Flugwerft Schleissheim Visit
Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim Blue skies and warm weather failed to deter 25 visitors from spending a sunny afternoon indoors at the Flugwerft, the aerospace collection of the Deutsches Museum in Oberschleissheim, just outside Munich. Organised by the IET's German LN, the group was shown round by Kurt Rathmann, formerly of the Luftwaffe, who had served not just in Germany but also in the USA. The guided tour encompassed the history of aviation, from Ludwig Prandtl's collaboration with Frederick Lanchester, through to Dornier's Do-31 10-engine STOVL research aircraft, up to DA-1, Germany's first Eurofighter (which some members of the group had helped to design). Several people braved the steep climb into the cockpit of the museum's latest exhibit, a newly-retired F-4 Phantom. Kurt…