A three station VLBI experiment performed at 43 GHz (lambda = 7 mm wav
elength) demonstrated the superior performance of the 30-m millimeter
radio telescope of IRAM at Pico Veleta especially for mm-VLBI observat
ions. Although primarily intended as a technical test, these first 43
GHz VLBI observations with Pico Veleta yielded new scientific results.
A first VLBI map of Cygnus A (= 3C 405) at 43 GHz shows a core-jet-li
ke structure of approximately 4 mas length, with several compact compo
nents embedded. The map also shows some evidence for jet bending near
the core of about DELTAP.A. = 5-15-degrees. The apparent subluminal mo
tion in the ''inner jet'' of 3C 84 (= NGC 1275) is confirmed and seems
to show (apparent) acceleration along the jet from 21 000 km s-1 clos
e to the nucleus to 11 4 000 km s-1 at approximately 4 mas separation
from the VLBI-core. The absence of any detectable counter-jet requires
either a direct orientation of the jet towards the observer or a pron
ounced asymmetry between jet and counter-jet. In 3C 345 the apparent s
uperluminal motion along bent trajectories of two recently ejected jet
components (C6 and C7) was further monitored. Inspection of their pat
hs indicates trajectories largely different from each other and from t
hose of their precursors. These results and the detection of other ext
ragalactic objects and galactic SiO-maser sources show that the partic
ipation of the IRAM 30-m radio telescope in VLBI observations at milli
meter wavelengths greatly enhances the detection threshold and imaging
capabilities of mm VLBI.