Captured short before touchdown at Braunschweig, Germany (EDVE). This Do 228, registration D-CODE, is owned by the DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) - Germany's national research center for aeronautics and space. The DLR Flight Facility Braunschweig has 5 fixed wing airplanes (incl. 1 glider) and 2 helicopters.

This particular Do 228-101 is highly modified for research purposes.

Data Dornier Do 228-101:

Length: 15.03 metres
Height: 4.86 metres
Wingspan: 16.97 metres
Seats:15 (fitted with only nine seats for DLR research purposes)
Empty mass: 3.7 tonnes
Total mass (MTOW): 5.98 tonnes
Engines: 2 Garret TPE 331-5, 715 shp each
Propeller: Four-blade Hartzell propeller - HC-B4TN-5 ML-LT 10574 AB (EL) model with reverse thrust
Range: 2,700 kilometres
Flight altitude: maximum 7,600 metres (25,000 feet)
Speed (VMO): 200 KIAS (<15,000 ft) / 165 KIAS (25,000 ft)
Endurance: 8 hours
Fuel tank capacity: 1,814 kg (4156 lbs) usable fuel

The following modifications differentiate the DLR's D-CODE from the standard Dornier Do 228-101 model:

- Meteorological sensors for measuring turbulence, pressure, humidity, and wind speed and direction
- Hardpoints on the outside and on top of the fuselage, underneath the wings, on the fuselage fore and aft sections, and on the nose of the fuselage. These can be used to install a nose boom with integrated flow probe capable of measuring airspeed, sideslip angle and angle of attack
- Extra cargo door in the left side of the fuselage (1.3 metres x 1.4 metres)
- Two openings in the rear cabin floor (20 centimetres x 60 centimetres and 50 centimetres x 60 centimetres) for experiment units
- A telescopic tube leading outside through the front cabin floor, for remote sensing purposes
- Two bubble windows at the rear of the cabin
- Power supply (28 volt DC, plus 115 and 220 volt AC) for operating experiments and the oxygen system which supplies breathing air to the crew members at altitudes of up to 7,600 metres (25,000 feet)
- High-precision IGI navigation system (Ingenieur-Gesellschaft für Interfaces mbH)
- Mounting rails in the cabin to install experiment racks
- Computer system for online communication and data transfer (down- and uplink) between the aircraft and the ground station

Photo taken with a Nikon F4E and a Sigma 400/5.6 AF ED attached, Ektachrome Elite 100, digitized from a print.

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Lufthansa's D-CDLH "Berlin-Tempelhof" just after take off at Braunschwig, Germany (EDVE).

Note that the D-AQUI "registration" is just decoration for historical reasons. As an aircraft between 5.7 and 14 tons MTOW she has to carry a D-C... registration, Lufthansa did choose the D-CDLH letters because DLH stands for Deutsche Luft Hansa.
The letters D-CDLH are below the horizontal stabiliser.

Built at Junkers in Dessau, the Lufthansa Ju 52/3m made her maiden flight in 1936. Initially in service with Deutsche Luft Hansa, she then spent almost 20 years alternating between Germany and Norway. 1955 saw her finally taken out of service in Norway. Too large for a museum in Oslo, she was sold to South America where she flew in Ecuador from 1957 to 1963. Abandoned and exposed to the elements at the edge of Quito Airport, she fell into oblivion until an American airplane enthusiast rescued her in 1969. Later on, spectators were able to admire "Aunt Ju", now known as "Iron Annie", at air shows across the United States before she was purchased by Lufthansa in 1984 and painstakingly restored for Lufthansa's 60th birthday.

Some data:
• Type: Junkers Ju 52/3m
• Registration: D-CDLH
• Original registration: D-AQUI
• Year built: 1936
• Crew: 4
• Passengers: 16
• Engines: Three nine-cylinder Pratt & Whitney radial engines, PW 1340 S1 H1G Wasp
• Take-off speed: 120 km/h (65 kts)
• Cruising speed: 190 km/h (102.5 kts)
• Maximum speed (VMO): 250 km/h (135 kts)
• Maximum range: Approx. 825 km (445 NM)
• Endurance: 4 hours 20 mins.
• Length: 18.90 m (62 feet)
• Height: 6.10 m (20 feet)
• Wingspan: 29.25 m (96 feet)
• Empty weight: 5,970 kg (13,180 lb)
• Max. weight (MTOW): 9,210 kg (20,330 lb)
• Minimum take-off distance: Approx. 500 m (1640 feet)
• Minimum landing distance: Approx. 350 m (1148 feet)

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This is an ASK 13 glider, registration D-4681, short before touchdown at Braunschweig, Germany (EDVE). This upload kicks off a short series of aviation pictures I took in Braunschweig in summer 1999 and summer 2000.

Taken with a Nikon F4E and a Sigma 400/5.6 AF ED attached, Ektachrome Elite 100, digitized from a print.

For those interested some data of the Schleicher ASK 13:

General characteristics

Crew: Two
Length: 8.18 m (26 ft 10 in)
Wingspan: 16.00 m (52 ft 6 in)
Height: 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Wing area: 17.5 m2 (188 ft2)
Aspect ratio: 14.6
Wing profile: Göttingen 535/549
Empty weight: 290 kg (640 lb)
Gross weight: 480 kg (1,060 lb)

Performance

Maximum speed: 200 km/h (125 mph)
Maximum glide ratio: 28
Rate of sink: 0.81 m/s (160 ft/min)


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