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Our exhibition is constantly being expanded, we constantly get new exhibits and thus improve our collection. You can also find out all about the new additions to the museum here. Every month a model is chosen and described as model of the month. In addition, there is a list of the latest contributions on this homepage.

We are always trying to save energy. In addition to the lighting in the showcases, this time it will be the many fluorescent tubes high up on the ceiling.

As these tubes are extremely difficult to reach (height and space for setting up ladders etc.), we have received support from the company Kunkel from Bad Nenndorf. The company is providing us with a self-propelled platform, a so-called scissor roll lift, free of charge.

Thanks to the Kunkel company.

And here is more information about saving energy: Saving energy

kunkel Thanks to the Kunkel company.

And here is more information about saving energy:

Current status (22.11.2023) of the lighting conversion to LED

171 light sources have now been replaced
Consumption before replacement: 3.52 kW per hour
Consumption after conversion to LED: 0.93 kW per hour
This means an energy saving of 73 % 1
The light sources that have been replaced so far are almost exclusively installed in display cases and are therefore always in operation during opening hours. With 48 weeks, 4 days and 7 hours of museum opening, this results in an operating time of 1,344 hours per year
So an annual consumption before conversion: 730 kWh
After conversion: 250 kWh
Assuming a current tariff of € 0.35 per kWh, this would mean a saving of € 218 per year
The costs will therefore have paid for themselves within a year or less
According to the manufacturer, LED light sources should last around 10 times longer than conventional light sources. We don't have any LEDs yet
The following have been converted so far: All display cases in Hall 1 and in the cash desk area and the toilet rooms. 80% of the display cases in Hall 2 have been converted. As the showcases in the high-speed flight exhibition, for example, are controlled by radar sensors, they have only had a low priority so far. Some objects (e.g. Neumann's stage) can only be converted by replacing complete luminaires.

In this section we show you great films about our Aviation Museum Laatzen-Hannover:

You can find more films in our Youtube-Kanal.

So, nachdem die Olympia-Meise ja eingetroffen ist (Olympia Meise eingetroffen), haben wir sie an ihren endgültigen Platz gebracht.

Wir danken allen Mitgliedern für die Hilfe beim Umräumen.

07.10.2023: The Olympic Tit has arrived.

Today, with the help of the Akademische Fliegergruppe Hannover (Akaflieg), the Olympic Tit arrived at the Laatzen-Hannover Aviation Museum from the Wasserkuppe Gliding Museum:

For the time being, the titmouse is standing next to the starfighter and can already be admired. A final location is being sought.

Many thanks to the Wasserkuppe Gliding Museum for letting us have the Tit.

Many thanks also to our colleagues from the Akaflieg (Akademische Fliegergruppe Hannover), who took care of the transportation. We would especially like to thank Dr. Markus Klemmer.

And thanks also to our colleagues who helped with the organization.

A few words from Wilfried Crome, Chairman of the Aviation Museum:

The DFS "Olympia Meise", was designed in the late 1930s by Jans Jacobs (e.g. Weihe and Kranich I-III) in competition with many to create a standard glider for the Olympic (planned) competition for the 1940 Olympics. Jacobs won, the Olympics were canceled for the well-known reasons. It was a high-performance glider for its time and was much sought after by the winners after the war.
The British rebuilt it (EoN Olympia) and it was also produced for the GST in the GDR near Gotha long after the war. We had one of these in the museum for a long time. It hung above the Jak-18, where the L-Spatz 55 now hangs. This tit comes from the German Gliding Museum (DSM), which gave it to us because they still have a copy. We would like to thank the DSM/Wasserkuppe very much! (WC)

Here mor information from Segelflugmuseum Wasserkuppe.

Here mor information from the Akademischen Fliegergruppe Hannover (Akaflieg).

Addendum: The Olympic tit has now arrived at its final location: Olympia-Meise