1964 Hamburger Flugzeugbau HFB-320 Hansa Jet, c/n 1002/V2, D-CLOU, Deutsches Museum, Museuminsel, München, Bayern, Westdeutschland; powered by two 2,950-lbs thrust General Electric CJ610-5 turbojet engines; crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), seven to 11 passengers, business aviation/multi-role VIP and ECM (Electronic Counter Measures) electronic warfare trainer in the Luftwaffe (West German air force); mid-mounted, forward-swept wing (negative sweep), wing-tip auxiliary fuel tanks, T-tail; built by Hamburger Flugzeugbau GmbH, Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW), Hamburg-Finkenwerder, subsidiary of Blohm + Voss GmbH, Hamburg (shipyards); first turbojet-powered commercial aircraft designed and built in West Germany; built as second prototype; total production of 47 examples; first flight on October 19, 1964; severely damaged when landing gear collapsed during taxiing at Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW), Hamburg-Finkenwerder on January 30, 1968; deregistered; written off; re-registered as D-CASE in same year; rebuilt and re-registered as D-CLOU in 1969; withdrawn from use on September 24, 1970; acquired by Deutsches Museum in 1973.
Deutsches Museum, Museuminsel, München, Bayern on Wednesday, August 13, 1986.
[1984 Nikon FE2 SLR 35-mm roll film camera, s/n 1816483, with Nikkor AI 50-mm f/1.8 lens, s/n 2336591, and 52-mm polarizing filter; Kodak Kodacolor VR 200 36-exposure colour negative film]
© Copyright photographs by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, August 1986
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