Messerschmitt 109 White 14

[Jimbuna]

First time a 109 has flown over Biggin since the Battle of Britain.

https://www.facebook.com/BigginHillHeritageHangar/photos/a.195529970554751.41221.189029544538127/1281173908657013/?type=3&theater

[Commander Wallace]

It's always great to see these aircraft restored and flying once again.

[Eichhörnchen]

Some great photos here: http://www.airic.ca/html/bf109e.html

What is astonishing is that this is a genuine veteran of the Battle of Britain and the personal aircraft of one of the Luftwaffe's best known aces (Marseille) flying again.

[Catfish]

Thanks for posting! I like those birds, good to see that at least some are being restored and even brought to flying condition. Not much left, and this one rescued from a swamp in Russia.. I do not dare to think of all that had to be done to make it fly again.

In Hannover there is the "Luftfahrtmuseum Laatzen", the (now diseased) founder pulled a Junkers 52/3m from this lake in Norway and had it restored, but compared to the 109 this one was in fairly good condition.

[Commander Wallace]

Some great photos here: http://www.airic.ca/html/bf109e.html

What is astonishing is that this is a genuine veteran of the Battle of Britain and the personal aircraft of one of the Luftwaffe's best known aces (Marseille) flying again.


Great pictures of the bf-109. I posted a while back about an authentic Mitsubishi A6M zero that had been restored and flying once again. Thanks for posting the link to the pictures. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[Von Due]

Great pics and links! :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

Looking at the 109 it strikes me how accurate the description, given by pilots who got to fly both the 109 and the spit, seems to have been. You would climb into a spit, you would wear a 109. That cockpit was no ballroom.

[Schroeder]

Nice to see an early one restored to fliying condition.:up:

Thanks for posting! I like those birds, good to see that at least some are being restored and even brought to flying condition. Not much left, and this one rescued from a swamp in Russia.. I do not dare to think of all that had to be done to make it fly again.

In Hannover there is the "Luftfahrtmuseum Laatzen", the (now diseased) founder pulled a Junkers 52/3m from this lake in Norway and had it restored, but compared to the 109 this one was in fairly good condition.

BTW the 109 in Laatzen was recovered from the Mediterranean in the 1980ies IIRC. It looks really good though (even on the inside as I had once the pleasure to take a seat in it:yeah:). They really have tiny cockpits.:yep:

I believe the 190 was pieced together from three crashed specimen. Only the Spitfire was delivered intact.:yep:

[Catfish]

Some info in german about how to start, land and fly the 109 (this is another one though, a G4). May also come in handy for CoD, or IL2 Stalingrad :03:

http://www.klassiker-der-luftfahrt.de/geschichte/flugzeuge/messerschmitt-bf-109-so-fliegt-die-109/533908