Poeschel P300 Equator, D-EALM / 001A, Gunter Poschel
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Registration: D-EALM
Construction Number: 001A
Model Poeschel P300 Equator
Operator: Gunter Poschel
Airport: Hannover (HAJ / EDDV), Germany
Airshow: Hannover - ILA - 1980
Photographer: P. Michael Rhodes
Date Taken: 25/04/1980
Date Submitted: 14/08/2022
Second prototype, with pylon-mounted 420 h.p. Rolls Royce M250 turboprop engine in tractor mode, fully retractable undercarriage and increased cabin glazing. There is no evidence that this airframe was ever registered with, or bore, the registration "D-EAMT". At ILA 1980 it bore the inscription "D-EQUATOR". This airframe was (2021) in the Werft of the Deutsches Museum, OberschleiÃheim, being prepared for exhibition. Two further prototypes were built but did not go into production.
Picture ID:1803090