Type | 2-seated Sausewind rebuilt to biplane configuration |
Engine | 1 De Havilland Gipsy |
Dimensions | Length 6,30 m , height , span 7,70 m , wing area 14,7 m2 , |
Weights | Empty 360 kg, loaded 635 kg , max. take off weight |
Performance | Max.. speed 250 km/h , cruising speed , range 750 km, endurance , service ceiling 5800 m , climb, landing speed 80 km/h |
Type | Werk.Nr | Registration | History |
Libelle I | 110 ? | The construction of the B VI "Libelle I" began in June 1929. On December 23, 1929, the machine took off on its maiden flight. Initially, the flight tests went quite well. Nevertheless, the plane crashed on January 12, 1930 in Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel , pilot Hellmuth Jonas was killed. | |
Libelle II | 112 | D-1908 | At the beginning of in July 1930 the "Libelle II" was ready. Fritz Papenmeyer, the managing director of Bäumer Aero, had registered the B VI for the 1930 European sightseeing flight shortly before the end of the late nomination period. It was assigned the competition number "E 3" and was to be flown by DVS chief pilot Hermann Steindorf. On July 11, 1930, the "Libelle II" was transferred from Fuhlsbüttel to Staaken with the provisional approval D-1908. Unfortunately, the advertising effect that Papenmeyer hoped for from participating in the European sightseeing flight did not materialize: the first flight under Steindorf, the machine crashed from a low height in Staaken on July 13, 1930 and was completely destroyed. |