BÜCKER BÜ 131 JUNGMANN🛩️“The legend that trained the Luftwaffe pilots” ✈️

Video from the channel STUKA40 about Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 16:07. Language: Spanish. Video type: Documentary.

Narrated documentary about the Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann, a German basic training and aerobatic biplane. It covers its origins, development, licensed production, military service and technical characteristics.

After running Svenska Aero in Sweden, Carl Bücker founded Bücker Flugzeugbau in 1932 in Berlin-Johannisthal, with Anders J. Anderson leading the design. The prototype flew on 27 April 1934 and deliveries began that same year. The Bü 131B variant, powered by a 105 hp Hirth HM 504 A2 engine, became the Luftwaffe's main basic trainer. It also served in night harassment units until the Bü 181 Bestmann began replacing it. It was built under license in Switzerland (Dornier), Czechoslovakia (Tatra and Aero, which after the war produced the C-4 and C-104), Spain (CASA, about 530 units) and Japan, where 1,037 Ki-86s were built for the Army and 339 K9Ws for the Navy.

It has two open tandem cockpits with dual controls. The upper and lower wings are almost identical and interchangeable, with ailerons on all four. The fuselage is welded steel tube and the wings are fabric-covered wood. The video gives a length of 6.62 m, a wingspan of 7.4 m, an empty weight of 380 kg, a takeoff weight of 670 kg, a top speed of 183 km/h, a range of 650 km and a ceiling of 4,300 m.