Aero Expo Friedrichshafen

[TobyV]

Yesterday I visited the "Aero Expo" in Friedrichshafen, Germany. It is an exhibition of General Aviation aircraft from Gliders and Ultra-lights/ Very lights up to and including helicopters, more conventionally sized fixed wing GA aircraft and smaller Bizjets, components, services etc. Here is a selection of my photos from the event. Sadly only one "classic British" item found and that was in the car park:


Well ,iIt wouldn't be Germany without a Zeppelin...


Note the unusual propulsion arrangements. The propellers can swivel in order to make the craft very manoeuvrable



Zeppelin hangar


Found this Triumph TR4 in the car park!




...and this more appropriate (for the country) car inside




Tecnam P2006T


Piper PA-28. Closest thing I could find to the only aircraft I have ever personally flown!


Beech Premier 1a


Me trying to be artistic with the photography again


Little flying boat from Russia


One of a handful of British registered aircraft present was this Piper Comanche


Piaggio Avanti II




Let L-29


Let again


Hawk model


The original Do-X was originally tested on the neighbouring lake Constance, which I had crossed by car-ferry in the morning to get to Friedrischafen


"Red Bull" Bell TAH-1 Huey Cobra


Zeppelin again


I was quite impressed by these little Embraer bizjets


Note the "flick" in the leading edge of the fan blades towards the blade tips, presumably this surpresses endwall boundary layer / tip leakage interaction effects


Embraer Phenom 300


...has slightly less interesting blades


Aircraft for sale in this hangar. Was impressed to see something that was almost within my budget, were I in the market for a single engined aircraft


Spotted this Bede Jet (BD-5) being wheeled out towards the runway

Two final shots of the Embraer Phenom 300. Can't help but be envious / admire the Embraer product range of RJs and bizjets. Twenty years ago, we had just such a product range in BAe

[Chris Trott]

Great pics.

Only thing is that's an Aero L-39, not L-29.

[speedbird591]

Note the "flick" in the leading edge of the fan blades towards the blade tips, presumably this surpresses endwall boundary layer / tip leakage interaction effects

Well, I certainly wouldn't argue with that, Toby

Great pics, as always. Thanks for those.

Ian

[Chris Trott]

BTW, what ever happened to ZeppelinNT's project to build a passenger version of their airship?

[Felixx62]

Nice pics & thnx for posting..

[TobyV]

Chris, quite right about the Let!

Re the Zeppelin I don't know. The one in my photos take 19 people according to the information in the hangar. Before I saw it over lake Constance from the ferry on the way over, I thought the Germans had given up on the mafter the Hindenberg!

Ian - it is or was my job. My colleague who was with me (the gentleman admiring the TR4) was the one who pointed out this feature of the design. He designs the Low Pressure steam turbine blades for a living, which aerodynamically are similar to front fans. For my part as a former aerodynamicist of turbine blades, I am speculating as to why they have this design feature. I think it acts to try to minimise the tip leakage, or in this particular case you have got the over-tip leakage interacting with the boundary layer that builds up on the walls of the duct.