bf109"Red 7" destroyed during landing accident!

[Furball]

Originally posted by mussie

I am not saying crash the plane but hell ya gotta fly the dam thing, not let it sit quietly in a museum slowly corroding away, cause at some point in the future its going to just fall apart even if it just sits there.  

I agree that warbirds should be flown.  But 109's are rare, they should keep as many of them as possible for future generations to wonder upon.

[Easyscor]

If I'd rebuilt it I know the temptation to fly it would be too great but originals belong in museums and only reproductions belong in the air.

[Angus]

I've had the fortune of seeing some 24 Spitfires in the air, - at the same time.
A Balbo!
Aren't there some 109's being rebuilt by now? (new)

[RafBader]

Maybe they shoulda had a real pilot fly

[Crumpp]

There are very few original warbirds left.

 A good example is "Yellow 13".  She is an original airframe and engine.  They were intact enough that it needed to be cleaned up and a few parts rebuilt.  The majority of the airframe is original.

All the best,

Crumpp

[Maverick]

That fuselage certainly looks rebuildable. I wouldn't write it off totally. If they can't afford to do it they need to transfer it to someone who can. I've seen worse wrecks go back to the air and in the air is where it belongs. A scale 1 to 1 static model could be made to mount on a pylon for those like pongo to look at. Static display does not require a real airframe.

[TracerX]

Originally posted by popgun
Before the after...

http://www.flightlevel350.com/viewer.php?id=3671&rating=yes

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...enough money can fix anything...

well...almost anything

I almost cried after watching this clip.  What a beautiful bird that was.  

[Bodhi]

Tell ya what PISS OFF!

You guys are not the ones putting up a freaking dime to keep these original aircraft flying.  The reason I say this, is because the people that do put ORIGINAL warbirds back in the air are not out there asking for handouts.

Flat out, there are VERY few original aircraft flying today, FLying Heritage has several, with more on the way, there are a few others that are also doing this same level of restoration, but VERY few.  

So tell ya what, the next time you seem to think that it is you're right to tell an a/c owner that it isn't right for them to fly their a/c, pony up the 2 mil and MUCH more in most cases that it takes to restore a flying warbird.

[Pongo]

Lick me.
The effort in rebuilding one of a kind historical artifacts is appreciated.
The vanity in playing flyboy in it and destroying it is silly.
More true for glacier girl then  most.
I contributed to the rebuild, I get a say. Park the thing

[SkyWolf]

Originally posted by Pongo
Lick me.
The effort in rebuilding one of a kind historical artifacts is appreciated.
The vanity in playing flyboy in it and destroying it is silly.
More true for glacier girl then  most.
I contributed to the rebuild, I get a say. Park the thing

It's a tough argument. I can see both sides. I love to see them fly, but it makes me sick to see one go down.... sometimes taking a pretty great guy (Jeffery Ethel) with it.
The quality of most static displays is such that you couldn't fly them without a hugh capital outlay..... most flying examples are much more beautiful. Oh well... I'm not even sure what I'm babbling about.

Woof

[BUG_EAF322]

Just very very frustrating when u have a good flying restored plane not allowed to fly.
Think about the difference saying" i saw on static in a museum" or i "wtf omg i saw one for real and flying"  I bet the impression is something we should all deserve .
they belong in the air.

just don't think about the crashing.

[Eagler]

Bodhi knows of what he speaks Pongo

do you restore warbirds for a living too Pongo?

why would anyone build a plane and not fly it? is it truly an "aircraft" if it cannot get into the air?

[DiabloTX]

Park 'em.  

Fly them all into the earth and what will happen?  Better to have some static but flyable than all turned into Coors cans.  I'd much rather look at them on the ground than look at them in a book.

And no one has more say so than the children who would one day like to see them whole, intact and not just hearing about them from daddy.

[Pongo]

Originally posted by Eagler
Bodhi knows of what he speaks Pongo

do you restore warbirds for a living too Pongo?

why would anyone build a plane and not fly it? is it truly an "aircraft" if it cannot get into the air?

To preserve it as a historical arifact.
Have we ruled then that only people who rebuild aircraft for a living can have an opinion on thier use.
I contributed cash to the rebuilding of Glacier Girl. I thought that might give me some small amount of opinion on why it should be rebuilt.

Dont kid yourself. They are not rebuilt so that people can see them fly. They are rebuilt so that people can fly them.
Ya If I had the mony I would have some built for me too and I would fly them. But its not to do with freeing them from the ground so they can really be aircraft again or any such crap. Its just pure greed and like every other clown thats flying one.

[SkyWolf]

Originally posted by Pongo
Its just pure greed and like every other clown thats flying one.

Greed? Is that because it's so profitable to own, restore,  maintain, and fly a warbird? I thought it was an expensive, money losing effort. Silly me.

Woof