Post by glycol on Nov 23, 2010 16:04:43 GMT 12
This video was shot at the Breitscheid, Germany Air Show held on 21 and
22 August 2010. Appearing at the show were an Fw 190A-8/N, a Junkers Ju
52, a Messerschmitt Bf 109, a Grumman TBM Avenger registered in
Switzerland, a Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk. 19, a North American
B-25 and P-51D Mustang and a Soviet Yak 11. The Mustang is parked next
to the Fw 190 as you can see when the Fw 190 pilot parks it.
But this video shows the Fw 190A-8/N.
So what is an Fw 190A-8/N? Starting in 1997 a small German company, Flug
Werk GmbH, began work on a new Fw 190A-8. These planes are new builds
from the ground up, using many original dies, plans, and other
information from the war. Werk numbers continued from where the German
war machine left off with the new Fw 190A-8 labelled Fw 190A-8/N (N for
Nachbau: "replica").
Some of these new Fw 190s are known to be fitted with the original tail
wheel units from the Second World War; a small cache of tail gear having
been discovered. In November 2005, the first flights were completed.
Ironically, since the BMW 801 engines are no longer available, a Chinese
licensed Russian engine, the ASh-82FN 14-cylinder twin-row radial
engine, which powered some of the Fw 190s opposition: the La-5 and La-7,
powers the new Fw 190A-8/N.
www.clipwings.com/index.php?command=show_video&video_id=1021
