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Junkers W33 (original, on display)
Flughafenausstellung
Bremen, Germany
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Junkers W33
2504
Junkers
D-1167 "Bremen"
1927
on display, on loan from Ford Museum
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This is the original aircraft BREMEN, which performed the first transatlantic flight from Europe to North America. After the successfull first crossing of the North Atlantic with Koehl, von Huenefeld and Fitzgerald the aircraft was returned to Europe by ship, where it should be displays at the Deutsches Museum at Munich. But instead, the aircraft was transfered back to New York by ship in summer 1929 where it was displayed at the Grand Central Station and the Museum of Peaceful Arts. In 1930 the aircraft was moved to the Smithonian Museum at Washington. Henry Ford bought the aircraft in 1938 and transfered it to the Henry Ford Museum at Dearborn, Detroit, where it was exhibited until 1996.
On April 21st, 1997 the aircraft was transfered back to Germany. This operation was initiated by Volker Schmidt at Bremen. The aircraft is now located at Bremen Airport, where the aircraft is currently restaurated at Lufthansa's Verkehrsfliegerschule. An exibit hall was built at the airport and was opened in June 1998 early enough for the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the transatlantic flight of the Bremen. It is the intension too keep the aircraft in Germany for a period of up to 2003 before it will return to its original owner, the Henry Ford Museum at Dearborn, Detroit.
Check also Peter Scheller's Walkaround Series
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Further reading at the WWW:
Bremen Airport (with further infos of the exhibit hall)
Bremenflug (with infos about the return of the Bremen, in German)
Flugrevue (further infos about the return of Bremen)
Henry Ford Museum (infos of the owner museum)
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