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Bucker Bu131

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The Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister (Young master) 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. It was slightly smaller and fitted with a more powerful engine, which gave it excellent aerobatic performance.

Operational history

The Bü 133 served as an advanced trainer with the Luftwaffe, its aerobatic capability suiting it particularly for early training of fighter pilots.

It was manufactured under licence for the Swiss Air Force by Dornier and for the Spanish air force by CASA. Approximately 50 aircraft were produced for each country.

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

Operators

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Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister in civilian ownership
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Specifications (Bücker Bü 133C)

Data from The Concise Guide to Axis Aircraft of World War II - David Mondey[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: one, pilot
  • Length: 6.0 m (19 ft 8.25 in)
  • Wingspan: 6.60 m (21 ft 7.75 in)
  • Height: 2.20 m (7 ft 2.5 in)
  • Wing area: 12.0 m² (129.17 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 425 kg (937 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 585 kg (1,290 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1× Siemens Sh 14A-4 radial piston engine, 119 kW (160 hp)

Performance


See also

Related development

Designation sequence

Related lists

References

Notes

  1. Mondey, David. The Concise Guide to Axis Aircraft of World War II. 

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 3-925-671-00-5.
  • 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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