Museum für Luftfahrt und Technik

The Museum für Luftfahrt und Technik Wernigerode is an aviation museum located in the German town of Wernigerode near Halberstadt. Many aerospace exhibits are on display including fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and aircraft engines. The main display is contained within two buildings with some aircraft displayed externally. In addition to the aircraft exhibits a number of cockpit sections and a collection of ejection seats are also held by the museum.[2]

Luftfahrt Museum Wernigerode
Hangar 1
Map
Established1999
LocationWernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt
TypeAviation museum
FounderClemens Aulich[1]
Websitehttp://www.luftfahrtmuseum-wernigerode.de/

History edit

The museum opened to the public on 1 June 1999. In 2016, the museum opened two new buildings with a total of 2,100 square meters.[3]

Aircraft on display edit

The museum has over 45 aircraft on display and over 1,000 exhibit items.[4]

Piston engine aircraft edit

Turboprop aircraft edit

Jet aircraft edit

 
One of several Fiat G.91 aircraft on display

Gliders edit

Helicopters edit

Aircraft engines edit

Piston engines edit

Gas turbine engines edit

 
Preserved General Electric J79 on display

See also edit

References edit

Notes
  1. ^ "SILBERNE GAMS WIRD NEUES TOP-EXPONAT". Flug Revue (in German). 20 November 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  2. ^ Luftfahrt Museum Wernigerode home page. Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved: 13 July 2012
  3. ^ "ERÖFFNUNG DES LUFTFAHRT-ERLEBNISZENTRUMS IN WERNIGERODE". Flug Revue (in German). 20 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  4. ^ Luftfahrt Museum Wernigerode exhibit list. Archived 2013-02-06 at archive.today Retrieved: 13 July 2012
  5. ^ ""SILBER GAMS" IST AM ZIEL". Flug Revue (in German). 10 October 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  6. ^ "TRANSALL GELANDET". Flug Revue (in German). 19 December 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  7. ^ "HUGHES 269A IST GELANDET". Flug Revue (in German). 18 January 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

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