Interesting anecdotes from Bucker history

On July 7, 1939, a Swiss Air Force Bücker Jungmann landed as the first aircraft ever on a meadow at Emmen near Lucerne/Central Switzerland, what was to become a major training and flight test air base of the Swiss Air Force and the home of the Federal Aircraft Factory, now RUAG Aerospace. That aircraft, piloted by the then commander of the Swiss military airfields organisation, was a Do/Bü-131B Jungmann, whose tail No. is unfortunately not on record. The contemporary photo shows how the crew was dressed at the time and also how they were received by the local authorities.
 
On July 7, 2009, to the day 70 years later, the Emmen Air Force Base staff organized a small anniversary celebration, primarily for the personnel stationed at the Air Base, but with some dignitaries from the regional authorities invited. As a surprise to the invitees, just after the welcome address of the Air Base Commander, a Jungmann landed on Emmen's cross runway, stopping in front of the crowd. It was –of course- a Do/Bü-131B, HB-UUE or "A-15", exactly in the same livery (except for the tail No.) as the Jungmann seventy years previous. My son Marc, dressed just as one of the pilots in original leather trousers (stamped with the year of manufacture "1929"!) and a leather overcoat and me in the full leather flight suit dressed like the other pilot, were greeted by two kids in contemporary folkloristic clothing with bunches of flowers. The Commander of the Swiss Air Force, Lt Gen Mark Gygax, as well as the Emmen Air Base Commander, was also there to welcome us. Later on, the Swiss Air Force jet formation team, the "Patrouille Suisse" gave a demonstration, the initial low pass over the spectators in tight formation with the Breitling Super Constellation.
 
All in all a memorable event, with the re-enactment quite well succeeded, when the 2009 photos are compared with the black & white 1939 shot."

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