He 111Z Zwilling Jumeau
Pentamoteur de remorquage, accouplement de deux Heinkel He 111 H16, montage d'un 5ème moteur à la jonction des 2 ailes, (élément central rajouté), équipage de 7 hommes en postes fermés, 4 dont le pilote, dans le fuselage gauche et les trois autres dans le
fuselage droit, monoplan voilure basse cantilever droite, bidérive, empennage horizontal classique cantilever, train d'atterrissage esca motable vers l'arrière dans les fuseaux moteurs des moteurs les plus proches de chaque fuselage, roulettes de queue rétractables vers
l'arrière dans chaque fuselage. Construction entièrement métallique. 5 moteurs de 12 cylindres en V in versé Junkers Jumo 211F de 5 x 1350 cv, (6750 cv), hélices tripales métalliques VDM à pas variable, E: 35,20 m, L: 16,60 m, H: 4,20 m, Sa: 148 m², Carburant: 8250 litres, Pv: 21500 Kg, Ptc: 28200 Kg, C/a: 190,540 Kg/m², P/p: 4,177 Kg/cv, Vm: 420 Kmh à 0 m, Vc: 375 Kmh, Vasc: 9000 m en 30 mn, Pl: 9600 m, Auto: 2400 Km, 4 mt MG 131 de 13 mm, 2 jumelages de 2 mt MG 81Z de 7,92 mm et 5 MG 81J de 7,92 mm. 1er vol: printemps 1941, 2 prototypes, environ une quinzaine d'exemplaires. Pour le décollage, 2 fusées Jato de 500 Kgp montées sous chaque fuselage et 2 de 1500 Kg sous le plan central.

I want to give my thanks to the people who put this museum together. I have learned so much in the last few weeks browsing through it, and stand to learn even more before I'm done. This is a remarkable plane, and I would never have known of it otherwise. Thank you.

no examplary of this aircraft survived to the war.The left fuselage received the left landing gears commands,the five power controls,the cool flaps commands for the first two motors,all cockpit pilot's equipment. The second pilot at right can move his landing gears and cool flaps of the three other motors.At left only we have the radio and his equipment,the mechanic and a crewman for the two laterals MG15,the antenna.At right ,pilot operated navigator's fonctions added to an other mechanic and a gunner.

The prototypes were disassembled and of the ten operational aircraft, 1 was shot downwhile returning from it's 323-launch, 2 crashed, and the others were eventually cannibalized for parts for standard 111's due to Allied bombing of assembly plants.

I have a question. are there any He 111Z that can fly still left?