Dora rebuild

Since I can read German pretty well, I can give you a bit more info.

It seems like this isn´t even the Dora they were looking for in the Schweriner See, back in 1990. They were searching for, and thought they´d found the machine of Fw. Bruno Ostrowitzki of I/JG 26, but on running the numbers, it turned out to be the aircraft of Uffz. Karl Fröb of 2./JG 26, possibly brought down due to coolant loss – they found a hole in the radiator. I can only suppose that Ostrowitzkis machine is still down there.

I can´t believe that they would have replaced all that metalwork with FlugWerk parts. Perhaps FlugWerk made the repairs? It certainly appears to have been in good enough condition to use in a static restoration. They do mention replacing the rather badly messed up wing with one from an FW 190 A-8/A-9.

The museums other 190 A8 was dug out of a hole in the ground near Cologne and is a more likely candidate to have received FW sheetmetal parts.

That will be a little beauty when its finished! 😀

From a practical point of view you could put a turbine ala T-53 in your replicated long nose and give yourself the advantage of prop reversal. Add a jump seat so you can take your wife/girl friend/significant other up and your sorted!

Love the Dora. I remember reading the Wright(?) postwar evaluation which noted a very rough build quality and a real hotrod aspect to it. What impressed them was achieving such good performance out of something plainly built under extremely desperate circumstances.

Myself, if I was uberwealthy I’d love to do a 1:1 Ta-152C replica to go club flying in, surely could track down something like a DB-603G to rebuild as an LA or EC motor. That would be my aircraft fantasy.

Very interesting job. Recently I have been researching this aircraft (for an upcoming series of prints) and find them more and more interesting. Thanks for the thread.

Your son’s a heathen, Mike! :diablo:

I do like the Dora, too, but I think it looks elegantly brutal, if there can be such a thing. The short-nosed ‘190, while I do love them, looks like a pugnacious bruiser by comparison.

There IS a flying Dora in the world, but it’s an 80% scale replica – with a radial! :rolleyes: Looks gorgeous, though.

Ready for Le…….:diablo:

It would be great to see though, there is something very elegent about the “Dora”.

Don’t let my son hear you say that, he thinks it doesn’t look right and believes that the round engined 190 is the real thing.:D:D

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Flugwerk provided the fuselage / wings for the restoration of the 190/A-8, so is the D-9 following the same path ?
this would be the third / fourth D-9 built by Flug-Werk

This is the Lake Schwerin Dora, which is being rebuilt for display in the Luftwaffe Museum in Germany with FlugWerk parts.

Ready for Le…….:diablo:

It would be great to see though, there is something very elegent about the “Dora”.

…so you’ll be going diving there very soon! 😀

Lake Schwerin, I remember reading this story first as a news item in Aeroplane Monthly, and the full story in warbirds worldwide. According to the article at the time more aircraft had crashed in that lake (Tempests and other Doras)

Cees

This was an impressive airframe to find. Was this in a lake or at sea?

Was this the airframe they let corrode to dust initially?

Cees

Flugwerk provided the fuselage / wings for the restoration of the 190/A-8, so is the D-9 following the same path ?
this would be the third / fourth D-9 built by Flug-Werk

As far as I know Flugwerk at least provided large parts for this rebuild. I don´t know if they counted it as one of the D-9`s in their production log, or only as parts. There are 3 Doras I know of:
Tom Blair´s at Kissimmee,
Eric Vormezeele´s at Brasschaat,
and 1 with Flugwerk at Gammelsdof, as they want to keep one Dora for themselves, they intend to operate it as well.

The one with German Luftwaffe is not intended to fly, just static example. Luftwaffe does not operate any historic planes, neither itself, nor through a club or company. It´s a shame, but I believe they fear problems regarding history might occur.

Michael

Flugwerk provided the fuselage / wings for the restoration of the 190/A-8, so is the D-9 following the same path ?
this would be the third / fourth D-9 built by Flug-Werk

I believe they purchased Flugwerk major parts with which to build this, and that it is NOT destined to fly.

Bruce

WOW! God i hope that flies!