2/3 scale P51 Mustang takes to the air for the first time

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Von Due

Those captured P-51s, I had no idea! That's a pretty special chapter in the WW2 air war.

YEAH! Several P-51s were captured by the Luftwaffe as Beuteflugzeug ("captured aircraft") following crash landings. These aircraft were subsequently repaired and test-flown by the Zirkus Rosarius, or Rosarius Staffel, the official Erprobungskommando of the Luftwaffe High Command, for combat evaluation at Göttingen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zirkus_RosariusThe allies responded in kind with the 'Ratwaffe' for testing German captured and cannibalized aircraft.

[em2nought]

I think they're building a full scale FW-190 from original schematics in Orlando at this place, it's been at least five years since I was there so things might have changed. I think they were mostly done with the fuselage when I was there last http://www.warbirdadventures.com/

Dart over at Simhq built himself a Nieuport http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/4311298/1 A Culp Sopwith Pup is what I dream about, but in regular old British livery PC10 or PC12