B.O.B. Messerschmit flies againafter 75 years!

Amazing !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzUUlO6ihwE

 

I entirely agree but......is that the man with the synthesizer ? Oh, good....... Pmp40fire: Pmp40fire: Pmp40fire: Pmp40fire:

 

The Bf-109 was reputed to be a beast in the ground handling area. Watch the rudder on the landing roll-out - the pilot is working overtime to keep it from swapping ends, have to keep flying it until its tied down.

I agree that the man with the synthesizer should be introduced to Ma Deuce.

 

Beautiful video!

 

Beautiful! With the high odds of crash landings, I'd be afraid to fly it as rare as the aircraft is.

 

I agree with PzJgr! There can only be, at most, 3 flyable 109s in existence. If I had that machine, I would put it away after the first flight. If one kept flying it, sooner or later it would be wrecked. For friend and foe alike, it was a force to be reckoned with!

 

There are 109s aplenty as static aircraft around the world.
http://www.preservedaxisaircraft.com/Luftwaffe/messerschmitt/me109.htm

IIRC, there are 10 or less restored to flying condition. So I say, keep her flying!

Besides, if she comes to grief, then she can be turned into a static display, such has happened to more than a few aircraft.

 

I remember talking to a CAF pilot telling me how the org's Spanish built HE 111 came to grief along with its crew. Inexperience with the type caused the crash. Almost all the people who are experienced ME 109 pilots are either dead or in their dotage. The chance of a fatal accident to plane and pilot are extremely high!

 

Shhh! "Red Seven" might hear you and think that what you are saying is the truth.

AFAIK, the CAF He-111 lost an engine on landing approach, but I have not seen a NTSB report on the accident.

 

Landing on that wet grassy field was frightful just watching. C'mon, take care of the lady and use a sturdier field. Why take the risk if you are flying her.

 

What he told me was that there had been a substantial change-over in personnel. The new pilots forgot to change over to full fuel tanks. That's why the engine went out and the plane crashed.
P.S. that was the day of my B-17 ride. Got to see my hometown through a Norden bomb sight!