Interesting interview with Bf.109 / P.51 pilots

[DaddyAck]

Y'all watch this.

Interview with Pilots 109 Vs spit

The only stupid part is tword the end talking about 20MM ammo, but for the most part a decent interview.

[trotter]

What CRS game is he talking about?

Anyway thanks for the link

[F4UDOA]

Check this inteview out as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5svK5Xs76R4

If you think the F4U has a bad rap for being hard to land the 109 is the king of the auger.

[Krusty]

It's been posted before. There has been discussion before. I wouldn't set too much stock in it because he's not measuring things in controlled environments, and he's not flying them in wartime settings. His thoughts on the handling would be helpful to get a feel for a plane, but wouldn't be conclusive either way.

[Hazard69]

This probably isn't accurate info , but I remember (read or heard) from somewhere that more 109s were lost in landing accidents than in actual combat??

Doubt it myself, but what the heck

[Rebel]

This probably isn't accurate info , but I remember (read or heard) from somewhere that more 109s were lost in landing accidents than in actual combat??

Doubt it myself, but what the heck

During the Spain operation, bro

If I remember it right, Spain was the proving ground for a lot of LW pilots, and a LOT of pilots wound up augering hard on landings. 

[MiloMorai]

The number of 109s lost in landing accidents is said to be ~1500. There must be many more damaged but repairable.

[Angus]

Yup. some 5% of the lot

[Grendel]

This probably isn't accurate info , but I remember (read or heard) from somewhere that more 109s were lost in landing accidents than in actual combat??

Doubt it myself, but what the heck

More planes of *any* type were lost in accidents than in actual combat during WW2.

[SgtPappy]

Hey Hazard, that avatar's looking better and better heheh.

[Krusty]

Hey Hazard, that avatar's looking better and better heheh.

I don't think we need to download almost half a meg every time he posts, though....

400,000 bytes for an avatar is ridiculous. The old forums limited it to 32kb.

[Serenity]

Check this inteview out as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5svK5Xs76R4

If you think the F4U has a bad rap for being hard to land the 109 is the king of the auger.

"After flying it, hed walk away, pause, turn around and say 'You didnt get me this time you little bastard!'"

[DaddyAck]

I never can get used to seeing one of those bastardized Bf.109s with the upright V engine rather than the DB605.

I just love 109s, I do nto know when I formed this love exactly but I know it was when I was in childhood.  I remember watching old war documentaries with wide eyed wonder, and while they were mostly on American planes I was more so facinated with the long sleek and sexy silloette of the Bf.109s in the gun cam footage.  Someday I hope to actually see one in person and perhaps actually touch it and get to really embrace the experience and soak in all the Bf.109 goodness. 

[Serenity]

I never can get used to seeing one of those bastardized Bf.109s with the upright V engine rather than the DB605.

I just love 109s, I do nto know when I formed this love exactly but I know it was when I was in childhood.  I remember watching old war documentaries with wide eyed wonder, and while they were mostly on American planes I was more so facinated with the long sleek and sexy silloette of the Bf.109s in the gun cam footage.  Someday I hope to actually see one in person and perhaps actually touch it and get to really embrace the experience and soak in all the Bf.109 goodness. 

Right here with ya! But I think those Bouchons (sp) are sexy in their own right really.

[DaddyAck]

I don't think so, the modified cowl for the english engine make it look like a 109 that got punched in the nose.  The Avia S-199s were still a defacement of the 109 but they atleast looked decent.

<--see not too distorted.



<----See, punched right in the schnozola.