Going to the show Sunday and keeping my fingers crossed that she'll be flying again.
The CAF is offering P-51 rides, but the price is a bit beyond my means. :(
Title: Re: First flight for Bf-109 at Virginia Beach's Military Aviation Museum
Post by: pangea on May 21, 2016, 07:09:08 AM
Beautiful!
Title: Re: First flight for Bf-109 at Virginia Beach's Military Aviation Museum
Post by: GScholz on May 22, 2016, 01:15:04 AM
I think there are three other 109s flying in the U.S. And only two original German made ones. An E-3 and a G-14. This one is a rebuilt Spanish Buchon, but a remarkably good looking one with a real DB under the hood!
Looks like they need some more practice starting it, but they're flying it right keeping it on the grass. On tarmac the 109 will kill you. Maybe not right away, but eventually.
Title: Re: First flight for Bf-109 at Virginia Beach's Military Aviation Museum
Post by: Gman on May 23, 2016, 04:06:54 PM
2nd flight here, some great close ups, but no high speed deck flyby like @ 1:20 in the first vid.
Title: Re: First flight for Bf-109 at Virginia Beach's Military Aviation Museum
Post by: Devil 505 on May 23, 2016, 05:56:25 PM
Great to see another DB powered 109 flying again.
Now for me to be totally pedantic. That is a G-4 not a G-5 as stared in the video. Also the oil cooler is too deep - looks like it's from a K-4.
Title: Re: First flight for Bf-109 at Virginia Beach's Military Aviation Museum
Post by: hgtonyvi on May 23, 2016, 06:33:54 PM