Until shortly before his death, in 1979, Focke continued aerodynamic studies in slow flight characteristics and the stability problem of helicopters.

[1] The lab was discovered in 1997 by Kai Steffen, after having read the memoirs of Henrich Focke, the former graduate student searched for the missing wind tunnel, contacting the Focke family and finding the laboratory in a backyard shed near the main station of Bremen.

The simplicity of the instrumentation is demonstrated by the use of kitchen scales to measure the forces acting in the wind tunnel, stove pipes and curtains controlling the airflow and reducing swirl.

After renovation of the building and the restoration of the wind tunnel, the laboratory is now shown as Henrich Focke used it until 1975, with scientific experiments carried out by schools and universities.

In addition, modern measurement technology, using a personal computer and electronic pressure cells, was installed.