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By: 16th August 2011 at 09:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Do you have any history of the 109?
By: 16th August 2011 at 09:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-:) Any ideas on the condition of the 109?
EDIT,Just googled looks like some information on here,sounds very complete from this write up.
http://www.preservedaxisaircraft.com/Luftwaffe/messerschmitt/me109.htm
Bf 109G-2
13605
Germany
CR
Yellow 12
Currently under restoration in south of Germany. Engine, prop hub and blades, spinner, main fuselage frames, partial instruments and panel, complete landing and tail gear, vertical fin, wing sections, fuselage sections, throttle quadrant and all engine controls, pilot seat, canopy and other parts recovered from Russia. flown by 208 victory ace Heinrich Ehler and crashed 21 June 1943.
By: 16th August 2011 at 10:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Thanks - I should have done the same!!:)
By: 16th August 2011 at 12:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-great to see the yak 3 comin here
By: 17th August 2011 at 09:40 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Another recent addition to the UK register is G-TPWX, a Gomhouria (ie Bu181 Bestmann) ex D-EECW. Registered 10-8-11, it has exemption to fly as Luftwaffe 'TP+WX'. Probably being repainted somewhere at the moment, there is a photo of a visit to Turweston recently at:
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1303278/
Thanks to Chris for the info.
By: 17th August 2011 at 21:27 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Do you think the `109 will be a flyer once finished
By: 17th August 2011 at 21:37 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Well the fact it has been registered with CAA is a clue
By: 17th August 2011 at 22:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Hope he doesn't sell it before it flies
By: 13th September 2011 at 15:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The latest batch of new UK registrations include:
G-CGYD Firefly I ex SE-BRG reg 2-9-11 to Propshop Ltd at Duxford. Has been at Duxford since 2004. This suggests at least a possibility of a rebuild starting.
G-KAMY AT-6D Harvard ex LN-AMY reg 2-9-11. Has been UK based (Duxford and North Weald) since 1993.
By: 13th September 2011 at 15:46 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Be good to finally see the Firefly get rebuilt.
James
By: 13th September 2011 at 15:55 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Well the fact it has been registered with CAA is a clue
A clue indeed and a good start ;), but sadly no guarantee.
I concur re the Firefly, again if and when. A much missed RN type on the airshow circuit in the UK!
By: 13th September 2011 at 16:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-When I saw "Ehrler's" 109 in Russia it was very fragmented and incomplete, there was another 109G2 for sale in Moscow and was about 70% complete, I suspect the two have been merged together which is why there are no Ehrler crash site or recovery photos about. Buyer beware.
By: 14th September 2011 at 19:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I was also told by a Russian contact that the recovered pieces of Ehrler's 109 were small fragments only and it was suggested by the contact that the pieces could be amalgamated into another 109G wreck which had previously been recovered and was being offered for sale with a less interesting history.
Unless it is made perfectly clear to any potential buyer that this has been done it is unethical to me to claim that the wreck is Ehrler's and not only that but to claim it is 65% complete? Maybe someone has innocently been hoodwinked?
By: 28th September 2011 at 18:22 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Additions to the Register:
G-CGYF Gloster Gamecock II ex Finnish AF GA-43 registered 14-9-11 to Retro Track And Air.
G-FXII Spitfire F.XII ex EN224 registered 12-9-11 to Air Leasing Ltd.
There's something to look forward to...
By: 15th November 2011 at 18:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Latest additions, from G-INFO:
G-CGWR NORD NC856A ex F-BMHS reg 2-11-11
G-CGYJ Spitfire HF.IX ex TD314 reg 1-11-11
G-MOTW Meyers OTW-145 ex N34301 reg 10-11-11
G-RCSR DH.88 Comet replica reg 2-11-11
The Spitfire is ex SAAF and Canada.
The Meyers OTW could be the first in Europe. Around 100 built in 1941, looks similar to the Stearman but with all metal fuselage. OTW stands for 'Out To Win'. The OTW-145 had a 145hp Warner Super Scarab, the OTW-160 had a 160hp Kinner R5, but survivors probably 'mix and match' engines. Believed 20-30 still flying in USA, two seen here at Lakeland 1997:
N34304:
N34341:
By: 15th November 2011 at 18:59 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-F-BMHS was a Stampe which is recorded as having been destroyed on 8.9.83! I wonder whether the Nord Norvigie G-CGWR might have been F-PGCD. I know that it was being offered for sale but not whether it has been sold. However the DGAC website lists it as current on the French register.
By: 15th November 2011 at 20:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The c/n of G-CGWR (54) indicates that it is ex 54/AOM French Mil, recently noted at Spanhoe.
By: 5th December 2011 at 17:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Two more notable additions to the UK register are in the latest G-INFO summary:
G-CGZP P-40F (TFC ex VH-PIV) has already been recorded.
G-ONAA is an OV-10B Bronco ex 99+18 registered 30-11-11 to Invicta Aviation. This was until recently on the strength of the International Luftfahrt Museum at Villingen-Schwennigen.
By: 6th December 2011 at 18:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-re;
any details on the Comet replica? Presumably its not the lovely one from the States? That would be a hell of a sight, parked with the real ones in a few years time.
By: 6th December 2011 at 19:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Didnt metal fittings of Comet F-ANPY get use in the replica thats being built in New Zeland.
Dave
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By: DCW - 16th August 2011 at 08:56
The latest additions to the UK register include the following:
G-JIMP is a Messerschmitt Bf109G-2 13605 registered 8-8-11 to G Pearce.
Details at:
http://www.warbirdfinders.co.uk/aircraft_BF109G_wn13605.htm
G-CGXG is a Yak 3M ex D-FJAK registered 26-7-11 to 'Chameleon Technologies' with a Woodbridge address.
Seen here at Legends 2010:
Does anyone have further information on these projects?