The Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum) is located in the German town of

Bückeburg Bückeburg (Northern Low Saxon: ''Bückeborg'') is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, on the border with North Rhine Westphalia. It is located in the district of Schaumburg close to the northern slopes of the Weserbergland ridge. Population: 21,0 ...

, 30 miles (50 km) to the west of

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

. The museum is the sole museum in Germany specialising in rotary-wing flight and one of few worldwide. The museum is dedicated to the history and technology of the

helicopter A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attributes ...

History

Sergeant Major Werner Noltemeyer gathered parts, models, books and photographs of rotary-wing aircraft while he was training to become a helicopter pilot in the

German Army Aviation Corps The German Army Aviation Corps (german: Heeresfliegertruppe) is a special unit within the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr). The German Army Aviation Corps is a branch of the German Army (''Heer''), containing all its helicopter units. The German ...

. In 1959 the German School of Army Aviation was established in Bückeburg. In the late 1960s, the city council of Bückeburg offered Noltemeyer an old timbered-framed building for use as a museum which opened in 1971. Due to a shortage of space an additional exhibition hall was added in 1980. The museum was further expanded with a glass addition in 2011. DaVinci Helix Hubschraubermuseum Bueckeburg

DaVinci Helix Hubschraubermuseum Bueckeburg

Hubschraubersimulator im Hubschraubermuseum Bueckeburg

Bell UH-1D 'Goodbye Huey' kommt ins Hubschraubermuseum am 20

Mars Helicopter INGENUITIY Modell im Maßstab 1 zu 1 im Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg

Hubschrauberzentrum e. V.

The ''Hubschrauberzentrum e. V.'' (Helicopter Centre Association) - founded in 1970 - is an organisation of volunteers that operates and maintains the museum. The association maintains an extensive archive and a library for scientific study of the history of rotorcraft.

Exhibits

Displayed in the museum are 52 single and multi-rotor helicopters,

gyrocopter An autogyro (from Greek and , "self-turning"), also known as a ''gyroplane'', is a type of rotorcraft that uses an unpowered rotor in free autorotation to develop lift. Forward thrust is provided independently, by an engine-driven propeller. Wh ...

gyrodyne A gyrodyne is a type of VTOL aircraft with a helicopter rotor-like system that is driven by its engine for takeoff and landing only, and includes one or more conventional propeller or jet engines to provide forward thrust during cruising flig ...

s as well as numerous helicopter models, historical photos, working models of rotors, technical demonstration and teaching material, parts, tools or equipment for helicopters (status September 2022). A helicopter simulator is available for museum visitors.

Single-rotor helicopters

Exhibits include the following helicopter types: * Aérospatiale Alouette III (SA 316B) * Aérospatiale SA 330J Puma * Bell 47 G2 Sioux * Bell UH-1D „Iroquois“, last Helicopter from this type of the ''German Army Aviation Corps'' with special paint „Goodbye Huey“ *

Bölkow Bo 46 The Bölkow Bo 46 was a West German experimental helicopter built to test the Derschmidt rotor system that aimed to allow much higher speeds than traditional helicopter designs. Wind tunnel testing showed promise, but the Bo 46 demonstrated a ...

* Bölkow Bo 102 * Bölkow Bo 103 * Bölkow Bo 103 V3 (Prototype) *Bölkow P166/3 Flying Jeep * Bristol 171 Sycamore Mk. 52 * Eurocopter Dauphin SA 365 C3''Schaumburg-Lippische Landes-Zeitung:
Der letzte Flug der „Dauphin“ am Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg
Retrieved: 21 September 2022 * Eurocopter EC-665 Tiger (prototype No 3) *Georges G-1 Papillon (home-made experimental helicopter) *Georges G-2 (home-made experimental helicopter) *Havertz HZ-5 (home-made helicopter) *Heimbächer No 4 * Hiller H-23C Raven * Hughes TH-55 Osage * MBB Bo 105 P-1A1 anti-tank helicopter * MBB Bo 105 CB-4 „The Flying Bulls“ * MBB/Eurocopter Bo 108 * MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 *Merckle SM 67 *

Mil Mi-1 The Mil Mi-1 (USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 32", NATO reporting name "Hare") was a Soviet three- or four-seat light utility helicopter. It was the first Soviet helicopter to enter serial production. It is powered by one Ivchenko AI-26V radial ...

Mil Mi-2 The Mil Mi-2 (NATO reporting name Hoplite) is a small, three rotor blade Soviet-designed multi-purpose helicopter developed by the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant designed in the early 1960s, and produced exclusively by WSK "PZL-Świdnik" in Polan ...

*Nagler-Rolz NR 54 (replica) *

Saunders-Roe Skeeter The Saunders-Roe Skeeter was a two-seat training and scout helicopter that was developed and produced by British manufacturer Saunders-Roe ("Saro") of Cowes and Southampton, in the United Kingdom. Work on what would become the Skeeter had bee ...

*Siemetzki ASRO * Sikorsky S-58 / H-34) * Sud Aviation Alouette II (SE 3130) * Sud-Ouest SO 1221 Djinn

Multi-rotor helicopters

* Aerotechnik WGM 21 * Cornu No II (first successful helicopter flight on 13 November 1907 - replica) *

Focke-Wulf Fw 61 The Focke-Wulf Fw 61 is often considered the first practical, functional helicopter, first flown in 1936. It was also known as the Fa 61, as Focke began a new company—Focke-Achgelis—in 1937. Design and development Professor Henrich Foc ...

(replica) *Goslich Pedalcopter *

Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee The Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee (U.S. Army designation; earlier Army designation: HO-1) was a unique direct-lift rotor aircraft, using contra-rotating ducted fans for lift inside a platform upon which the single pilot shifted body weight for directional ...

("Flying Platform" - replica) * Ingenuity (replica of the small helicopter being test flown on Mars, April 2021 - present) *

Kaman HH-43 Huskie The Kaman HH-43 Huskie is a helicopter with intermeshing rotors used by the United States Air Force, the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps from the 1950s until the 1970s. It was primarily used for aircraft firefighting and ...

Kamov Ka-26 The Kamov Ka-26 (NATO reporting name Hoodlum) is a Soviet light utility helicopter with co-axial rotors. Development The Ka-26 entered production in 1969 and 816 were built. A variant with a single turboshaft engine is the Ka-126. A twin turb ...

* Vertol V-43 / H-21 C *Wagner Rotocar (combination between car and helicopter)

Gyrocopters

* Air & Space 18A Flymobil * Bensen Gyrocopter B-8-M *Derschmidt Gyrocopter * Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Wagtail *Krauss Autogiro TRS 1 *

Rotortec Cloud Dancer I The Rotortec Cloud Dancer I is a German autogyro, designed and produced by Rotortec of Görisried, Allgäu. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviat ...

* Rotortec Cloud Dancer II *Saalbach home-made Gyrocopter

Gyrodynes

*VFW-Fokker H2 * VFW-Fokker H3 Sprinter

Helicopter simulator

* for virtual flights by visitors

References

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