Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleißheim, Aviation museum in Oberschleißheim, Germany

The Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleißheim occupies a 1992 exhibition hall by Reichert Pranschke Maluche and restored buildings of the Royal Bavarian Flying Corps (1912–1919). Exhibits include the Dornier Do 31 E-3 VTOL jet, the Rockwell-MBB X-31 with its nose probe, a Lockheed F-104G Starfighter, a V-2 rocket motor and an Ariane 5 booster. A glazed workshop lets visitors watch aircraft restoration from a gallery.

The site began as an airfield for the Royal Bavarian Aviation Troops, used for pilot training. In 1992, it became the first branch of the Deutsches Museum and has displayed aviation history since then.

The museum grounds host the annual Oldtimer Fly-In, when historic aircraft fly in to the former Royal Bavarian aviation airfield. The glazed restoration workshop, visible from a gallery, lets visitors watch aircraft being worked on. Exhibits range from a Lilienthal glider and a V-2 rocket engine to the Dornier Do 31 E-3 VTOL jet and the Rockwell-MBB X-31.

The museum is accessible by car or on foot, with parking available for visitors. If you arrive by private aircraft, you can land at the functioning airfield next to the museum and walk directly to the buildings.

The collection includes the Rockwell-MBB X-31, the aircraft marked VECTOR and 031 in the photo, a thrust-vectoring test plane built with German and US partners. Nearby stands the Dornier Do 31 E-3, a 1967 vertical-take-off transport, alongside the EWR VJ 101 and VFW-Fokker VAK 191B. These experimental machines are easy to walk past.