ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182251
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 November 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Stark Turbulent D-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Stark Flugzeugbau KG, |
| Registration: | D-EJON |
| MSN: | 101 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Minden, North Rhine Westphalia, West Germany -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Minden, North Rhine Westphalia, West Germany |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Prototype Stark D-1 Turbulent: In 1955, powered flight was only allowed again in Germany, the construction plans for the "Druine D.31" of the French aircraft designer Roger Druine in the hand got. Stark, actually a radio mechanic and owner of a small radio shop in Minden, but above all a passionate glider pilot, was so enthusiastic about the wooden construction that he acquired construction plans and a license to build it. And hired a master aircraft builder (that kind of thing still existed back then!) as a comrade-in-arms: Otto Buchheister. But before the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA) gave its blessing for the construction of the first "Stark-Turbulent"
The long-awaited LBA approval came in 1956. The prototype was built in the basement of Stark's shop and made its maiden flight on July 20, 1956 - with a modified, 26 hp VW Beetle engine. The LBA expert, who himself flew a lap on the D-EJON, was very impressed by the small plane. But before the yes was given to series production, the engine had to be made "properly" suitable for aviation. Top priority: two independent ignition systems. So the Volkswagen boxer became the 45 hp "Stamo 1400" (which later also ran in numerous other aircraft types), and the former construction plan Frenchwoman started series life as a certified strong turbulent (later the British Rollason Aircraft and engines ltd of the Druine plans and manufactured the single-seater as the "Rollason D31", also under license). Stark Flugzeugbau GmbH produced a total of 36 aircraft, and some machines were even sold to the USA and Australia.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 13 November 1956. when crashed at Minden, West Germany
Sources:
1. https://www.fliegermagazin.de/flugzeuge/flugzeug-reportage-stark-turbulent-d1-m/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Dec-2015 16:06 | TB | Added |
| 23-Aug-2016 17:45 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2018 20:14 | TB | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative] |
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