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A big part of why I had traveled to Germany’s Baltic Coast was to visit the small village of Zirchow. And the entire reason I wanted to visit the small village of Zirchow was to go to Hangar 10, a museum which houses a unique collection of rare aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Figuring out local public transport whilst traveling can be challenging, but I thought I had everything sorted for my short bus journey from Ahlbeck to Zirchow. Turns out I didn’t. I stood at the bus stop and watched my bus, scheduled to pluck me from the pavement in plenty time to reach Hangar 10 by opening time, take a turn down a side street and disappear. I checked the timetable, and it was another hour and a half before I would have the chance to miss the next one. I called a cab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arriving at Hangar 10, the staff member and I exchanged mimes, I paid my 10 euros, and in I went. The hangar itself was spotless, and contained nine aircraft that looked as though they had just rolled off the production line. You see, the remarkable thing about the Hangar 10 collection is that they all still fly. <\/em>Now considering the youngest plane in the museum is 70 years old, and the oldest 85, that’s pretty amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The majority of the collection are German aircraft from the Nationalist Socialist era, 1933 to 1945. The first aircraft on display was this impressive Focke-Wulf Fw-190 A-8. The Museum information states that the aircraft was built in 1944 and flew with the Luftwaffe’s Fighter Wing 1 in East Prussia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The information panel for the Focke-Wulf stated: ‘The original nameplate of our machine was next to many original parts from the FW 190 used for the reconstruction. Due to the good document situation, the aviation authority approved this project as a reconstruction’ (more on definitions a little later). The aircraft flew again in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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