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By: 3rd February 2010 at 22:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-:confused:
By: 3rd February 2010 at 22:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Oh please, merciful lord, let it be true :D
Care to elaborate for us lesser mortals who have lost the ability to read minds
By: 3rd February 2010 at 22:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Yes please do - especially the 'British' bit :rolleyes:
By: 3rd February 2010 at 23:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-What, this...:confused:
By: 4th February 2010 at 08:01 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Care to elaborate for us lesser mortals who have lost the ability to read mindsI think he's referring to Tom Blair's recently sold example (rumoured to to be staying in Europe) and Christophe Jaquard's example possibly appearing together. I would love to see it.
By: 4th February 2010 at 08:56 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I think he's referring to Tom Blair's recently sold example (rumoured to to be staying in Europe) and Christophe Jaquard's example possibly appearing together. I would love to see it.The ex Tom Blair aircraft is most definatley staying in Europe and of course the Fighter Factory machine at Bremgarten is now in the finally stages of completion. However I don't think you could describe any of these aircraft as being 'on the British airshow circuit', or likely to be. Of course that does not rule out the odd appearance such as at Duxford last July.
By: 4th February 2010 at 10:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I think that is what our young friend means. Now that the ex-Tom Blair one is out of the way of the Campaign Against Aviation we may get to see a pair flying together at Legends.
Having seen its performance last year I have to say that it would be twice as good to see a pair together in the air rather than just on the ground.
By: 4th February 2010 at 15:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Having seen its performance last year I have to say that it would be twice as good to see a pair together in the air rather than just on the ground.
Yes i agree.. with perhaps a couple or three of Spitfire IX's in the circuit just to set the imagination rolling.
By: 4th February 2010 at 22:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Nice idea, I'll go along with that.
By: 6th February 2010 at 02:12 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Nice idea, I'll go along with that.
Sounds like a hoot to me too. Love your new sig, btw, very...clever :confused:
By: 8th February 2010 at 20:34 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-There seems that one of Flug Werk GmbH 190's are destined for Sweden next year.
Rumors says that a quartet, not yet anounced, have signed for one.
This wold be a nice addition to the two Spitfires and Mustang that Biltema operates in Sweden.
By: 8th February 2010 at 21:33 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The more the merrier as far as I'm concerned. Regardless of the fact that the new ones are unarmed and a lot lighter than their WWII counterparts they are still awesome performers. When I saw it take off at Legends last year I thought the pilot was trying to intercept the flying cigar tube passing over head at the time.
By: 8th February 2010 at 22:21 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-How fast are they? Do they outperform a Bearcat???
By: 9th February 2010 at 07:24 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I'm not sure but I would say they are capable of giving it a run for its money.
By: 9th February 2010 at 07:56 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-How fast are they? Do they outperform a Bearcat???
Personally i'd say no chance... but as i'm ground based who am i to say.!
By: 9th February 2010 at 13:01 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-If it doesn't I'd say they are pretty much on a par.
By: 9th February 2010 at 13:05 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Hard to say as obviously they are new builds but a Bearcat is faster than a genuine Fw190 A8.
By: 9th February 2010 at 13:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Hard to say as obviously they are new builds but a Bearcat is faster than a genuine Fw190 A8.
Indeed, the Bearcat has some 2,100hp to play with compared to the original FW-190's 2,000hp (with boost). Maximum speed-wise, the Bearcat pips it at 421mph to the FW-190's 408mph (with boost), so quite similar in those respects. From memory, the Bearcat's rate of climb is almost 2:1 to the Focke Wulf's - something like 4,500ft a minute to the '190's 2,570ft!
Once the FlugWerk machines have been worked up to a full aerobatic routine, I'd be very interested to hear how to two compare - or indeed, how they compare with any other warbirds of that era.
By: 9th February 2010 at 14:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I always remember (around 95/96) the OFMC Iraqi Fury doing a fantastic routine with the Bearcat (:eek:),
If the A8 could match those two I can see why we needed the Mk 9 Spit ;)
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By: TwoBoomsAreBest - 3rd February 2010 at 21:56
Oh please, merciful lord, let it be true :D