Swiss Air Force Museum - important news

[Swiss Mustangs]

Dear Friends

it is my duty to inform you that as of January 2006, I am a newly appointed member of the voluntary staff at the Swiss AF Museum at Dübendorf Air Base near Zurich, Switzerland. My duties will be supervision and sometimes acting as a guide.

This means that I will spend one or two weekends per month at the museum with plenty of opportunities to take pictures outside the opening hours from angles and at close ranges that are not allowed to / attainable by the 'regular visitor'.

I will also have access to the nearby maintenance / hangar area of our 4 airworthy Junkers Ju-52/3m (still with BMW 132 engines) plus the DC-3 in old Swissair colour scheme.

So if you have any photo-wishes (detail-shots, etc.) of any of the above and below aircraft on display, please let me know

On display outside (on pole)

J-1126 = De Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB 6

Hall 1 - Upper Level (suspended from the ceiling)

U-61 = Bücker Bu-133C 'Jungmeister' biplane
607 = Nieuport N28C1 biplane
653 = Hanriot HD.1 biplane
V-23 = Sud SO.1221S 'Djinn' helicopter
A-51 = Bücker Bu-131B 'Jungmann' biplane
A-100 = Fieseler Fi-156C-3 (Trop) 'Storch'
A-209 = Messerschmitt Bf-108B 'Taifun'
A-251 = Bücker Bu-181B 'Bestmann'
KAB-202 = Hiller 360 UH-12B helicopter


Hall 1 - Lower level

C-180 = EKW C-35 biplane
245 = Hafeli DH-1 replica biplane
257 = Dewoitine D.26
459 = Hafeli DH-5 (2 Series) replica
351 = Fokker CV-E
A-803 = Pilatus P3-05 Trainer
C-534 = EKW C-3603
J-276 = EKW D-3801
J-355 = Messerschmitt Bf-109E-3 'Emil'
J-2113 = North American P-51D-25-NA Mustang
U-328 = North American AT-16 Harvard IIB
- = Bleriot XI-2 replica

Hall 2 - Upper level (suspended from the ceiling)

A-713 = Beech E-50 'Twin Bonanza'
A-801 = Pilatus P-3.02 Prototype
A-901 = Pilatus PC-7 Prototype
AD-04 = IAI Scout UAV
C-497 = EKW C-3605 'Schlepp' (target tug)
D-101 = Ranger UAV
U-134 = Pilatus P-2.06
V-49 = SE.3131 Alouette II helicopter
HB-GAC = Beech C-45F / C-18S
HB-HOI = Nord 1203 'Norecrin I'

Hall 2 - Lower Level

J-1153 = De Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.6
J-1751 = De Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.4 Nose/Cockpit section
J-1753 = De Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.4
J-2201 = Dassault Mirage IIIC Mirage weapons test bed
J-2335 = Dassult Mirage IIIS fighter
J-4001 = Hawker Hunter Mk F.58
J-4204 = Hawker Hunter Mk T.68
U-1224 = De Havilland DH.115 Vampire T.55
X-HB-VAD = FFA P-16 Mk.III Prototype
- = EKW N.20 Aiguillon Prototype
J-1580 = De Havilland DH Venom FB.1 Nose section

Along with these aircraft, there usually are the respective engines on display.
In the storage area (which I will hopefully also have access, too) there are many more aircraft engines, both piston and jet, plus a number of additional aircraft such as more Bücker biplanes, a Dassault Mirage III RS (R-2118) recon aircraft, etc.

Also on display are a variety of anti-aircraft weapons (cannons, rockets) etc, plus aircraft weapons (guns, bombs, rockets) and gunsights, radar & radio equipment, auxiliary equipment, etc, etc.......

Cheers everyone and Happy Thanksgiving !

Martin / Swiss Mustangs

[Swiss Mustangs]

Here are some photos to go with the above to give you an impression of the arrangements and lighting situation:

Aerial view of the Museum complex with nearby Ju-52 hall (lower left corner)



Hall 1









Hall 2











Cheers
Martin

[Locobuster]

Congratulations, Martin!!!!!!!

[Swiss Mustangs]

Thanks Syd

[TEXANTOMCAT]

Well done mate - cor I am deeply envious - many congrats

TT

[Dan K]

Congratulations, Martin!

Obviously we'll be expecting lots of photo essays here on the WIX.

Much success with your work!

[B-29 Super Fort]

My congrats as well. Sounds like a dream job!

[Evzen Vsetecka]

Congratulations Martin
Very nice photos.
When I have a trip to Dübendorf I make a stop.

Evžen

[O.P.]

Congratulations Martin!

Great pics! I'll take you up on your offer. I'd like to see more pictures of anything Pilatus.

Keep up the good work.

Thanks,
Orvis

[Michel Lemieux]

Congradulations

Enjoy your new job

[Paul Patist]

Martin,


Great news ! Know you're very happy now !

Groetjes,

Paul

[Tulio]

Congratulations, Martin!

You are a natural for this!

Not for me, but for a guy in Michigan restoring a Storch, any photos that you can get (I know, the Fi-156 is hanging from the ceiling) would be welcome.

Saludos,


Tulio

[Paul281]

Thats great news. I get to Zurich 2 or 3 times per year. I should be there
again in January 2006. I will try to stop by. Regards,

Paul Bretanus
President
International Ryan Club
Ryan PT-22 N56026

[dollar65]

Poor visitors,

They will come to take nice pictures of vintage airplanes, and what will they get....





Martin on almost every picture, taking detail shots for us WIXers!

Congratulation for that job, very happy for you.

Cheers,

Laurent

[Swiss Mustangs]

Holy smokes !


I realize with horror that I should never have left you unobserved.

No more Chicken-Broccoli Pie for you, mon ami !


*sigh*

Martin