Flying with the Bücker 131 "Jungmann" - Pre-WW2 Trainer

Video from the channel phil style about Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 7:27. Language: English. Video type: Onboard.

A passenger flight in a Bücker Jungmann two-seater from the Landshut Barnstormers. It takes off from Landshut-Ellermühle airfield, passes over the Danube east of Regensburg and turns at Beilngries, in the Altmühl valley. It returns over the Hallertau, a hop-growing region.

The take-off run is very short. Because of low cloud, the flight stays at around 400 m, watching out for wind turbines. We see the front cockpit, which keeps Polish instruments, and the rear one, with modern instrumentation. On the engine cowling there is a float-type fuel gauge, and on the right side a small convex mirror. The video ends with a walk-around of the aircraft.

The aircraft was built before the war and rebuilt in Poland, where it was fitted with a four-cylinder inline engine instead of the original Hirth. It carries an Austrian registration because, according to the author, it cannot be registered in Germany.