Kleiner Beitrag über die Arbeit der EFW
Rising like a Phoenix
EADS EFW (EADS Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH, literally: Elbe aircraft works) is a subsidiary and business unit of EADS in Dresden. It is located at the Dresden Airport and became the centre of freighter aircraft conversion in the EADS group.
The Elbe Flugzeugwerke were founded in 1955 when Ilyushin Il-14 aircraft were built under...
Er gruendete als Studienabgaenger seine eigene Flugzeugfirma in Bamberg. 1927 begann Messerschmitt, mit der "Bayerischen Flugzeugwerke AG" in Augsburg zu kooperieren. Ein Jahr spaeter wurde er in deren Vorstand berufen und zum Betriebsfuehrer und Chefkonstrukteur ernannt. Waehrend der nationalsozialistischen Herrschaft war Willy Messerschmitt durch...
LZ 129 Hindenburg; being built in Friedrichshafen, it's maiden flight over Lake Constance, and a 'parade' with it's sister ship The Graf Zeppelin over Berlin after returning from a successful trip to South America.
Friedrichshafen is a town on the northern side of Lake Constance in southern Germany, near the borders with Switzerland and Austria.
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A pair of Bf 108 Taifuns entertain the crowd at the 2008 Shuttleworth Collection air pageant.
A quick glimpse of the first test flights of the V2 version of Doblhoff's jet tip powered Helicopter,
constructed at the Wiener Neustadter Flugzeugwerke.
It was the world's first helicopter to employ jet propulsion.
The WNF-342 V2 seen here in operation flew successfully in 1943.
It weighed approx 450 kg.
By sending out jets of compressed air fro...
Nach Schätzungen von Airbus Industries wird sich die Zahl der Frachtmaschinen von derzeit rund 1700 auf 4200 im Jahr 2025 mehr als verdoppeln. Der Bedarf ist enorm. Die großen Hersteller Airbus und Boeing haben volle Auftragsbücher und können die Nachfrage an Frachtfliegern nicht bedienen. Dieses Manko hat eine Firma aus Dresden als Marktlücke...
Type: Multi-Role Seaplane
Origin: Ernst Heinkel AG, Marienehe; production subcontracted to Walter Bachmann AG, Ribnitz; also some built under license (About 1935) by Arado Flugzeugwerke
Models: B, C, D, E and N
First Flight: September, 1931
Service Delivery: August 1932
Final Delivery: 1936
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Airbus reckons that the number of cargo planes is set to soar. Both Airbus and Boeing have full order books and can't keep up with demand.
'Elbe Flugzeugwerke' in Dresden converts passenger planes into cargo planes. It was founded in 1955 under the communist regime in East Germany and now belongs to EADS, which also owns Airbus.
The Pfalz D.XII, manufactured by the Pfalz Flugzeugwerke, entered service in June 1918. This late World War One aircraft was designed as a replacement for the obsolescent Albatros D.Va and Pfalz D.IIIa. Although regarded by German pilots, such as Stark and von Hippel, as inferior in performance to the Fokker D.VII, it was able to serve adequately i...
An allied plane takes out the rare rocket propelled ME-163 "Komet". This is rare footage.
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