Raab-Katzenstein RK 9a Grasmücke D-1519 (353)
Röver Eindecker – incomplete.
Scheibe Bergfalke II D-2001 (118/1)
Schneider Grunau Baby III
Schneider-Hofmann-Rehberg SG-38
VFW-Fokker 614 17+01 (G-014)
Zlin Z-37 Čmelák D-ESUE (18-23)JORDAN
Recently seen by Pete Bish.ROYAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM: Amman
This superb museum has a range of cars used by the rulers of the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on show. The Hashemite Emirate was
established in 1921 and three years later Sharif Hussain arrived in
Amman by car. Since then all the rulers of the area, which became a
Kingdom in 1946, have bought and used cars in their daily business.
The display starts with a replica of the 1886 Benz, generally
recognised as the first car in the world. Another replica is one of a
Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost armoured car used in the region in the World
War I period. Several Rolls-Royce saloons and tourers are on view
along with a number of Cadillacs. A collection of motorcycles can also
be seen.
The complex history of Jordan and the surrounding region is
portrayed in detail with many interesting and historic items on show.
The only aircraft is the Dove, which was once operated by the Royal
Flight. In the mid-1960s it was ferried back to England to be modified
to Riley 400 standard. The airframe was the fifth to be converted by
McAlpine Aviation at Luton. After a spell in France it returned to Jordan
where it flew for several more years. After a period of storage with the
Historic Flight it was moved to the museum.
Riley Dove 400 D-102 (04288)SHAKARIYA MONUMENT
At the Beit Ali Lodge Camp, Wadi Rum Road, Shakariya which is about
2 km west of the village.
Antonov An-2Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 ‘5’ (10407)
Messerschmitt Bf 110F-2/trop LN+NR (5052)
Messerschmitt Me 262A-1 ‘6’ (111006)
Nord N.1002 Pingouin II 257 (257)
Nord N.1101 Ramier I 106 (106)
Nord NC.702 Martinet 331 (331)
North American F-86K Sabre ‘41256’/55-4815 (221-55)
Rhein-Flugzeugbau RW 3 P75 D-EIFF (9)
Schneider-Hofmann-Rehberg SG-38
Slingsby T.38 Grasshopper TX.1 ‘D-QUAX’/WZ780 (776)
Udet U 10 D-452
WSK Lim-2 1323 (1B 013-23)
The following were on a list given to me by the museum when I visited a
couple of years ago – updates welcome.
Airwave Magic IV/166 Hang Glider D-NPKW
Baleck Muskelkraftflugzeug
Boeing 707-458 ‘D-ABOC’/N130KR (18071)
Dornier Do 27B-2 D-EFAJ (104)
Dornier J Wal (FSM) M-MBFI – front fuselage only.
Douglas C-54G Skymaster 45-0557 (36010) – at Tempelhof Airport.
Eardley-Billing 1911 (R)
Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-3 Condor F8+BR (0063) – fuselage section and
other parts.
Gotha Go 145
Hamburger Flugzeugbau HFB.320 Hansa
Heinkel He 111H-1 6N+NH (2320)
Henschel Hs 126B-1 TV+UB (3441)
Hispano HA.200D Saeta A.10B-60 (20/66)
Ilyushin Il-14P 422 (14803045)
Jacobs D.F.S. 230C-1 – fuselage parts only.
Jacobs D.F.S. 230C-2 – fuselage parts only.
Junkers F 13 (FSM)
Korff Windspiel IIM
Lilienthal Derwitzer-Apparat (R)
Lockheed 1049G-82-105 Super Constellation – front fuselage only.
Messerschmitt Bf 110E-2 LN+CR (4502)
Mignet HM-8 (258)
Pfalz D VIII D191/18
Pro-Fe Banjo D-NLGC
This anonymous Antonov An-2 is derelict at Bait Ali Lodge, Wadi Rum, Jordan where it was photographed on 8th April 2019. [Peter J.Bish]