The Bücker Bü 180 Student was a 1930s
German two-seat sporting/training aircraft built by
Bücker Flugzeugbau.
Development
In January 1937 Major
Werner Junck, chief of the LC II, the technical wing of the
Reichsluftfahrtministerium responsible for the development of new aircraft, informed various minor aircraft manufacturers such as
Bücker,
Fieseler,
Gothaer Waggonfabrik,
Flugzeugwerke Halle and
Klemm that they would not get any contracts for the development of military aircraft. He therefore advised them to concentrate in the development of a Volksflugzeug or a small twin-engined plane.
Following on from the success of the
Bü 133 Jungmeister the Bücker company designed the Bü 180, while the other companies produced the
Fi 253, the
Si 202, the
Kl 105 and the
Go 150.[citation needed]
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