I've been following this since 1995. I don't know if anyone else is aware of this project. Check it out. This is pretty fantastic stuff.
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05/28/2005 10:57:08 AM PDT by
yooling
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Ping to all WWII aviation buffs.
2 posted on
05/28/2005 10:58:49 AM PDT by
SandRat
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To: yooling
Way cool! Thanks for the post!
To: yooling
Awesome...I would love to see this airplane fly!
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4 posted on
05/28/2005 11:02:03 AM PDT by
mugs99
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5 posted on
05/28/2005 11:11:25 AM PDT by
marblehead17
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To: yooling
Oh man, I'd love to see that!
6 posted on
05/28/2005 11:13:00 AM PDT by
Petronski
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9 posted on
05/28/2005 11:14:57 AM PDT by
Colonel_Flagg
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To: yooling
About a dozen years ago, there was an interesting book titled "The Gray Eagles". It was about a group of ex Luftwaffe pilots who resurrected ME109's in the middle of the western US desert with mayhem on their agenda.
To: yooling
The pontoon bridge my Father's outfit was building across the Rhine was attacked by an ME-262. No real damage was done. After the plane left an anti-aircraft crew asked them to sign a statement that they had shot it down.
None of the engineers would sign as they saw it fly off. The anti-aircraft crew claimed they put fire into it and it would not make it home.
15 posted on
05/28/2005 11:26:13 AM PDT by
yarddog
To: yooling
IIRC the original First Flight date was supposed to be about 1997 but reality kept getting in the way.
17 posted on
05/28/2005 11:27:39 AM PDT by
PLMerite
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To: yooling
There have been lots of beautiful planes but there really is something about those WWII fighters. (Bombers too for that matter).
I personally think the Spitfire was the prettiest one ever made but the Messerscmidts, Lightnings, Mustangs, Focke Wulfes, and even the Zero and Thunderbolt were also works of art.
18 posted on
05/28/2005 11:29:59 AM PDT by
yarddog
To: yooling
Wow!
Any more pilot-friendly that the ME-110?
19 posted on
05/28/2005 11:37:06 AM PDT by
TFMcGuire
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To: yooling
the Red and the Black...
20 posted on
05/28/2005 11:37:07 AM PDT by
Chode
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To: yooling
Whoah babeeee....
That is some sweet-looking bird.
26 posted on
05/28/2005 12:10:04 PM PDT by
coydog
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To: yooling
Goreous planes. And the guys rebuilding them will be smart enough, unlike Adolph, to let them fly unburdened by heavy (and useless) bombs.
To: yooling; All
I sure hope it goes on the airshow circuit eventually..I would drive/fly a looooong way to see it!
Cool (funny) clip from the movie "Nightflyers" of a Russian girl in a Yak-9U shooting down a Me-262...(apple quacktime required)
If anyone finds a good video clip of the new 262 flying let me know (no 2 second clip stuff)
Here's an example of a "good" video clip..the new FW-190a8 in Germany making it's maiden flight in July, 2004
Here ya go Xcor...
35 posted on
05/28/2005 12:41:19 PM PDT by
wolficatZ
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To: yooling
Too Cool! Though I think they used to throw compressor blades etc., so maybe I won't buy one right away.
To: yooling
Me 262 flys againMe Laz won't fly again.
45 posted on
05/28/2005 1:11:50 PM PDT by
Lazamataz
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48 posted on
05/28/2005 1:18:09 PM PDT by
Squawk 8888
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To: yooling
Thanks for the link. Fascinating stuff!
55 posted on
05/28/2005 1:37:28 PM PDT by
tarheelswamprat
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To: yooling
MOst people at the time weren't aware of just how far ahead of the Allies the Germans really were. The Japanese also had German jets secretly delivered to them during the closing days of the war, but they never had the chance to use them.
56 posted on
05/28/2005 1:39:32 PM PDT by
WestVirginiaRebel
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