Found this photo on airliners.net with the remark that it had been scrapped in 81!!! 😮 http://www.airliners.net/open.file/919434/L/
This leads me to wonder: a) if this is true. b) it is a replica. c) none of the above.
T J
By: willy.henderick - 27th November 2005 at 12:24
Manfred Pflumm and not Plumpf had built a large number of replicas for museums across Germany. (Fokker DR1, Fokker E.III, Junlers J 10, Junkers Ju 87 which was displayed at Frankfurt International’s viewers terrace in 1979), Bf 109E, Ju 13 at Stuttgart)
He is located at INTERNATIONAL LUFTFAHRTMUSEUM MANFRED PFLUMM, D-78056 Villingen-Schwenningen.
Source Aircraft Museums and Collections of the World-Volume 3-Bob Ogden
By: Septic - 26th November 2005 at 18:57
Who is Manfred Plumpf ?
Septic.
By: willy.henderick - 26th November 2005 at 17:45
Probably a Manfred Plumpf replica
By: EHVB - 17th November 2005 at 12:32
Was there a few weeks ago and the remains of a 109 replica were lingering around behind some buildings. As it was wrapped, I didn’t give it much notice so I guess it is the same plane. BW Roger
By: T J Johansen - 17th November 2005 at 12:16
It’s a replica. If you look closely at the fuselage you can see that it has some form of skinning that is stretched over longitudal formers. The real 109 was metal skinned with a series of narrow panels that lapped each other vertically.
Yeah. There was something not quite right, but I just couldn’t put my finger on it. I really couldn’t believe a genuine 109 on display in Germany would have been scrapped by the 1980’s. And if nothing has happened since Evzen’s photo the replica might still be there!
T J
By: DazDaMan - 17th November 2005 at 12:09
Replica in Luftfahrtmuseum at Villingen-Schwenningen (year 2001)
Obviously still around someplace then?
By: Malcolm McKay - 17th November 2005 at 11:57
It’s a replica. If you look closely at the fuselage you can see that it has some form of skinning that is stretched over longitudal formers. The real 109 was metal skinned with a series of narrow panels that lapped each other vertically.
By: Evzen Vsetecka - 17th November 2005 at 11:54
Replica in Luftfahrtmuseum at Villingen-Schwenningen (year 2001)
By: Pen Pusher - 17th November 2005 at 11:48
The glazing in the canopy and air intake do not look right as well.
Brian
By: Jan - 17th November 2005 at 11:41
I’m not 100% certain, but I believe that it was a replica, as were most WW II aircraft in the Air Classic collection. The rudder of the Bf 109E is most definitely non-standard!
Regards,
Jan
By: DazDaMan - 17th November 2005 at 11:40
It’s a replica, or so I was told when I asked about it a few months ago 😉
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