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The German Bücker Bü 131 "''Jungmann''" (''Young man'') was a 1930s basic training aircraft which was used by the ''Luftwaffe'' during World War II. ==Development== After serving in the ''Kaiserliche Marine'' in World War I, Carl Bücker moved to Sweden where he became managing director of Svenska Aero AB (Not to be confused with ''Svenska Aeroplan AB'', SAAB). He later returned to Germany with Anders J Andersson, a young designer from SAAB. ''Bücker Flugzeugbau GmbH'' was founded in Berlin-Johannisthal,〔Ketle and Rolfe 1996, p. 12.〕 in 1932, with the first aircraft to see production being the Bü 131 ''Jungmann''. ''Bücker Flugzeugbau''s first production type,〔 the Bü 131A was the last biplane built in Germany.〔 It had two open cockpits in tandem and fixed landing gear.〔 The fuselage was steel tube, covered in fabric and metal,〔 the wings wood and fabric.〔 It first flew on the Hirth HM60R.〔 In 1936, it was followed by the Bü 131B, with a Hirth 504A-2.〔 Most wartime production for the ''Luftwaffe'' was by Aero in Prague.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bücker Bü 131」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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