Love the growl of that BMW-801! I've always wondered what a 190 sounded like in flight and now I know - absolutely beautiful! Of course the Mustang with its Merlin is a symphony to the ear as well, and the Thunderbolt with its P&W R2800 is just awesome - and the snarl of the 109! I could listen to them for hours on end.
Allied WWII pilots who tested it were immediately surprised how rough the FW-190A ran... They asked captured German pilots about it and they said “yes, that’s normally how it runs”... In particular, it had a vibration running up the control column that killed your sense of touch. This is not that big of a deal apparently, since today’s Superstallion helicopter (biggest US military helicopter) has the exact same issue... The strongest point by far of the FW-190A was its small turning radius at low sustained speeds: The Russians, who were expert at turn fighting (to the point they found the Spitfire poor at this, and modified their tactics to hit and run when flying it) said of the Anton: “It turns better than the Me-109. The FW-190A will inevitably offer turning combat at minimum speed. Orekov: "An experienced FW-190A pilot will never use hit and run tactics ('the vertical")": Always use high speed and vertical maneuvers when fighting it.” (Red Fleet #37) Even the Spitfire’s top ace, and the top expert on killing FW-190As, with over 20 Anton kills, Johnny J. Johnson, describes his Spitfire Mk V (the best turning variant) as being badly out-turned at low speed and low altitude in “my duel with the Focke-Wulf”. The 190 had terrible high speed handling however, sinking tail down while imposing massive Gs on the pilot, this by mushing ahead instead of turning... But that did not really matter, as the dominance of high speed hit and run over slow speed turn fighting was a mistaken 1930s assumption. Slow speed turning easily broke high speed attacks, because the 1% hit rate typically needed a lot of target time. That is why the Anton was so highly regarded
What a beauty! Focke Wulf and Messerchmitt could make this aircrafts blueprints public, as they have no economic value anymore. I would sped my life building one.
Original factory blueprints for the Fw190 variants and Me109s are not always complete or have otherwise been scattered around the world into private collections or lost to time. The first airworthy Me109 restorations were possible after discovery of missing drawings sometime in the 1980s. The Flugwerk Fw190 replicas also had to use some reverse-engineering because of missing drawings. Same for the replica Me262s which were copied during restoration of an original because no complete drawings exist. It would also be nice to see a Stuka fly again, but drawings are missing for that type as well, although there are one or two restorations slowing moving forward. The NASM has many aircraft blueprints in their archives and copies are available to the public, however traditionally their policy requires signing a waiver that you will not use the drawings to construct a flying example.
FiveCentsPlease Yes the engineering design drawings from back then would be a mixed bag. Many would be missing. The drawings present would be of the wrong revision and have errors that have not been discovered. The configuration control logs of what drawing revision of each part constitutes the correct assemblies and sub assemblies may not exist. If you have the budget you would recreate each and every drawing in a 3D CAD model and correct them by checking. Then correct them again as you find errors building the tooling and the plane. Inevitably you will find error that the Germans did not find. They either did a work around or built the originals with unknown defects.
crosstimbers2 That is what needed to be done with the new Me262 replicas. In addition to the research of fitting the modern GE turbines with different requirements and power settings, redesign and strengthening needed to engineered into the landing gear attachments and wing area. The first new example had two gear collapses in early test flights, with the main gear punching through the wing. It was found that when the Luftwaffe switched to tricycle gear configuration on the production Me262 instead of tail-dragger gear like the prototypes, they introduced weak points in the landing gear areas. For similar reasons, if a Ta-152 wreck should ever be discovered for restoration, I doubt anyone would attempt a flying example because the problems were not sorted out with it before the war ended.
Thank you for not having some cheesy sound track over this video so we can trully enjoy the sounds that matter here, that of the these beautiful planes.
Guess what? I live on the flight path of this airport. I went and saw this fly on one of their "fly days" they have each summer and it was impressive. but i'ts getting very popular now, too many people crowding in to look. I know the sound of these old planes and whenever I hear them, I look up and there they are over my house. I can barely believe it, these planes flying over your head and people don't even realize it. This week, I just drove up there for the heck of it to see the B-17 that was there parked and offering rides(for $450) and there was this very same FW 190 sitting there with the cowling off running his engines like mad. I got to stand behind the prop wash and it was friggin windy! I could smell the engine oil and exhaust and thought that's the smell the smelled in world war two. I know sounds stupid but to me it's history. then tonight, I heard it again flying and saw it and jumped in my car and drove the 10 minutes up to the paine field airport and saw it land and taxi in and overheard the pilot talking about the flaps or something.You can just go up there during the week sometimes, and wonder up to the fence, and see these planes and watch them start up or people working on them with absolutely nobody around. just me and the fence watching this plane come in. I didn't even know or had forgot that this is the only real original one left that flies. (it was found in a marsh intact near st petersburg russia in 1989 and didn't actually fly again until just 5 years ago. it's the original engine) Always was my favorite world war 2 plane growing up. just thought it looked cool. But I'll tell ya the ME-109, when it starts up, it just looks and sounds mean, even though this FW is obviously a more advanced plane. Here I am living 5 minutes from this flying heritage museum. I have to pinch myself sometimes. Now they even have a sherman tank, a russian T-34, they have now a flying zero, they have a V-2 rocket, the comet. they even have a 88mm anti aircraft gun they shoot off sometimes. pretty cool
I grew up in Everett, went to Fairmount Elementary School across the street from Paine Field, when it was still an Air Force base. I loved the jets that were in & out of there back then, and the air shows with the Thunderbirds performing. I've traveled back occasionally when the civilian airport had air shows too. But I have to admit, I love the old WW2 fighters, they are the hot-rods of propeller aircraft; and yes, the Luftwaffe fighters have a nastier, meaner exhaust note, especially the 14 cylinder radial BMW powered FW190, wicked.
I have seen many generation flights at airshows including a P-51D flying next to a F-15 Strike Eagle (With the p-51 going full out and the F-15 ready to stall!) But I have never had the opportunity to see a Fokker Wulf 190 or Messerschmitt 109. Thank you for posting this video they were absolutely beautiful to see in flight and their sound was fantastic. Wish I could have been there!
Many thanks for this. There is something wonderful about the old prop-driven warbirds and these four planes, FW-190, BF-109, P-47 and P-51 are prime examples. Of these planes, just for fun, I offer the P-47 Thunderbolt as the surprise candidate for the one I'd choose to take me into battle among them (sorry Mustang fans!). It was very fast and powerful at 2000hp, turbo super-charged for high altitude performance, fast snap roll, inescapable in a dive, had awesome firepower in eight .50-cal guns and, most of all, could take massive battle damage and its air-cooled radial R-2800 engine and overall tough frame would get a pilot home...to land on nice wide landing gear. P-47s would sometimes take a direct 20mm blast to the nose and have whole cylinders shot out of the engines and still cruise home with them rattling around in the cowling. One unlucky round to the Mustang's liquid-coolant she's a goner (and if do limp back but your hydraulics are shot try belly-landing on that ventral scoop intake!). The long-nosed FW-190D or TA-152 a possible choice too. Obviously in the end it is the pilot who matters most with such even machines, but all things being equal give me the Jug! (F4U Corsair in Pacific. I would have liked to see them vs. the BF-109 or FW-190 just to see what would have happened.) Peace.
It's so wonderful seeing these old warbirds flying, especially one with the original engine. What's sad is that other great relics like the Japanese KI-84 or Russian Lavochkin LA-7 will never fly again.
Given the development problems getting the 800 series radials into production and the cooling difficulties in its application to the 190 design it's so amazing that the FW 190 performed as it did thanks to some seriously clever design work by Kurt Tank and his group at Focke Wulf. The set up with a small cooling fan in front of the engine, ducting both in the spinner and the cowling to force-cool engine vitals was pure genius. The BMW 801 was probably one of the best poppet valve radials used by any of the combatants during WW2. There's some very interesting reading on the first encounters the RAF had with the 190 in France during 1941. RAF Spitfire pilots were shocked to the core at encountering a small but extremely powerful radial engined fighter that totally outclassed them in every respect except tightness of turn. To see a "Butcher Bird" flying today is amazing!
The design of the FW 190 was based on a famous radial engine racer designed by Howard Huges, on which Kurt Tank studied it meticulously, even the layout of the undercarriage is almost similar in design of the Huges Racer.
Most magnificence and beautiful Birds of prey. I'm glad that there are still planes of this caliber still flying. Love the sound of the DB and BMW engines they still sound wonderful. Keep 'em flyin', we need to let our kids see the birds that some of our Grandfathers flew (on both sides of the war).
I was lucky to talk to Steve Hinton after his flight in the FW. I asked him how it compared to the P-51 . He said they were both great to fly and he could see why the FW would be a tough adversary .One thing he did mention was that the FW seemed to track better directionally along its yaw axis. Great video. To bad because of airport restrictions they are not allowed to fly faster
Germans used 87 octane fuels so they never reached full potential. The British and Americans had 150 octanes and still there planes weren’t faster than the Germans.
No, but air target is absolutely devastating. if you want better turning then set your fuel to 20 min or lowest setting (for arcade). Also train the pilot to handle G forces better which is increasing Stamina and G force tolerance.
fascinating comparison with its contemporaries, size and shape and sound. Although as it's in Eastern front colors, perhaps a Yak-3 or La-5 would be needed to complete the comparison.
These are the soviet union planes they have Andrei, I have seen them fly the Rata is really something to see, the sound it makes. The shturmovik just flew for the fist time last summer, it's a cool looking plane but they couldn't put the original engine in it but the Rata I think has the original engine Russia Ilyushin II-2M3 Shturmovik Mikoyan MiG-29UB Fulcrum Polikarpov I-16 Type 24 (Rata) Polikarpov U-2/Po-2
magnificent aircraft, it is heartwarming to see people around the world preserving our heritage. A big thank you to the videographer who placed this footage on youtube.
lots of candidates. They put a killer engine in a p-47 and called it p47m, that thing hauled ass in the European theater. tempest could move as well as griffon spitfires. Japanese had some great performers that didn't see much action. The Russians just didn't catch up till post war but the la7b was pretty good. also the dornier 335 for Germany. and ta-152 amazing powerful performance. fw190d dominate at altitude. Germany just had such an edge in aviation tech. No fuel or pilots though after 43-44.
Ege Coskunsoy Outstanding plane, BUT I was only talking about ww2 years planes. That came out in the Korean era for the navy. It even had electronically fed .50 cals, m3 brownings. Then the b version changed to rapid fire cannons that could hit jets better. Of course it was an amazing performing prop, and I like the looks, but it was so late to the game I just won't compare it with the rest, that would be unfair. The navy was rather late to the jet game, they finally got the f9f banshee. Heck even the army was beaten to a good jet by the mig15 (barely). Navy relied on the hellcat during much of ww2 and honestly it's just a decent fighter that could carry lots of ground attack payload. Corsair just a faster hellcat, both heavy with armor. The zero was bested because they had no armor and caught fire from sometimes a single incendiary .50 cal bullet, which they could do because "we" developed tactics to fight the zero's excellent turning ability and US planes soon greatly outnumbered them. ki-84 now that was a great plane. But so many veteran jap pilots were lost rather early, wheras the US had an endless pool of talent to tap, flying and shooting guns had been popular in the US for years. sorry about that, I just love this era of history.
FW190 In its time it was and still is a hell of an airplane and the few with those original engines makes airshows well worth it to see and hear history flying by us all.
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Fatal_Taco They started engine testing for the upgraded Jumo 004s just a few weeks ago. Probably a lot of testing to do before actual flights. facebook.com/video.php?v=10152841379843666&video_source=pages_finch_main_video
I LOVE seeing and hearing these BEAUTIFUL old warbirds. They are literally History on wing, and as such are absolutely PRICELESS. ( as in beyond any price ) Subscribed and thrilled !
Such a beautiful, rare warbird. Isn’t it a shame that out of the thousands of examples built, only a handful of air worthy warbirds of World War 2 remain? The allied powers each captured and tested examples of the FW190, including the uber-wonderful TA152. I hope at the very least they are sitting in government warehouses somewhere, waiting to be rediscovered. Thanks for posting this, though it makes me kind of sad.
There is a TA-152 at the NASM museum in DC. Well actually it is being restored at their facility in MD. Not open to the public apparently, but here is a photo I found. www.flickr.com/photos/merlin_1/3260616924/in/photostream/
I love the 190 and 109, and know their amazing combat records. The only thing I always wonder about is the cockpit visibility. The 190 looks like it has no forward visibility at all. I don't understand why the Germans didn't seem to value cockpit visibility like the Allies, who redesigned the canopies of almost all later mark p-47s, p-51s, spitfires etc. That said I still love the Gean warbirds best..
MrSamurai99999 Yes,despite all that,Germany lost the War,as did Japan,because nearly other Country on Earth was fighting against them.They wanted World domination,but lost.
@@jaybee7100 British and Americans had 150 octanes and Germans had 87. German planes absolutely would’ve been much faster but constantly lacked fuel and resources. The axis was much to small they couldn’t win a war with endless resources.
isnt flying it a very risky endeavor... It is the worlds only (original) flying 190, would be tragic if something were to go wrong and it had to be ditched
They have it flying because it isn't THE only surviving 190. There are static examples of the 190A-5 as static displays. They refuse to fly their 190D-13 and Oscar because those are THE only examples of their kind. Period. So yes, it's risky to some degree, but if it's lost, there are others still around.
Fight to Fly Photography Yeah.. keep them flying - that's what they were *built* for. Static displays are well and good, but there's nothing like seeing these beautiful machines where they belong: in the air..
Even if it is the only example ever..... do you buy a cake to have it put in a clear case and stare at it? let it do what it was intended to and fly it.
JKay5phD Flying Heritage Collection is located at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, USA. She will be flying again this Summer. Check out Flyingheritage.com
+Fight to Fly Photography Nope.....I was there in 2015, was told that they decided not to fly her anymore since she was a one of a kind bird, being the only 801 in the biz. I hope the guide was incorrect or they changed their minds!!!
Long may they,the FW 190 and ME 109E, fly together with their original engines. For me, the classic ME109 is the E. Compared to those horrible 109G's with RR engines, this aircraft is the real McCoy.
packr72 He's referring to the Spanish and Israeli 109s that had the merlin put in them. The G model was superior to the F and E in many ways but they weren't as manoeuvrable and faced much tougher opposition, hence their poorer reputation.
The Spit I and II could handle a 109E. The best of the 'schmitt breed was the 109F4. I'm the biggest spit fanboy alive but I'll admit that the 109F4 had the Mk Vb by the throat. Channel front was a mess for RAF. The Mk IX (especially the later LF) would top an F4 but it was too late - the germans switched to G model before the IX was seriously deployed. The G was dog meat for the later IX's. The K was also meat on the table for XIV.
RAF71chingachgook Sorry, but no 109 was 'meat on the table' in the scenarios you have explained. The worst case possible is a 109G vs a XIV spit, in which case you'd need Gunther Rall at the stick to stand any chance. However, whilst worse in most areas a 109G could still dispatch a late model MKIX if the pilot was skilled enough. What's more, the K model 109 was one of the premium fighters of WW2. Again whilst the 109K was inferior to the XIV in all areas of manoeuvrability, they had relative parity in climb and speed performance. Give the Kurfurst to an experienced pilot and again he too would be able to dispatch the Griffon. I'm not saying that these later 109's were equals to their spitfire competition as they were in most cases, inferior in almost every performance criteria, but I am highlighting that the difference in performance wasn't so great that a 109 pilot stood no chance. You have to remember that many factors contributed to the annihilation of the Luftwaffe in 1944. Ultimately, the inferior training and experience of Luftwaffe pilots, worse maintenance and poorer build quality of their aircraft were far more detrimental to the Luftwaffe than the inferiority of their aircraft designs. If the fighters were reversed and the allies were building, servicing and flying 109's and 190's as escorts for B17's whilst the Germans were intercepting with P51's, P47's, Spitfire and Tempests, I'm sure the results wouldn't have been too different.
One of the most compelling and profound/mysterious dogfights of the war was McLeod vs Freytag over the Netherlands. Both great pilots, actually both were called "the Eagle of Malta" by their friends. Freytag was a good guy. Great pilot. Had been shot down a few times - even lost a dogfight to a P-38 over Sicily but he knew what he was doing. 100 claimed victories. Oct 44, J. Johnson was leading Canadian wing with McLeod leading a squad section. Johnson saw a 109 but he was up a few thousand feet above them. Some reports say the 109 was alone, others say he had section with him. Not sure. But McLeod went after him. No one saw the outcome but Freytag went up into a vertical maneuver (loop?) and likely McLeod stalled out trying to catch him. Sad really. They'd have likely been friends after the war. McLeod was flying an LF IX running 25lbs/boost. This was the real hotrod of spitfires. Heck if I had to choose I'd take the LF IX over any ww2 aircraft. It ran rings around a XIV in all but top speed. Climb rate of LF IX was like a raped ape. LF IX was superior to any model 109G (even a 10 or 14) in all but initial dive. McLeod was one of the best Spit pilots of all time. But he did something stupid. Freytag got him. So yes, a hotrod IX could be defeated by a 109G.
Beautiful. There's something about vintage aircraft that's just breathtaking. The analogue craftsmanship of old beats the digital soullessness of today every time.
That is so great to see, all those fantastic planes, a tribute to all the men who flew them. Pretty tight formations too considering how rare those planes are. What a great set of noises.
That's just how I feel every time I'm out there as well! I get chills down my spine any time one fires up or flies overhead. You do indeed need to come up here and check it out. Pretty amazing collection. Plus you can stop by across the runway and visit another growing collection of flying warbirds at Historic Flight Foundation.
The original Summer JG54 paint was photographed and documented as part of the restoration and it was recreated when the plane was finished. The Flugwerk project is basically finished with 21 examples sold to buyers and the remaining parts and jigs available for sale as a package deal. Flugwerk is now working on a replica P-51 project called the AP-51 Palomino.
My Great Uncle was a tail gunner in a B-17, and was frequently chased by Fw-190s. I also had a Grandpa who was strafed by the same Bf-109 at 6pm every night. Eventually the guy just flew past and wing wagged at their camp. I also had another Great Uncle who flew a P-38 in Europe and chased down 109s on a few occasions. I also have a bunch of German relatives, 2 flew 109s, 1 flew a 110. Those were some brave guys who went up in WW2. All of them deserve the utmost respect in my opinion.
I live in Everett 5 minutes from this place. thank you paul allen for this fantastic collection of flying world war two planes! plus they have a russian T-34 tank, a german 88mm flak gun and even a V-1 rocket. sometimes I have to pinch myself to think that in our little city, they have virtually every world war two aircraft right here and not only in a museum, but you can go see them fly, watch them start up, and taxi out. it's quite impressive. at first there was only a handful of people there but now they are starting to draw crowds as you would expect. I even saw paul allen himself on one of the fly days. the museum is actually in Mukilteo washington. this year they even had a zero although I didn't get to see it fly. The spitfire, and the ME 109 and this FW 190 are the coolest planes they fly, in my opinion anyway.
pramboy zealand it's a D model, check out the website www.flyingheritage.com it explains where they got all the planes from, the me 109 they actually dug up on a beach in france and had actually fought in the battle of britian Paul Allen gave us this museum and a seahawks championship
Flying Heritage Collection (place that has this 190A5) has the only surviving D-13 which is in flying "near" condition. There is video of the previous owner running the Jumo back in '90 something. No chance of her flying again, though, unless someone digs up another D-13.
Awesome to see each of each countries types flying together FW 190 and P47 and Bf109 and P51. Nice comparison .Thanks fight2flyphoto.. Only some one like Paul Allen could afford to do a restoration like this!!
This airplane finished its restoration in Arizona by Gosshawk 10 years ago. If the plane you saw was in bare metal around that time, it would have been this. Otherwise, what you saw was a beautiful replica with a Russian engine.
@@fight2flyphoto Painting was also completed at Gosshawk before she was moved by truck to Flying Heritage. And there was more test flying. Then the groaning began from historians on the glossy paint and color tones that were chosen. FHC was given color recommendations very early in the process. The Fw-190D-13 was also painted at Gosshawk. It has never looked right, then someone commented that the painter didn't thin the paint correctly and it's blotchy. FHC now has their own painting vendor, who painted the Me-262 and the Stuka. Gosshawk purchased the remains of the Flugwerk project, planes, parts and spares and now they are building the rest of them for customers.
I was at RAF Cosford few days ago and took a few shots of the A-8 that used to be slung from the ceiling of the Imperial War Museum for some years, in very nice original condition, I suppose I am very lucky to live so close up and personal to so many unique aircraft like the Me-410, Ki-46 Dinah, KI-100 and so on.
Saw one of the R2800 powered replicas race at Reno a couple years back. Came in last place in the Sunday bronze race behind a FM2 Wildcat.. Would love to see one with the 801 or a Jumo 213 powered D run at Reno. It could happen.
I just read The Flight Journal article on this. They said the engine idled rough and vibrated. Very advanced for the time . The packaging of the mechanical systems. Also had a automated system for prop pitch mixture etc.
One of my favorite WW2 fighter plane designs, the FW190A-series. It is hard to pick a favorite from among the Spitfire Mk 1X, the P51B/C and F4U Corsair. For sheer beauty the Spitfire MK IX. As former active USMC the sentimental favorite is the F4U. For balance between beauty and sheer deadliness, it is a toss up between the FW-190 A-series and the P51B/C. I know the FW-190D-series is the performance champion of the line, BUT the sleek, elegant beauty of the FW-190A-series really grabs the eye.
There are CDs of various aircraft available from Aircraft Records and they have made digital recordings of various fighters in flight and on the ground. The Me109G is particularly good. They haven't released a new CD in a while and the Fw190 would be a great new item if they can get good recordings without other traffic at Paine Field.
These were Summer colors used by JG54 aircraft and this aircraft was lost in July 1943. A quick search will show you original color photos and drawings of other JG54 planes. Greens and browns also appeared in late war colors used by the Luftwaffe.
This aircraft is the only surviving FW flying (others are replicas) and has the only working BMW-801. This same museum (Flying Heritage Collection) does have an original Dora, a D-13 (Only surviving D-13) which is in a "near flying" condition. It's previous owner used to actually run the Jumo engine. There are some rumors of replica Doras which may get working Jumo engines in the future.
After painting, there was a lot of debate on the hues used. In the restoration, the traces of the JG54 summer paint were documented and analyzed with test colors created. When the plane was painted in WW2, the RLM had been experimenting and re-numbering colors, so the actual RLM numbers may be unknown. It could be an early version of the late-war RLM 82/83 colors. Shades vary, since a restorer from the team pointed out finding differing shades of RLM 66 on the various cockpit components.
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Nice sound to that engine and to see the other aircraft too . And thanks for not having music that drowns out the sound of those engines !
Sounds like a dragster car, it's absolutely beautiful.
Seeing that Bf-109 and Fw-190 fly together looks amazing.
I sure hope these last forever - Thank you Paul Allen for preserving these beauties!
The FW 190. Perfect combination of form and function.
The history, the sound, the beauty. Simply awesome, keep them alive !
How the hell is the history awesome??
The swastika on the tail fin. That's the way a 190 must look. Thanks for not removing it
It runs on SJW tears....
Yes you are right.
Video 8 years old, The bastards went after.
@@francoisblachon4690 so you saying they had it removed
Love the growl of that BMW-801! I've always wondered what a 190 sounded like in flight and now I know - absolutely beautiful! Of course the Mustang with its Merlin is a symphony to the ear as well, and the Thunderbolt with its P&W R2800 is just awesome - and the snarl of the 109!
I could listen to them for hours on end.
Allied WWII pilots who tested it were immediately surprised how rough the FW-190A ran... They asked captured German pilots about it and they said “yes, that’s normally how it runs”... In particular, it had a vibration running up the control column that killed your sense of touch. This is not that big of a deal apparently, since today’s Superstallion helicopter (biggest US military helicopter) has the exact same issue... The strongest point by far of the FW-190A was its small turning radius at low sustained speeds: The Russians, who were expert at turn fighting (to the point they found the Spitfire poor at this, and modified their tactics to hit and run when flying it) said of the Anton: “It turns better than the Me-109. The FW-190A will inevitably offer turning combat at minimum speed. Orekov: "An experienced FW-190A pilot will never use hit and run tactics ('the vertical")": Always use high speed and vertical maneuvers when fighting it.” (Red Fleet #37) Even the Spitfire’s top ace, and the top expert on killing FW-190As, with over 20 Anton kills, Johnny J. Johnson, describes his Spitfire Mk V (the best turning variant) as being badly out-turned at low speed and low altitude in “my duel with the Focke-Wulf”. The 190 had terrible high speed handling however, sinking tail down while imposing massive Gs on the pilot, this by mushing ahead instead of turning... But that did not really matter, as the dominance of high speed hit and run over slow speed turn fighting was a mistaken 1930s assumption. Slow speed turning easily broke high speed attacks, because the 1% hit rate typically needed a lot of target time. That is why the Anton was so highly regarded
Beautiful to see these 3 iconic aircraft flying together !!
What a beauty! Focke Wulf and Messerchmitt could make this aircrafts blueprints public, as they have no economic value anymore.
I would sped my life building one.
Original factory blueprints for the Fw190 variants and Me109s are not always complete or have otherwise been scattered around the world into private collections or lost to time. The first airworthy Me109 restorations were possible after discovery of missing drawings sometime in the 1980s. The Flugwerk Fw190 replicas also had to use some reverse-engineering because of missing drawings. Same for the replica Me262s which were copied during restoration of an original because no complete drawings exist. It would also be nice to see a Stuka fly again, but drawings are missing for that type as well, although there are one or two restorations slowing moving forward. The NASM has many aircraft blueprints in their archives and copies are available to the public, however traditionally their policy requires signing a waiver that you will not use the drawings to construct a flying example.
FiveCentsPlease Yes the engineering design drawings from back then would be a mixed bag. Many would be missing. The drawings present would be of the wrong revision and have errors that have not been discovered.
The configuration control logs of what drawing revision of each part constitutes the correct assemblies and sub assemblies may not exist.
If you have the budget you would recreate each and every drawing in a 3D CAD model and correct them by checking. Then correct them again as you find errors building the tooling and the plane. Inevitably you will find error that the Germans did not find. They either did a work around or built the originals with unknown defects.
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That is what needed to be done with the new Me262 replicas. In addition to the research of fitting the modern GE turbines with different requirements and power settings, redesign and strengthening needed to engineered into the landing gear attachments and wing area. The first new example had two gear collapses in early test flights, with the main gear punching through the wing. It was found that when the Luftwaffe switched to tricycle gear configuration on the production Me262 instead of tail-dragger gear like the prototypes, they introduced weak points in the landing gear areas. For similar reasons, if a Ta-152 wreck should ever be discovered for restoration, I doubt anyone would attempt a flying example because the problems were not sorted out with it before the war ended.
Wish their where more surviving Fw-190s and BF-109s from WWII!
The Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Va. has a flying original too.
Was für ein tolles Flugzeug und schön daß es noch ein funktionierendes Exemplar gibt !
2:46 I love the high pitched song of the BF109 as it flies by.
me too, that whistle is beautiful
Thank you for not having some cheesy sound track over this video so we can trully enjoy the sounds that matter here, that of the these beautiful planes.
Great piece of history. Thanks for sharing.
The FW 190 is a work of art. Prettiest thing with wings.
Absolutely deadly. But, so very pretty.
Guess what? I live on the flight path of this airport. I went and saw this fly on one of their "fly days" they have each summer and it was impressive. but i'ts getting very popular now, too many people crowding in to look. I know the sound of these old planes and whenever I hear them, I look up and there they are over my house. I can barely believe it, these planes flying over your head and people don't even realize it. This week, I just drove up there for the heck of it to see the B-17 that was there parked and offering rides(for $450) and there was this very same FW 190 sitting there with the cowling off running his engines like mad. I got to stand behind the prop wash and it was friggin windy! I could smell the engine oil and exhaust and thought that's the smell the smelled in world war two. I know sounds stupid but to me it's history.
then tonight, I heard it again flying and saw it and jumped in my car and drove the 10 minutes up to the paine field airport and saw it land and taxi in and overheard the pilot talking about the flaps or something.You can just go up there during the week sometimes, and wonder up to the fence, and see these planes and watch them start up or people working on them with absolutely nobody around. just me and the fence watching this plane come in. I didn't even know or had forgot that this is the only real original one left that flies. (it was found in a marsh intact near st petersburg russia in 1989 and didn't actually fly again until just 5 years ago. it's the original engine)
Always was my favorite world war 2 plane growing up. just thought it looked cool. But I'll tell ya the ME-109, when it starts up, it just looks and sounds mean, even though this FW is obviously a more advanced plane. Here I am living 5 minutes from this flying heritage museum. I have to pinch myself sometimes. Now they even have a sherman tank, a russian T-34, they have now a flying zero, they have a V-2 rocket, the comet. they even have a 88mm anti aircraft gun they shoot off sometimes. pretty cool
Great story....very lucky man..would love to see the things that you can see daily...thanks for sharing
I grew up in Everett, went to Fairmount Elementary School across the street from Paine Field, when it was still an Air Force base. I loved the jets that were in & out of there back then, and the air shows with the Thunderbirds performing. I've traveled back occasionally when the civilian airport had air shows too. But I have to admit, I love the old WW2 fighters, they are the hot-rods of propeller aircraft; and yes, the Luftwaffe fighters have a nastier, meaner exhaust note, especially the 14 cylinder radial BMW powered FW190, wicked.
You're a lucky man Fred.!
WOW… it must be great to see this magnificent birds fly
fred garvin lucky you are
nice to see ALL the markings on the planes
ALL.......
Those ol' warbirds are just gorgeous. Probably the most handsome aircraft ever produced, they have a mystique that lives to this day.
I have seen many generation flights at airshows including a P-51D flying next to a F-15 Strike Eagle (With the p-51 going full out and the F-15 ready to stall!) But I have never had the opportunity to see a Fokker Wulf 190 or Messerschmitt 109. Thank you for posting this video they were absolutely beautiful to see in flight and their sound was fantastic. Wish I could have been there!
Many thanks for this. There is something wonderful about the old prop-driven warbirds and these four planes, FW-190, BF-109, P-47 and P-51 are prime examples. Of these planes, just for fun, I offer the P-47 Thunderbolt as the surprise candidate for the one I'd choose to take me into battle among them (sorry Mustang fans!). It was very fast and powerful at 2000hp, turbo super-charged for high altitude performance, fast snap roll, inescapable in a dive, had awesome firepower in eight .50-cal guns and, most of all, could take massive battle damage and its air-cooled radial R-2800 engine and overall tough frame would get a pilot home...to land on nice wide landing gear. P-47s would sometimes take a direct 20mm blast to the nose and have whole cylinders shot out of the engines and still cruise home with them rattling around in the cowling. One unlucky round to the Mustang's liquid-coolant she's a goner (and if do limp back but your hydraulics are shot try belly-landing on that ventral scoop intake!). The long-nosed FW-190D or TA-152 a possible choice too. Obviously in the end it is the pilot who matters most with such even machines, but all things being equal give me the Jug! (F4U Corsair in Pacific. I would have liked to see them vs. the BF-109 or FW-190 just to see what would have happened.) Peace.
I hope they take good care of them, Seeing one of these things suffer any type of misfortune is heartbreaking.
It's so wonderful seeing these old warbirds flying, especially one with the original engine. What's sad is that other great relics like the Japanese KI-84 or Russian Lavochkin LA-7 will never fly again.
Given the development problems getting the 800 series radials into production and the cooling difficulties in its application to the 190 design it's so amazing that the FW 190 performed as it did thanks to some seriously clever design work by Kurt Tank and his group at Focke Wulf. The set up with a small cooling fan in front of the engine, ducting both in the spinner and the cowling to force-cool engine vitals was pure genius. The BMW 801 was probably one of the best poppet valve radials used by any of the combatants during WW2. There's some very interesting reading on the first encounters the RAF had with the 190 in France during 1941. RAF Spitfire pilots were shocked to the core at encountering a small but extremely powerful radial engined fighter that totally outclassed them in every respect except tightness of turn. To see a "Butcher Bird" flying today is amazing!
The design of the FW 190 was based on a famous radial engine racer designed by Howard Huges, on which Kurt Tank studied it meticulously, even the layout of the undercarriage is almost similar in design of the Huges Racer.
The only thing I'm doing right now is waiting for Gaijin to put the proper sound effects in to Warthunder...
Lol. Ich dachte gerade das selbe.
they did that and then some. Actually I have to say they're starting to get their act together.
ryushev2000 LOL it got better 😁
Most magnificence and beautiful Birds of prey. I'm glad that there are still planes of this caliber still flying. Love the sound of the DB and BMW engines they still sound wonderful. Keep 'em flyin', we need to let our kids see the birds that some of our Grandfathers flew (on both sides of the war).
If I lived in the 1930-1940s this is the last thing i would have wanted to see. But today seeing one of these is just amazing.
Both Awesome and Menacing! 👍🏻
I was lucky to talk to Steve Hinton after his flight in the FW. I asked him how it compared to the P-51 . He said they were both great to fly and he could see why the FW would be a tough adversary .One thing he did mention was that the FW seemed to track better directionally along its yaw axis. Great video. To bad because of airport restrictions they are not allowed to fly faster
Germans used 87 octane fuels so they never reached full potential. The British and Americans had 150 octanes and still there planes weren’t faster than the Germans.
Thanks for posting this awesome video ! I watched it with my speakers on max volume, gave me "Goose Bumps", just awesome !
War thunder players
[Heavy Breathing]
indeed, only we and a few others actually know how amazing this plane is in a good pilot's hands. Silly rabbit, mustangs are for kids!
Fw 190 with air target ammo and a pilot trained to handle turning better makes it amazing
***** Air target makes the 190 turn better! Is this true!?!?
No, but air target is absolutely devastating.
if you want better turning then set your fuel to 20 min or lowest setting (for arcade). Also train the pilot to handle G forces better which is increasing Stamina and G force tolerance.
ok, thx
Ooh the sound of radials
wunderbares video von so ein schones Flugzeug. Ich danke ihnen
What a piece of history !!!.....FW-190 always one of my fav's.....THX for posting............
fascinating comparison with its contemporaries, size and shape and sound.
Although as it's in Eastern front colors, perhaps a Yak-3 or La-5 would be needed to complete the comparison.
These are the soviet union planes they have Andrei, I have seen them fly the Rata is really something to see, the sound it makes. The shturmovik just flew for the fist time last summer, it's a cool looking plane but they couldn't put the original engine in it but the Rata I think has the original engine
Russia
Ilyushin II-2M3 Shturmovik
Mikoyan MiG-29UB Fulcrum
Polikarpov I-16 Type 24 (Rata)
Polikarpov U-2/Po-2
magnificent aircraft, it is heartwarming to see people around the world preserving our heritage. A big thank you to the videographer who placed this footage on youtube.
Okay P-51 was a gorgeous bird . But This and 109 were i think the best .
agreed. P51 very pretty, but 109 k outperforms and definitely outguns it. Gotta have me a cannon.
tnix80 Exactly man . I think 109 K was the strongest prop-powered plane .
lots of candidates. They put a killer engine in a p-47 and called it p47m, that thing hauled ass in the European theater. tempest could move as well as griffon spitfires. Japanese had some great performers that didn't see much action. The Russians just didn't catch up till post war but the la7b was pretty good. also the dornier 335 for Germany. and ta-152 amazing powerful performance. fw190d dominate at altitude. Germany just had such an edge in aviation tech. No fuel or pilots though after 43-44.
tnix80 what do you think about the f8f bearcat ?
Ege Coskunsoy Outstanding plane, BUT I was only talking about ww2 years planes. That came out in the Korean era for the navy. It even had electronically fed .50 cals, m3 brownings. Then the b version changed to rapid fire cannons that could hit jets better. Of course it was an amazing performing prop, and I like the looks, but it was so late to the game I just won't compare it with the rest, that would be unfair.
The navy was rather late to the jet game, they finally got the f9f banshee. Heck even the army was beaten to a good jet by the mig15 (barely). Navy relied on the hellcat during much of ww2 and honestly it's just a decent fighter that could carry lots of ground attack payload. Corsair just a faster hellcat, both heavy with armor. The zero was bested because they had no armor and caught fire from sometimes a single incendiary .50 cal bullet, which they could do because "we" developed tactics to fight the zero's excellent turning ability and US planes soon greatly outnumbered them. ki-84 now that was a great plane. But so many veteran jap pilots were lost rather early, wheras the US had an endless pool of talent to tap, flying and shooting guns had been popular in the US for years.
sorry about that, I just love this era of history.
FW190
In its time it was and still is a hell of an airplane and the few with those original engines makes airshows well worth it to see and hear history flying by us all.
best looking airplane of wwII
dont know if you guys cares but if you're bored like me atm you can watch pretty much all of the new movies and series on InstaFlixxer. Been watching with my girlfriend for the last couple of months xD
@Axton Jaxtyn Yup, I have been using instaflixxer for since november myself :D
that supercharger whistle on that 109 and the rumble on the 190! seen both these planes in person....awesome!
They even have the BF 109 E3! That makes it even MORE awesome :D
And the Tunderbolt too! Holy shit!
Just wait... They're finishing up an original Me 262 with re engineered Jumo engines!
Fight to Fly Photography HOLY MUTTERFICKEN SCHIESSE!
My panties are wet now...
Fatal_Taco
They started engine testing for the upgraded Jumo 004s just a few weeks ago. Probably a lot of testing to do before actual flights. facebook.com/video.php?v=10152841379843666&video_source=pages_finch_main_video
FiveCentsPlease AWWW YEAH!
+Fatal_Taco they also had a mustang :D
I LOVE seeing and hearing these BEAUTIFUL old warbirds. They are literally History on wing, and as such are absolutely PRICELESS. ( as in beyond any price ) Subscribed and thrilled !
Such a beautiful, rare warbird. Isn’t it a shame that out of the thousands of examples built, only a handful of air worthy warbirds of World War 2 remain? The allied powers each captured and tested examples of the FW190, including the uber-wonderful TA152. I hope at the very least they are sitting in government warehouses somewhere, waiting to be rediscovered. Thanks for posting this, though it makes me kind of sad.
There is a TA-152 at the NASM museum in DC. Well actually it is being restored at their facility in MD. Not open to the public apparently, but here is a photo I found.
www.flickr.com/photos/merlin_1/3260616924/in/photostream/
I am very, very grateful for this video and the people who keep the 190 flying.
Thank you.
I love the 190 and 109, and know their amazing combat records. The only thing I always wonder about is the cockpit visibility. The 190 looks like it has no forward visibility at all. I don't understand why the Germans didn't seem to value cockpit visibility like the Allies, who redesigned the canopies of almost all later mark p-47s, p-51s, spitfires etc. That said I still love the Gean warbirds best..
German I mean.
MrSamurai99999 Yes,despite all that,Germany lost the War,as did Japan,because nearly other Country on Earth was fighting against them.They wanted World domination,but lost.
@@jaybee7100 British and Americans had 150 octanes and Germans had 87. German planes absolutely would’ve been much faster but constantly lacked fuel and resources. The axis was much to small they couldn’t win a war with endless resources.
Thank gawd for skilled craftsmen, volunteers and motivated enthusiasts that bring such artifacts back to life.
those aircrafts are sexy, much more than the modern jets
Breathtaking. The 190 and 109 together were beautiful.
isnt flying it a very risky endeavor... It is the worlds only (original) flying 190, would be tragic if something were to go wrong and it had to be ditched
They have it flying because it isn't THE only surviving 190. There are static examples of the 190A-5 as static displays. They refuse to fly their 190D-13 and Oscar because those are THE only examples of their kind. Period. So yes, it's risky to some degree, but if it's lost, there are others still around.
Fight to Fly Photography
Yeah.. keep them flying - that's what they were *built* for. Static displays are well and good, but there's nothing like seeing these beautiful machines where they belong: in the air..
there are many 109s and 190s in Ukraine and Russia...
Speedy Gonzalez mock ups
Even if it is the only example ever..... do you buy a cake to have it put in a clear case and stare at it? let it do what it was intended to and fly it.
Thanks for sharing, I love flying the 190 and 109 in DCS World and Im glad to see
this living legend in the air.
Where was this and why was I not invited?
JKay5phD Flying Heritage Collection is located at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, USA. She will be flying again this Summer. Check out Flyingheritage.com
+Fight to Fly Photography Nope.....I was there in 2015, was told that they decided not to fly her anymore since she was a one of a kind bird, being the only 801 in the biz. I hope the guide was incorrect or they changed their minds!!!
I love the shots taken, especially the ones where the FW-190 and the 109 were flying side by side. Melted my heart (in a good way).
Long may they,the FW 190 and ME 109E, fly together with their original engines. For me, the classic ME109 is the E. Compared to those horrible 109G's with RR engines, this aircraft is the real McCoy.
+Adrian Larkins German pilots considered the F to be the best. The G was pretty mediocre but the K was an improvement over the G at least.
packr72 He's referring to the Spanish and Israeli 109s that had the merlin put in them. The G model was superior to the F and E in many ways but they weren't as manoeuvrable and faced much tougher opposition, hence their poorer reputation.
The Spit I and II could handle a 109E. The best of the 'schmitt breed was the 109F4. I'm the biggest spit fanboy alive but I'll admit that the 109F4 had the Mk Vb by the throat. Channel front was a mess for RAF. The Mk IX (especially the later LF) would top an F4 but it was too late - the germans switched to G model before the IX was seriously deployed. The G was dog meat for the later IX's. The K was also meat on the table for XIV.
RAF71chingachgook Sorry, but no 109 was 'meat on the table' in the scenarios you have explained. The worst case possible is a 109G vs a XIV spit, in which case you'd need Gunther Rall at the stick to stand any chance. However, whilst worse in most areas a 109G could still dispatch a late model MKIX if the pilot was skilled enough. What's more, the K model 109 was one of the premium fighters of WW2. Again whilst the 109K was inferior to the XIV in all areas of manoeuvrability, they had relative parity in climb and speed performance. Give the Kurfurst to an experienced pilot and again he too would be able to dispatch the Griffon. I'm not saying that these later 109's were equals to their spitfire competition as they were in most cases, inferior in almost every performance criteria, but I am highlighting that the difference in performance wasn't so great that a 109 pilot stood no chance. You have to remember that many factors contributed to the annihilation of the Luftwaffe in 1944. Ultimately, the inferior training and experience of Luftwaffe pilots, worse maintenance and poorer build quality of their aircraft were far more detrimental to the Luftwaffe than the inferiority of their aircraft designs. If the fighters were reversed and the allies were building, servicing and flying 109's and 190's as escorts for B17's whilst the Germans were intercepting with P51's, P47's, Spitfire and Tempests, I'm sure the results wouldn't have been too different.
One of the most compelling and profound/mysterious dogfights of the war was McLeod vs Freytag over the Netherlands. Both great pilots, actually both were called "the Eagle of Malta" by their friends. Freytag was a good guy. Great pilot. Had been shot down a few times - even lost a dogfight to a P-38 over Sicily but he knew what he was doing. 100 claimed victories.
Oct 44, J. Johnson was leading Canadian wing with McLeod leading a squad section. Johnson saw a 109 but he was up a few thousand feet above them. Some reports say the 109 was alone, others say he had section with him. Not sure. But McLeod went after him. No one saw the outcome but Freytag went up into a vertical maneuver (loop?) and likely McLeod stalled out trying to catch him. Sad really. They'd have likely been friends after the war.
McLeod was flying an LF IX running 25lbs/boost. This was the real hotrod of spitfires. Heck if I had to choose I'd take the LF IX over any ww2 aircraft. It ran rings around a XIV in all but top speed. Climb rate of LF IX was like a raped ape. LF IX was superior to any model 109G (even a 10 or 14) in all but initial dive. McLeod was one of the best Spit pilots of all time. But he did something stupid. Freytag got him. So yes, a hotrod IX could be defeated by a 109G.
Beautiful. There's something about vintage aircraft that's just breathtaking. The analogue craftsmanship of old beats the digital soullessness of today every time.
The BF109 is one hell of a noise maker
Have you heard the Stuka Ju-87?
You mean the jericho siren?
zech007
Yes. I know you are talking about the engine of the BF109, but man that siren is shit scary! Imagine that in real life!
Thats its purpose a, to create a physiological warfare
zech007 No it wasn't.
Hadn't seen this clip before, excellent camera work and editing, a pleasure to watch, thanks again.
german technology, the best
Impressive. Very nice. Let's see Paul Allen's Fw 190
32 P51 pilots dislike this video
Ha! Good one!!
Rot!!!.The P51 Boyz are as happy as Hell!!.
4vep vik yeah :D
The engine sound is awesome !!! .... Thanks for posting !
This BMW-801 is so fluid and easy, incredible !
Like the sound of the 190 engine, low, rather "choppy."
Always love the Merlin "60" series sound in the P-51.
That is so great to see, all those fantastic planes, a tribute to all the men who flew them. Pretty tight formations too considering how rare those planes are. What a great set of noises.
I love it! Great to see these old vets wheels up! I was wowed at 5.20. Man the Jug is big and you really see that there. Thanke for the post!
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That's just how I feel every time I'm out there as well! I get chills down my spine any time one fires up or flies overhead. You do indeed need to come up here and check it out. Pretty amazing collection. Plus you can stop by across the runway and visit another growing collection of flying warbirds at Historic Flight Foundation.
The original Summer JG54 paint was photographed and documented as part of the restoration and it was recreated when the plane was finished. The Flugwerk project is basically finished with 21 examples sold to buyers and the remaining parts and jigs available for sale as a package deal. Flugwerk is now working on a replica P-51 project called the AP-51 Palomino.
fantastic bird.
Thanks for not ruining this with music!
love these things
My Great Uncle was a tail gunner in a B-17, and was frequently chased by Fw-190s. I also had a Grandpa who was strafed by the same Bf-109 at 6pm every night. Eventually the guy just flew past and wing wagged at their camp. I also had another Great Uncle who flew a P-38 in Europe and chased down 109s on a few occasions. I also have a bunch of German relatives, 2 flew 109s, 1 flew a 110. Those were some brave guys who went up in WW2. All of them deserve the utmost respect in my opinion.
loved the fly by with the Me-109 !!! ... Ausgezeichnet , Herr Lieutnant !!!
That was amazing Fw190 Mustang and Thunderbolt together !
I live in Everett 5 minutes from this place. thank you paul allen for this fantastic collection of flying world war two planes! plus they have a russian T-34 tank, a german 88mm flak gun and even a V-1 rocket. sometimes I have to pinch myself to think that in our little city, they have virtually every world war two aircraft right here and not only in a museum, but you can go see them fly, watch them start up, and taxi out. it's quite impressive. at first there was only a handful of people there but now they are starting to draw crowds as you would expect. I even saw paul allen himself on one of the fly days. the museum is actually in Mukilteo washington. this year they even had a zero although I didn't get to see it fly. The spitfire, and the ME 109 and this FW 190 are the coolest planes they fly, in my opinion anyway.
what mk spitfire is there?
pramboy zealand
it's a D model, check out the website www.flyingheritage.com
it explains where they got all the planes from, the me 109 they actually dug up on a beach in france and had actually fought in the battle of britian
Paul Allen gave us this museum and a seahawks championship
fred garvin there is no d model spitfire, but looked it up its a mk V spit.
Flying Heritage Collection (place that has this 190A5) has the only surviving D-13 which is in flying "near" condition. There is video of the previous owner running the Jumo back in '90 something. No chance of her flying again, though, unless someone digs up another D-13.
Awesome to see each of each countries types flying together FW 190 and P47 and Bf109 and P51. Nice comparison .Thanks fight2flyphoto.. Only some one like Paul Allen could afford to do a restoration like this!!
I saw the only original, still flying , Focke Wulfe in Arizona years ago at the fighter museum. If you ever get a chance & it still exists, go there.
This airplane finished its restoration in Arizona by Gosshawk 10 years ago. If the plane you saw was in bare metal around that time, it would have been this. Otherwise, what you saw was a beautiful replica with a Russian engine.
@@fight2flyphoto Painting was also completed at Gosshawk before she was moved by truck to Flying Heritage. And there was more test flying. Then the groaning began from historians on the glossy paint and color tones that were chosen. FHC was given color recommendations very early in the process. The Fw-190D-13 was also painted at Gosshawk. It has never looked right, then someone commented that the painter didn't thin the paint correctly and it's blotchy. FHC now has their own painting vendor, who painted the Me-262 and the Stuka. Gosshawk purchased the remains of the Flugwerk project, planes, parts and spares and now they are building the rest of them for customers.
I was at RAF Cosford few days ago and took a few shots of the A-8 that used to be slung from the ceiling of the Imperial War Museum for some years, in very nice original condition, I suppose I am very lucky to live so close up and personal to so many unique aircraft like the Me-410, Ki-46 Dinah, KI-100 and so on.
Man that Thunderbolt just dwarfs all the other fighters. Great video, no music!
Kurt Tank said of his prototype 190 it's like flying with your feet in the fire place from over heating difficulties.
Thank You for this great video. I never get tired of hearing these magnificent engines!
Saw one of the R2800 powered replicas race at Reno a couple years back. Came in last place in the Sunday bronze race behind a FM2 Wildcat.. Would love to see one with the 801 or a Jumo 213 powered D run at Reno. It could happen.
Many thanks for posting this nice quality HD video!
Holy crap, great sound capture, these birds are fantastic.
I just read The Flight Journal article on this. They said the engine idled rough and vibrated. Very advanced for the time . The packaging of the mechanical systems. Also had a automated system for prop pitch mixture etc.
Great video.
I love the FW190, great sound.
There are currently five airworthy Bf 109s worldwide, two original and three Buchon conversions. More are in slow restoration for eventual flight.
Beautiful aircraft. It's great to see them flying again together.
What a show and to have the FOCKE WOLFE and the ME 109 flying is a treat and then came the others from the USA The P-51 and the P-47 not far behind.
Thank you for posting this great video! The Fw-190 silhouette looks very narrow and aerodynamic when flying in formation with the P-47 and P-51.
Be sure to check out the later variations of the Fw-190 like the D-9/10/13 (Dora).
***** And the ultimate expression of the series, the Ta-152.
Terrific video of some classic aircraft!
Fantastic video!
No music, except aircraft music - fantastic, and the only way to view old warbirds.
Beautiful machine. Gave the Spitfire MkVs a very hard time.
One of my favorite WW2 fighter plane designs, the FW190A-series. It is hard to pick a favorite from among the Spitfire Mk 1X, the P51B/C and F4U Corsair. For sheer beauty the Spitfire MK IX. As former active USMC the sentimental favorite is the F4U. For balance between beauty and sheer deadliness, it is a toss up between the FW-190 A-series and the P51B/C. I know the FW-190D-series is the performance champion of the line, BUT the sleek, elegant beauty of the FW-190A-series really grabs the eye.
Thank you for posting this. Very nice.
fantastic look and sound ....Ausgezeichnet!!
There are CDs of various aircraft available from Aircraft Records and they have made digital recordings of various fighters in flight and on the ground. The Me109G is particularly good. They haven't released a new CD in a while and the Fw190 would be a great new item if they can get good recordings without other traffic at Paine Field.
Great video, thanks. The 801 sounds amazing..
Great to see these flying.....the Thunderbolt is one big fighter.All great aircraft.
These were Summer colors used by JG54 aircraft and this aircraft was lost in July 1943. A quick search will show you original color photos and drawings of other JG54 planes. Greens and browns also appeared in late war colors used by the Luftwaffe.
Greate sounding engine and nice profiles of those three iconic warbirds at the 4:53 mark
This aircraft is the only surviving FW flying (others are replicas) and has the only working BMW-801. This same museum (Flying Heritage Collection) does have an original Dora, a D-13 (Only surviving D-13) which is in a "near flying" condition. It's previous owner used to actually run the Jumo engine. There are some rumors of replica Doras which may get working Jumo engines in the future.
After painting, there was a lot of debate on the hues used. In the restoration, the traces of the JG54 summer paint were documented and analyzed with test colors created. When the plane was painted in WW2, the RLM had been experimenting and re-numbering colors, so the actual RLM numbers may be unknown. It could be an early version of the late-war RLM 82/83 colors. Shades vary, since a restorer from the team pointed out finding differing shades of RLM 66 on the various cockpit components.
Would be great to see her back in Europe some day, awesome footage!!
Are you asking for a Third World War?
@@doom-1472 to be fair WW3 is already here