Deutsches Museum, Munich - Aviation Photos

The Deutsches Museum in Munich hosts a large collection of early aircraft, Zeppelins & rockets which played a part in German history. The highlights of the collection are housed on Museumsinsel, but the overflow is found at Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim.

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Deutsches Museum (1925) on Museumsinsel. Munich, Germany.	Aircraft collection at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Wright Model A "Standard" Biplane (1909) made in Dayton, Ohio & served as trainer in Germany until donated to museum in 1912 at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Etrich-Rumpler Taube (dove) rudderless monoplane (1910) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.

Etrich-Rumpler Taube (dove) rudderless monoplane (1910) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Rumpler C IV WWI 2-seat fighter / reconnaissance (1916-7) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Cut=away view of Rumpler C IV WWI 2-seat fighter / reconnaissance (1916-7) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Fokker Dr. I triplane (1917-8; replica 1975) WWI fighter at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.

Fokker Dr. I triplane (1917-8; replica 1975) WWI fighter at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Vampyr sailplane glider (1921-2) made in Hannover designed to stay aloft for hours at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Messerschmitt M17 (1925) light aircraft derived from gliders first to cross alps at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Training glider SG38 (1938) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.

Klemm L25 (1935) motorized training monoplane at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Klemm L25 (1935) over Junkers F13 (1927) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Junkers F13 (1927) first civil airliner by Hugo Junkers at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Junkers A50 ci Junior (1931) all metal sporting plane at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.

Nose of Junkers A50 ci Junior (1931) all metal sporting plane at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Junkers Ju52/3m airliner (1932-52) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Position of 3 engines of Junkers Ju52/3m airliner (1932-52) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Nose detail of Junkers Ju52/3m airliner (1932-52) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.

Corrugated skin of Junkers Ju52/3m airliner (1932-52) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Deutsche Lufthansa poster (c1930s) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Lufthansa poster (c1930s) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Deutsche Lufthansa poster (c1930s) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.

Collection of models of historic German aircraft at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Collection of models of historic German aircraft at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Model of Rohrbach Ro X Romar flying boat (1928) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Model of Dornier Do X six engine flying boat (1930) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.

Model of Dornier Do X six engine flying boat (1930) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Model of Junkers G38 four engine airliner with seats inside wing (1939) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Fieseler Fi 156 C3 Trop Storch (1939) WWII courier & observation plane able to use short runways at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3 WWII fighter aircraft (1938) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.

A4 engine (1942) used alcohol & liquid oxygen to boost V2 rockets at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Fieseler Fi 103 (FZG 76) (aka V1 unmanned flying buzz bomb) (1944) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Bachem Ba 349 Natter (manned) & Rheintochter R1 (unmanned) anti-aircraft rockets at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Rheintochter R1 two-stage anti-aircraft missile (1942) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.

Detail of metal rockets & wooden fins of Rheintochter R1 two-stage anti-aircraft missile (1942) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Bachem Ba 349 Natter rocket propelled vertically-launched interceptor aircraft (1944-5) under development when WWII ended at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Bachem Ba 349 Natter rocket propelled vertically-launched interceptor aircraft (1944-5) under development when WWII ended at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Messerschmitt Me163 rocket-propelled interceptor (1944) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.

Messerschmitt Me163 rocket-propelled interceptor (1944) only a few used in WWII at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Messerschmitt Me262 A-1a jet-propelled interceptor (1944) used in WWII at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Side view of Messerschmitt Me262 A-1a jet-propelled interceptor (1944) used in WWII at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Open jet engine of Messerschmitt Me262 A-1a jet-propelled interceptor (1944) used in WWII at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.

Parseval Airship car (1908) made in Berlin at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	German gas balloon basket (c1900) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Daimler NL1 Zeppelin airship motor (1899) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Zeppelin LZ130 airship mooring swivel (1838) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.

Diagram of how Zeppelin LZ130 airship mooring swivel (1838) functioned at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Photo of burned Zeppelin airship at Echterdingen on Aug. 5, 1908 at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Notice to authenticate memorial spoons made from aluminum from burned Zeppelin airship of Aug. 5, 1908 at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Memorial spoon made from aluminum from burned Zeppelin airship of Aug. 5, 1908 at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.

Sikorsky HH-19B (S-55) helicopter (1949) made in Stratford, CT at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	MBB BO105 V4 helicopter (1969) made in Munich at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	HFB 320 Hansa business jet (1964) made in Hamburg at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	EWR Süd VJ 101 C-X2 (1965) experimental vertical take-off jet made in Munich over F-104G Starfighter at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.

EWR Süd VJ 101 C-X2 (1965) experimental vertical take-off jet made in Munich at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Lockheed F-104G Starfighter jet used by West German Air Force (1963) made in Burbank, CA at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.	Cross section of jumbo jet passenger & cargo compartments at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.