When Vagn and I arrived to Bienenfarm, a beautiful site awaited us – OY-DSB on static display among other historic aircraft:
Michael, the owner of this KZVII, was mingling with the visitors somewhere. Before finding him, we had to look at other aircraft. I loved this Focke-Wulf FW 44J “Stieglitz”:
This aircraft was built in 1940 as “Werknummer 45” in Västeras, Sweden. It received Swedish air force military serial Fv633 and entered operational service with the Kungliga Krigsflygskolan, as part of Air Wing F5 at Ljungbyhed. The Fv663 was used as trainer until 1944 and was sent as a liaison “hack” aircraft to various flottiljs within the Swedish air force. In June 1953, the Fv633 was sold to the Nykopings Flygclubb, becoming SE-BWH in the process. It was later sold to Germany, and ended up in the ownership of three active Quax members. The new owners initiated an in-depth overhaul, restoration, and rebuild of the aircraft, aiming to re-create a fully airworthy, authentic Fw.44J Stieglitz trainer by replacing several parts with original instruments and materials. Read the full story here, pages 21-23. And about the history of this type here.
Chipmunk on the photo below:
We found Michael – it was so nice to meet him at Bienenfarm! We were the only three representing Denmark there. Vagn took this very good photo of us – with Michael’s KZVII in the background, just between us:
We had lunch together, and chatted with other visitors. There were many people around, and all enjoyed the day. There were food tracks, bar, merchandise…
Classic cars and bikes:
There were many beautiful aircraft to see:
A part of static display:
We took off in the afternoon. The city of Neuruppin on our way:
We landed in Mueritz Airpark, and whilst Vagn did the re-fueling, I was running around the open-air museum (or shall I say graveyard?), taking pictures and crossing my fingers Vagn wouldn’t leave without me.
That’s always a pity to see these irresistible machines in such condition. But restoring requires skills, resources, money.
One more from the graveyard:
The old bunkers on the Mueritz Airpark premises, transformed into a playground:
We flew back to Rügen, and there were some shower rains here and there. A cold front was passing through the northern Germany.
But we were very happy. We had a wonderful day in Bienenfarm at the QuaxMeet.
We soon reached Rügen airport, and took some pictures of the highway construction work:
It began raining shortly after we landed. I saw a police helicopter re-fueling at the tank station. We waited in rain, standing under the wing (every pilot will understand that!) to see its take-off:
It was a day full of nice experiences. Bienenfarm often hosts interesting events, and the QuaxMeet was definitely worth visit.
