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Bülow WM-6 Rigid Wing Air Targets

Bournemouth Aviation Museum's Rigid Targets
(Photo by Paul Rushton)

Bülow AB Air Target Systems has produced large dart targets for the Swedish Air Force and small dart targets similar to the Hayes target. The centre-of-gravity method of towing targets was invented by the Bülow company in the 1950s.

More than 8,000 wing targets have been delivered to the Swedish Air Force since the fifties. About 3,500 3-bodied WM-6 targets, , have been delivered to the Swedish Air Force since 1974.


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