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Title: twin 109
Post by: SELECTOR on July 20, 2002, 02:34:15 PM

i have just uncovered this in a old book from the library..
the only info i got i will post below..
ive tried to find out what i can all i know is, it was built, it did fly, but it never saw action..anyone got any history or real pics?

Title: twin 109
Post by: SELECTOR on July 20, 2002, 02:35:16 PM

data

Title: twin 109
Post by: superpug1 on July 20, 2002, 03:01:55 PM

no info. but very nice.

Title: twin 109
Post by: Dr Zhivago on July 20, 2002, 03:08:22 PM

Messerschmitt Me 109Z (http://visi.net/~djohnson/mess/me109z.html)

Title: twin 109
Post by: SELECTOR on July 20, 2002, 03:14:50 PM

thanks doc:)

Title: twin 109
Post by: Shuckins on July 20, 2002, 04:15:14 PM

That illustration and information comes from a book about the 109 authored by William Green and entitled The Augsburg Eagle.  

This was an attempt to design a heavy interceptor with outstanding performance utilizing as many standard 109 parts as possible in order to simplify production.

This was a concept that would have worked, had the decision been made to proceed with production.  With a top speed of 462 mph it would have given the Luftwaffe an interceptor with 5 thirty millimetre cannon which would have posed insuperable problems for Allied fighter pilots escorting bomber streams over Germany.

Like the Me262, this is another one of those designs that raise the question "What if...?" for aviation buffs.

Regards, Shuckins

Title: twin 109
Post by: Shiva on July 20, 2002, 09:53:48 PM

If you want to see a whole lot of 'what if' designs, some close to reality, some further out, go browse the Luft '46 (http://www.luft46.com/) website, with aircraft ranging from rational designs like the Ta 183 to real blue-sky Me P.1109...

Title: twin 109
Post by: whgates3 on July 21, 2002, 03:18:19 AM

the is also Hikoki:1946 at
http://j-aircraft.org/xplanes/