You only see what you know (Goethe)
On 27 August 1939, the first aircraft with a jet engine completed its maiden flight. The machine was developed by Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke and bore the type designation He 178. [German]
This villa, built in 1880, became famous for being the home of the aircraft designer Ernst Heinkel. One of his designs was the Heinkel He 178, the world’s first turbojet aircraft and jet plane. Today the villa is part of the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung).
While staying at the event location Scalaria in December 2005, I saw many photos and posters of this great water plane: the Dornier DO24 TT. It reminded me that the Scalaria Air Challenge takes place in the sky above lake Wolfgangsee every year.
On my way to Meersburg Castle, I came across this Zeppelin museum in Meersburg. If one is interested in this kind of airship, this museum and the Zeppelin museum in Friedrichshafen nearby would be a good combination.
On the Hamburg Airport Days I came across this exemplar of a Super Constellation. It’s a beauty, isn’t it?
