General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: RJH57 on September 23, 2016, 10:25:01 PM
Title: Fw-190 discovery and restoration
Post by: RJH57 on September 23, 2016, 10:25:01 PM
Fw-190 discovery and restoration: http://www.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/the-amazing-discovery-of-a-luftwaffe-fw190.html
Title: Re: Fw-190 discovery and restoration
Post by: Rino on September 24, 2016, 07:07:42 PM
If I remember correctly the pilot ditched the bird in a sapling stand so the trees grew up around the plane hiding it. Supposedly the only parts missing from it when they discovered it in 89 were the nose mounted MG-17s.
Makes sense, not like a partisan gonna try and lug around a 20mm :airplane:
Title: Re: Fw-190 discovery and restoration
Post by: GScholz on September 24, 2016, 07:55:05 PM
It flies again :aok
Title: Re: Fw-190 discovery and restoration
Post by: Rino on September 24, 2016, 08:08:13 PM
Awesome, man that is one pretty bird. Boy I'd love to have Paul Allens toybox :banana:
Title: Re: Fw-190 discovery and restoration
Post by: pipz on September 25, 2016, 11:19:50 AM