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Post by ZacYates on Nov 13, 2018 23:11:53 GMT 12
That’s very cool Dave, thanks for clarifying! It will be good to hear more about the IDs. Apologies to all for my earlier, confusing posts.
So that makes five former AFC aircraft with FHCAM? I-16, Oscar, Spitfire, 109E and Stuka?
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Post by Brett on Nov 14, 2018 7:04:02 GMT 12
And the Hurricane, which was purchased as part of a package with the Spitfire and 109.
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Post by davem2 on Nov 14, 2018 7:49:32 GMT 12
OK, confirmed by FHCAM that the aircraft / identity is 6234, with only small parts coming from 5709
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Post by ZacYates on Nov 14, 2018 10:39:29 GMT 12
Fantastic! Thanks Dave! There's a lot of discussion at WIX about the ID, it may be worth popping over and adding this if you're able?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 14, 2018 15:45:29 GMT 12
Thanks for clarifying it, as I had understood, it is ex-AFC.
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Post by ZacYates on Dec 6, 2018 16:47:29 GMT 12
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Post by nuuumannn on Aug 17, 2019 19:07:35 GMT 12
Here's a picture of one of them on display in the museum. There's certainly enough of it.  Stuka |
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Post by Mustang51 on Oct 2, 2019 16:18:48 GMT 12
Think you may find that as it was built for service in North Africa it would have been painted to align with the desert requirements in the factory. When it went to Europe it would have been overainted for that theatre. I am willing to bet that it shall also be overpainted with the European scheme at a later date. The FW190 was painted in a factory scheme then repainted for its Russian Theatre use.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 2, 2019 16:23:29 GMT 12
Yes one of the Facebook films done by the restorers stated exactly that, Ando, some while back.
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Post by Mustang51 on Oct 2, 2019 18:22:54 GMT 12
This flying and the 262 are early "bucket list" items for me. They are a must-see
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Post by angelsonefive on Oct 2, 2019 18:48:15 GMT 12
It seems that LW aircraft originally destined for the Middle East and diverted to Russia had their tropical paint schemes modified rather than completely over painted to suit.
The Me.109 F-4z Trop. Werke Nr. 10132, ditched in Motovskiy Bay north of Murmansk by Horst Carganico in August 1942, was, when rescued from a coal yard in Murmansk in the early '80s found to be largely in its tropical paint scheme of RLM 79 (sand-brown) upper surfaces and lower surfaces in RLM 78 hellblau (light blue).
The Russian theatre markings of yellow on the cowl underside , and on the wingtips and rudder, and some areas of dark green on the upper surfaces had been added in Germany or possibly "in theatre".
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Post by Mustang51 on Nov 25, 2019 11:46:23 GMT 12
Any further progress reports on this magnificent project?
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Post by ZacYates on Nov 25, 2019 23:32:20 GMT 12
The last monthly YouTube update from Jason Muszala on the collection's maintenance and restoration activity mentioned that with the Me262 now at Moses Lake for flight test, work focus is going back to the Stuka...but not much more detail than that.
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Post by Mustang51 on Nov 26, 2019 9:32:18 GMT 12
At least there is progress.
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Post by ZacYates on Nov 26, 2019 21:52:28 GMT 12
I have no doubt there's been progress for quite some time - I'm thankful for the little snippets Jason gives us in the monthly updates!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 27, 2019 10:52:13 GMT 12
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Post by ZacYates on Nov 27, 2019 12:00:08 GMT 12
Also available on YouTube:
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Post by Mustang51 on Nov 27, 2019 21:08:25 GMT 12
I'm loving it !
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Post by ZacYates on Nov 28, 2019 3:19:27 GMT 12
I was thinking you might!  Fascinating stuff - an anti-theft device? Amazing! |
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Post by Mustang51 on Jan 19, 2020 21:34:26 GMT 12
Hope this continues to flight. Not so sure about the FW189 now...
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Fascinating stuff - an anti-theft device? Amazing!