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The Volksflugzeug (People’s Aircraft) was a grand Third Reich scheme for the mass-production of a small and simple airplane in the 1930s. It was one of the attempts of the Nazi regime to shape progressive consumer technologies for the benefit of the community and as a powerful propaganda tool for the state.〔Peter Fritzsche, ''Machine Dreams: Airmindedness and the Reinvention of Germany,'' American Historical Review 98 (1993): 685-709〕 Unlike the Volkswagen car, the showpiece of the Nazi claim to work for the good of the average German,〔(The Volkswagen car )〕 as well as the less-known ''Volksempfänger'' radio, the ''Volkskühlschrank'' refrigerator and the ''Volksgasmaske'' gas mask, the Volksflugzeug project was contemplated but never fully realized.〔 The Volksflugzeug grand plan surfaced at different times and in different locations in Germany during Nazi rule. However, since it lacked vehement official backing, it remained ill-defined and elusive. Finally World War II dictated priorities ended abruptly most of the projects connected with the scheme.〔(Fieseler Fi 253 )〕 In more recent times the idea behind such a proposal of aeronautical development evolved and gave origin to other designs using more technologically advanced materials. Thus, a great number of Volksflugzeug designs and projects of the 1930s are currently seen as the ancestors of the present day ultralight aircraft.〔FliegerRevue March 2010, p. 56-59, Erla-Gerner-Gotha - Autobauer versuchen sich am Volksflugzeug〕 ==History == 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「Volksflugzeug」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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