Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg


The Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg is located in the German town of Bückeburg, 30 miles to the west of Hannover. The museum is the sole museum in Germany specialising in rotary-wing flight and one of few worldwide. The museum is dedicated to the history and technology of the helicopter.

History

Sergeant Major Werner Noltemeyer gathered parts, models, books and photographs of rotary-wing aircraft while he was training to become a helicopter pilot in the German Army Aviation Corps. In 1959 the German School of Army Aviation was established in Bückeburg. In the late 1960s, the city council of Bückeburg offered Noltemeyer an old timbered-framed building for use as a museum which opened in 1971. Due to a shortage of space an additional exhibition hall was added in 1980. The museum was further expanded with a glass addition in 2011.
's Aerial Screw Invention
for virtual flights by visitors

Hubschrauberzentrum e. V.

The Hubschrauberzentrum e. V. - founded in 1970 - is an organisation of volunteers that operates and maintains the museum. The association maintains an extensive archive and a library for scientific study of the history of rotorcraft.

Exhibits

Displayed in the museum are single and multi-rotor helicopters, gyrocopters, gyrodynes as well as numerous helicopter models, historical photos, working models of rotors, technical demonstration and teaching material, parts, tools or equipment for helicopters. A helicopter simulator is available for museum visitors.

Single-rotor helicopters

Exhibits include the following helicopter types: