Although primarily built for the Luftwaffe, Dornier built 52 Jungmeisters under licence for the Swiss air-force and a further 52 were licence built by CASA for the Spanish air force as the CASA 1-133, the Swiss air-force operated their Jungmeisters as a training aircraft until 1968. Adolf Hitler and the 1936 Berlin Olympics Adolf Hitler wished to impress the world with the strength of Germany's aeronautical industry, he therefore arranged for the 1936 Berlin Olympics to include an aerobatics competition, something which had never happened before or since, the flying event took place within the confines of the track and field stadium. The stars of the event was the Romanian aerobatic pilot, Alex Papana, who flew his German built Bücker Jungmeister in an unprecedented display of aerobatics, and the German Count Hagenburg who flew his German built Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz to repeated victories (much of the judging was based on the response of the primarily German, stadium crowd...) Although the aerobatics competition was undoubtedly staged it a way to enhance Germany's potential results it was not really necessary , the German built planes and their pilots were truly exceptional. Bücker Bü 133C Specifications: - Crew: Pilot only
- Length: 6.0 m (19 ft 8.25 in)
- Wingspan: 6.60 m (21 ft 7.75 in)
- Height: 2.20 m (7 ft 2.5 in)
- Empty weight: 425 kg (937 lb)
- Maximum takeoff weight: 585 kg (1,290 lb)
- Engine: single 119 kW (160 hp) Siemens Sh 14A-4 radial piston engine
- Maximum speed: 220 km/h (137 mph)
- Range: 500 km (311 mi)
- Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,765 ft)
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