wb9omc@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Duane P Mantick) (08/07/90)
From: wb9omc@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Duane P Mantick) >>From: geoffm@EBay.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller) >In article <1990Jul30.153536.26030@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> pspod@venus.lerc.nasa.gov writes: >>The Cleveland Wing of the Confederate Air Force is presenting an airshow at >>the Lorain County Airport, Aug 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Two of the aircraft present >>will be the ME 109 and A6M2 Zero. Does anyone know if these aircraft are >>actual 109 and Zero or some modification of other aircraft e.g. AT-6? >The Zero is probably one of the converted AT-6s used in the filming of >_Tora Tora Tora_. I'd think that a real Zero would be far too valuable to >fly around the airshow circuit, and there'd be a real shortage of spare engine ****part of the whole point is to get these planes out where people can see them fly. There are several converted AT6's that looks like Zeros - but I think there might be one or two real ones lurking about. Therre IS a Kate torpedo bomber that is 100% real that used to fly regularly in the Indiana Wing CAF shows. Many of the "German" planes were CASA types, including a CASA built Ju52 transport. You will find several one-of-a-kinders in CAF shows. As far as I know, FiFi is the worlds ONLY flyable B29 - I thought they were prepping another but haven't heard anything about it lately. And parts are a problem no matter WHO built the plane.....many of the parts on the warbirds have to be contracted out to machine shops for duplication. Man, is THAT expensive! >parts. Also, I believe that the CAF's Me-109 is a Spanish-built CASA- >something. Same plane, essentially. Yep, although sometimes there were engine differences, mostly pretty subtle. I don't recall many performance differences. Duane
ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib) (08/15/90)
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib) > >>parts. Also, I believe that the CAF's Me-109 is a Spanish-built CASA- >>something. Same plane, essentially. > Yep, although sometimes there were engine differences, mostly >pretty subtle. I don't recall many performance differences. > > >Duane The spanish ME-109 housed at the museum at Wright Field, Dayton, OH has a Merlin engine! The ME-109s used in the movie "Battle of Britain" were Spanish also. The Ju-52 that visited Mount Comfort airport in Indianapolis three years ago may have been Spanish also. I hear that three Ju-52s are still ferrying tourists around the Swiss alps. Iskandar