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Here is an original photo of E3B-342.

It was captioned: “Flight in formation of an E3B of the 71 Squadron. In the photo in the front position Captain Sebastián Delgado Palomares and in the later I find myself, when I was a component of the 1st promotion of complement of Granada.”





I still have no record of E3B- 342.  Can anyone help?

Brian

Great line up of Jungmanns in this original photo.
 
The first one is E3B-21.  I have no record of that one.



The second one is E3B- 273 now EC-DAH
 
I do not have a photo of this Jungmann today.  Can anyone help?

Brian

I stumbled across this original color photo of E3B-538 and a few other Jungmanns (4) somewhere in Spain.  



E3B-538 is now  F-AZGH reportedly back in Spain.



Enjoy the photos

Brian

This photo of E3B-423 was taken at Logrono - Agoncila - Sept 1971 
 

 

E3B- 423 is now registered as G-BECW.  I only have one photo from an  online album titled West Malling 1984.



Anyone have any more recent pictures or status?

Brian

Here is a picture of E3B-574.  Francesco Adreu  received this photo from his cousin Colonel Angel Martínez Plaza. Although there is no date for this photo,  it may have been from the years 1958-1960 . This CASA-Bücker belongs to the 791 Squadron of the Gral. Academia del Aire whose emblem can be seen on the fin.




After being withdrawn from service in the Spanish Air Force the aircraft was registered I-OPEF with Maurizio Steffanini in Novara, Italy.

On 22 July 2011, registration I-OPEF was cancelled as exported to Germany and the Jungmann was registered D-EJMI. CASA I.131E Jungmann D-EJMI and is based at Flugplatz Oldenburg-Hatten.



Brian

I like this picture, but most of all it shows E3B-369 in the background. 

 

Nicholas Montesinos - Grenada 1964 

 

“Elementary School of Pilots, B.A de Armilla (Granada).

The author (in uniform) with three classmates, in one of the School's two hangars.

The Bücker (E-3B) was used to make; circuits, spirals, slides, augers, formations, and acrobatics.

The I-115 (E-9), to make very basic instruments (it was not equipped for that function), the rear cabin was painted white, and a dash was placed between it and the front one.

The reality was that the E-9 for this purpose did not work and was never used again.“



E3B-369 is now G-BPDM in England



These are the only three pictures I can find.  Anyone have any recent ones?

 

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Here is another great color photo from Spain:

“This photo was taken during the last course that the Bücker Bü-131 flew, when it was already known that after their last flights they would fly to Armilla to equip their School of Complementary Pilots, where they would be painted red anti-collision stripes that nobody would like. Actually, at least three years before, the transfer of this plane to the newly created School had already begun and already in 1976 the last Bücker had already left the AGA as young and beautiful as the first days after more than 30 years and 176,000 hours of flying breaking new students who still remember them fondly today.“ (File and original partial info of the Juan Arráez collection).

Murcia - San Javier 1975

Juan Gonzales



E3B-492 is now N131DW. I do not have a recent picture of this plane, however the photos given to me from the Bates Collection show N131DW stopping by Bates Airfield sometime in the late 1980’s. It was owned by David Webb in Dallas, Texas at the time this photo was taken.





Today, the registry shows the plane being re-registered to an owner in Chaska, Minnesota USA. Does anyone have updated information?

Brian

I particularly love seeing color photos of the Buckers in Spain. Hope you enjoy this one:

“One of the almost last pictures of the "Bücker" in front of the AGA flight tower. They had little left to go (they left there in 1976) on the way to other less "aristocratic" missions, in many other bases, including Armilla (Granada) where at that time they were already giving courses at the Complementary Pilot School today non-existent. The T-34 Mentor and then the F-35C Bonanza followed them in their work, and according to IHCA magazine AEROPLANO No. 13, the three even lived together in 791 for at least two years.
In any case, from the beginning of the civil war in El Copero until 1986, when they were decommissioned in the EA, it was in the end the longest-running and most beloved plane of German origin that served in Spain.” (Original file Juan Arráez collection).”

Juan Gonzales 1973 Murcia - San Javier Spain




The first Jungmann is E3B-598 - now N99434 in St. Louis Missouri, USA.  For many years it flew with a 165 hp Warner engine.  It was listed for sale on the Bucker website not long ago.






Second airplane is E3B -417 now D-ELSK in Germany.



Brian

Here is a picture of E3B-530.  This CASA-Bücker was transferred by the Air Force to the Royal Aero Club of the Balearic Islands, it never carried a civil registration.  Photo received from Pedro de la Cru.



Here is E3B-530 in January, 1976 in Son Bonet (LESB), Spain.



At one point, E3B-530 was we decorated with the famous SNOOPY aviator character.



Now, E3B-530 flies in England as G-CDRU



Brian

This was another of the Tenerife Aero Club Jungmanns flown by Francesco Andrew. 




Francesco writes: “ This photo we can see the E.3B-449 with the tail wheel in the air. We took off from a grass runway parallel to the tarmac runway. It was a pleasure to fly at that time, without radio, without flight plan, without paying taxes, the Air Force provided us with aircraft and spare parts, and on top of that it gave us every month 200 liters of gas.”





“We can see here the types of light aircraft that the Aero Club de Tenerife had - a Stinson EC-AED, a Piper Cub EC-AKD and a Jungmann C.1131L E.3B-449.  The Club also had Auster EC-AJT.  In the background we can see a Bloch Languedoc from Aviaco.”  -  March 1958








Flying in formation with E3B-113 is E3B-449 over Los Rodeos





A moment of the flight between Los Rodeos and El Médano Aerodrome.





E3B-449 was the first Bücker transferred by the Air Force to the Aero-Club of Tenerife





This is E3B-449 now - flying in England as G-BSFB










Brian

This Casa 1.131 was one of three Jungmanns in the Tenerife Aero Club.  E3B-113 as seen below is one of them.
 
 
Francesco writes : “ Going from Tenerife to the auxiliary aerodrome of El Medano, very close to the South Airport, Reina Sofia.  It can be seen that in those years this part of the island was pure desert and communications by land were poor.” - Sept 1960
 
 
“It was a joy to have three aircraft at the aero club. I (Francesco) took this picture while flying next to the mountains of Tenerife.” Feb 1961
   
 
As mentioned earlier, there were three Buckers at the Tenerife Aero Club.  All of them were painted silver with paint on the upper part of the engine cowling and an arrow down the side - one Jungmann was blue, one was red and the other green.
 
 
The airplane lives in England today and flies as G-BIRI
 

Since this COVID-19 virus has us all stuck in the house, I stumbled across this great website full of CASA 1.131 pictures. 
 
 
I was particularly drawn to the vintage pictures. Many were taken by Francisco Adreu.    

Enjoy these “then vs now” photos:
 
This is a picture of Casa 1.131 E3B-437 from the Real Aero Club in Tenerife, Spain in January, 1960.



Francisco noted “ In the early 1960’s the Bucker Aero Club de Tenerife still had the original colors of the Spanish Air Force.  In the middle of that year, they were changed to aluminum fuselage with the upper part of the engine cowling painted red, blue and green respectively.   
 
Here is another picture of E3B-437 in June 1962 with the new paint scheme:



Francisco also noted “ One of the most desired flights was to go to the El Medano Aerodrome in the south, take a paella next to the beach and return to Los Rodeos in the afternoon” 



There were also a few more pictures of E3B- 437:



In the days prior to the celebration of an Air Festival organized by the Aero Club de Tenerife, one of the CASA-Bucker had an announcement of the Festival put on the fuselage, this plane flew through all the towns of the island promoting.
 
This one was taken in April 1963 at the Los Redos Airport:



Francisco noted “ One of the most desired flights was to go to the El Medano Aerodrome in the south, take a paella next to the beach and return to Los Rodeos in the afternoon” 
 
This Jungmann was reportedly part of the Spanish Air Force from April 26, 1954 to April 27th, 1976.  It was one of eleven Jungmanns purchased by Jose Martin on June 1st, 1977 and sent to the United States. 
 
It is now owned by Dr. Sharon Patrick in Thomasville, GA