Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister

what is it?

The Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister is an advanced trainer of the Luftwaffe in the 1930s. It was a single-engine, single-seat biplane of wood and tubular steel construction and covered in fabric.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 6.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 220 km/htop speed
• range 500 kmwithout refuelling
• size 585 kgmax take-off weight
• built 250made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 91 years ago, in 1935.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1935-08-21

number built

250

role

single-seat advanced trainer

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

Bücker Flugzeugbau

engines

1× Siemens-Halske Sh.14A-4

crew

1

length

6 m

wingspan

6.6 m

height

2.2 m

max take-off weight

585 kg

top speed

220 km/h

cruise speed

200 km/h

range

500 km

ceiling

4,500 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.