled inline-6 engine.[1]
The aircraft showed "astonishing agility" at its first public appearance, the 1936 International Aerobatic Championship at Rangsdorf,[1] but the Bü 133A garnered no orders; only two Bü 133Bs, with 160 hp (119 kW) version of that same Hirth HM506 inline-6 engine, were built.[1]
The main production type was the 160 hp (119 kW) Siemens-Bramo Sh 14A radial powered Bü 133C, which had a distinctive cowling and a 13 cm (5.1 in)-shorter fuselage,[1] and the same fine aerobatic performance as the Bü 133A.[1]
Fifty-two were manufactured under licence by Dornier for the Swiss Air Force[1] (which kept it in service until 1968).[1] A similar number were built for the Spanish Air Force by CASA, and were designated the CASA 1-133.
Operational history[]
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The Bü 133C racked up numerous victories in international aerobatic competition, and by 1938 was the Luftwaffe's standard advanced trainer.[1] At the Brussels meet that year, a three-man Luftwaffe team made a strong impression on Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, who ordered a nine-man team be formed.[1] It dazzled the crowds at the International Flying meet in Brussels the next year.[1]
The Jungmeister design remained competitive in international aerobatic competition into the 1960s.[1]
Variants[]
- Bücker Bü 133A
- Hirth HM 6 inline engine: 135-hp (101-kW)
- Bücker Bü 133B
- applied to licence-built aircraft (only two versions were ever constructed of this variant).
- Bücker Bü 133C
- Siemens Sh 14A-4 engine
- CASA 1.133
- Spanish-built variant.
- Price/American Tiger Club Jungmeister
- Plans for homebuilt construction.[2]
- SSH Bü 133 Jungmeister
- Reproduction Jungmeister by SSH in Poland.
Operators[]
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Independent State of Croatia
- Zrakoplovstvo Nezavisne Države Hrvatske
Nazi Germany
- Luftwaffe
Hungary
- Hungarian Air Force
Lithuania
- Lithuanian Air Force (6 acquired in 1939)[3]
Poland
- Polish Air Force (1 bought for tests before 1939)[4]
Romania
- Romanian Aero club
- Romanian Air force
Slovakia
- Slovak Air Force (1939-1945)
Spanish Republic
- Spanish Republican Air Force[5]
Spanish State
- Spanish Air Force
South Africa
- South African Air Force
Switzerland
- Swiss Air Force
Soviet Union
- Soviet Air Force (following the occupation of Baltic States, at least three former Lithuanian Bü 133C's were transferred to aviation of 29th Territorial Infantry Corps)[6]
Yugoslavia
- SFR Yugoslav Air Force - Postwar.
Specifications (Bücker Bü 133C)[]
Data from The Concise Guide to Axis Aircraft of World War II - David Mondey[7]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 6 m (19 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)
- Height: 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
- Wing area: 12 m2 (130 sq ft)
- Airfoil: Clark Y modified[8]
- Empty weight: 425 kg (937 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 585 kg (1,290 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Siemens-Halske Sh.14A-4 7-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 119 kW (160 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 220 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn)
- Cruise speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn)
- Range: 500 km (310 mi, 270 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,800 ft)
See also[]
Related development
Related lists
- List of aircraft of the Spanish Republican Air Force
- List of interwar military aircraft
- List of military aircraft of Germany
References[]
Notes[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Ketley, Barry, and Rolfe, Mark. Luftwaffe Fledglings 1935–1945: Luftwaffe Training Units and their Aircraft (Aldershot, GB: Hikoki Publications, 1996), p.14.
- ^ Air Trails: 79. Winter 1971. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ http://www.plienosparnai.lt/page.php?977) in Lithuanian)
- ^ Morgała, Andrzej Morgała (2003). Samoloty wojskowe w Polsce 1924-1939. Warsaw: Bellona, p. 316. ISBN 83-11-09319-9 (in Polish)
- ^ SBHAC - Aviones de la Fuerza Aérea de la República Española/Aviones de Escuela y Enlace
- ^ Ganusauskas, Edmundas. "Lietuvos Karo aviacijos likvidacija". Plieno sparnai. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ Mondey, David. The Concise Guide to Axis Aircraft of World War II.
- ^ Lednicer, David. "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". m-selig.ae.illinois.edu. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
Bibliography[]
- König, Erwin. Bücker Bü 133 "Jungmeister"(Flugzeug Profile 29) (in German). D-86669 Stengelheim, Germany: Unitec Medienvertrieb e.K.,
- König, Erwin. Die Bücker-Flugzeuge (The Bücker Aircraft) (bilingual German/English). Martinsried, Germany: Nara Verlag, 1987. ISBN 3-925671-00-5.
- König, Erwin. Die Bückers, Die Geschichte der ehemaligen Bücker-Flugzeugbau-GmbH und ihrer Flugzeuge (in German). (1979)
- Mondey, David. The Hamlyn Concise Guide to Axis Aircraft of World War II. London: Chancellor Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85152-966-7.
- Smith, J.Richard and Kay, Antony L. German Aircraft of the Second World War. London: Putnam and Company Ltd., 3rd impression 1978, p. 92–93. ISBN 0-370-00024-2.
- Wietstruk, Siegfried. Bücker-Flugzeugbau, Die Geschichte eines Flugzeugwerkes (in German). D-82041 Oberhaching, Germany: Aviatik Verlag, 1999. ISBN 3-925505-28-8.
- Wood, Tony and Gunston, Bill. Hitler's Luftwaffe: A pictorial history and technical encyclopedia of Hitlers air power in World War II. London: Salamander Books Ltd., 1977, p. 140. ISBN 0-86101-005-1.
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