Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg
Established1971
LocationBückeburg, Lower Saxony
TypeAviation museum
Visitors> 22,000 (2023)[1]
DirectorDieter Bals
Websitehttps://www.hubschraubermuseum.de (English)

The Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum) is located in the German town of Bückeburg, 30 miles (50 km) to the west of Hanover. 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.[2]

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. 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.[3] 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.

Model of Leonardo da Vinci's aerial screw invention
Helicopter Simulator for virtual flights by visitors
New cubic building in 2011
Last Bell UH-1D of the German Army Aviation Corps - Goodbye Huey -, has landed at the Helicopter Museum on 20 July 2021
Mars Helicopter Ingenuity - Full-scale model in the Helicopter Museum

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 53 Single and Multi-rotor Helicopters, Gyrocopters, Gyrodynes and Drones as well as numerous Helicopter models, historical photos, working models of rotors, technical demonstration and teaching material, parts, tools or equipment for helicopters (status April 2023). A Helicopter Simulator is available for museum visitors.

Single-rotor helicopters

Exhibits include the following helicopter types:

Multi-rotor helicopters

Gyrocopters

Gyrodynes

Drones

  • microdrones md4-1000 [6][7]
  • UMS Group R-350 [8][9] Police Drone

Helicopter simulator

  • for virtual flights by visitors

See also

Related lists

References

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  1. ↑ Schaumburg-Lippische Landes-Zeitung, 10 January 2024, page 11: "Museum blickt auf starkes Jahr zurück"
  2. ↑ History Retrieved: 10 January 2024
  3. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg wird 50 Jahre alt Retrieved: 10 January 2024
  4. ↑ Schaumburger Nachrichten: Präzisionsarbeit mit Autokran: Die „Goodbye Huey!“ ist im Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg gelandet Retrieved: 10 January 2024
  5. ↑ Schaumburg-Lippische Landes-Zeitung: Der letzte Flug der „Dauphin“ am Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg Retrieved: 10 January 2024
  6. ↑ microdrones Retrieved: 10 January 2024
  7. ↑ SHG-Aktuell - News aus dem Schaumburger Land: Die Zukunft gehört den Drohnen: 5. Rotor-Drone-Forum im Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg Retrieved: 10 January 2024
  8. ↑ UMS SKELDAR and ESG complete week-long R-350 flight demonstrations for Bundeswehr Retrieved: 10 January 2024
  9. ↑ Schaumburg-Lippische Landes-Zeitung:Neu in Bückeburg: Hubschrauberdrohne - und viele Fragen zu ihrem Einsatz Retrieved: 10 January 2024

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