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Bü 133 Jungmeister
Bücker Bü133 Jungmeister (5927315846)
Bü 133C Jungmeister at Flying Legends (2011)
Role Single-seat advanced trainer
Manufacturer Bücker
Built by CASA
Dornier
Primary users Luftwaffe
Spain
Switzerland
Developed from Bü 131 Jungmann

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. 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) Siemens-Bramo Sh 14A radials, were built.[1]

The main production type was the Sh 14A-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[]

CASA 1-133C Jungmeister EC-AMO SGT 10.06

CASA-built 1-133C Jungmeister at Blackpool (Squires Gate) Airport in 1957

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]

Operators[]

Buecker 133C Jungmeister 2

Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister in civilian ownership

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Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 South Africa
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Flag of Hungary Hungary

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Specifications (Bücker Bü 133C)[]

Data from The Concise Guide to Axis Aircraft of World War II - David Mondey[3]

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-Halske Sh.14A-4 radial piston engine, 119 kW (160 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 220 km/h (137 mph)
  • Cruise speed: 200km/h (124mph)
  • Range: 500 km (311 mi)
  • Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,765 ft)

See also[]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Ketley, Barry, and Rolfe, Mark. Luftwaffe Fledglings 1935-1945: Luftwaffe Training Units and their Aircraft (Aldershot, GB: Hikoki Publications, 1996), p.14.
  2. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". Winter 1971. p. 79. 
  3. 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 3-925671-00-5.
  • 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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