The museum’s Bucker Bu 133 was manufactured under license to Switzerland in 1940 for the Swiss Air Force. Swiss craftsmanship reportedly made the Swiss-built Jungmeisters the best built planes, and the Swiss Air Force’s were the best maintained.
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Bucker Bu 133C
Jungmeister
The Bücker Bü 133C Jungmeister was a single-engine, single-seat biplane of wood and tubular steel construction and covered in fabric. It racked up numerous victories in international aerobatic competition, and by 1938 was the Luftwaffe's standard advanced trainer.