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Tag Archives: Germany
The scientific tourist #249 — the V-1 comes to Kansas
Seen at the Kansas Cosmosphere, it’s a V-1 cruise missile… Continue reading
The scientific tourist #140 — the Messerschmitt Bf-109
This week’s image is of a Messerschmitt Bf-109 fighter at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany…
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Tagged aircraft, fighter, Germany, History, Technology, World War II, WWII
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The scientific tourist #136 — the Dornier Do 335
I’ve always thought that the Do 335 has to take the prize for “oddest looking military aircraft,” but then its performance more than made up for its unusual appearance…
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged aircraft, fighter, Germany, History, Technology, World War II, WWII
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The scientific tourist #132 — The Focke-Wulf Fw 190
This weeks image is of a Fw 190 fighter at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia…
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Tagged aircraft, fighter, Germany, History, Technology, World War II, WWII
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The scientific tourist #128 — the Sanger II space plane
This week’s image is a display model of a Sanger II space plane, on display at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany…
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Tagged aircraft, Deutsches Museum, Germany, History, Munich, museum, Space, spacecraft
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The scientific tourist #126 — the Arado Ar 234B
Now residing at the National Air & Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia — the Arado AR 234 Blitz…
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Tagged aircraft, bomber, Germany, History, jet, Technology, World War II, WWII
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The scientific tourist #118 — the Natter
This week’s image comes to you from the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany — it’s a replica of a Bachem Ba349 Natter (Adder)…
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Tagged aircraft, anti-aircraft, Germany, History, interceptor, Technology, World War II, WWII
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The scientific tourist #112 — Horten hears a… B-2?
While the B-2 bomber is an impressive looking piece of gear, not that many people realize that the technology of flying wings goes back to the Horten brothers in Germany in the 1930′s…
Posted in Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged aircraft, Germany, Technology, World War II, WWII
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The scientific tourist #111 — ejection seats
At the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim north of Munich, a line-up of ejection seats from both sides of the cold war…
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Tagged aircraft, cold war, flight, Germany, History, Technology
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The scientific tourist #88 — Rheintochter R1 Surface to Air Missile (SAM)
Another slice of military history from the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany…
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Tagged anti-aircraft, Germany, History, Technology, World War II, WWII
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