FW190 found in forest near Lenningrad (2008)

If you think it was called butcher bird because of its abilities, you are wrong. Focke-Wulf gave all (or at least most) of their planes nicknames, all of them birds. For example Fw 44 Stieglitz – goldfinch, Fw 56 Stösser – sparrow hawk, Fw 58 Weihe – harrier, Fw 187 Falke – falcon [hawk], Fw 189 Uhu – eagle owl, Fw 200 Kondor – condor, several others, and last but not least Fw 190 Würger – shrike or butcher bird.

Michael

No not wrong. Just as it was known as the Butcher Bird.

Mike

Steve Hinton has flown both – no idea what he has said about them though.

I have not read nor heard anything he said first hand, but IIRC someone wrote, Steve Hinton did not talk that positively about the Flugwerk replica with P&W in comparison to the original 190 during a convention at Chino. It seems to lack some of the qualities that make the difference between a good and a better aircraft.

Michael

Well I think its an absolutely fantastic job Bruce. Seeing the results of this aircraft flying after all that dedication and hard restoration work is just Brilliant.

Seeing the video of this FW190 flying makes me think of the Tip and run raids on Torquay, what it must have been like then. I see now why it was nicknamed the butcher bird.

If you think it was called butcher bird because of its abilities, you are wrong. Focke-Wulf gave all (or at least most) of their planes nicknames, all of them birds. For example Fw 44 Stieglitz – goldfinch, Fw 56 Stösser – sparrow hawk, Fw 58 Weihe – harrier, Fw 187 Falke – falcon [hawk], Fw 189 Uhu – eagle owl, Fw 200 Kondor – condor, several others, and last but not least Fw 190 Würger – shrike or butcher bird.

Michael

How about an original FW190 and the Mosquito next year at Legends!

Steve Hinton has flown both – no idea what he has said about them though.

Has anyone seen or flown both the replica and original FW190 builds?
Do they look, sound fly the same?

Thanks for the replies btw 🙂

Well I think its an absolutely fantastic job Bruce. Seeing the results of this aircraft flying after all that dedication and hard restoration work is just Brilliant.

Seeing the video of this FW190 flying makes me think of the Tip and run raids on Torquay, what it must have been like then. I see now why it was nicknamed the butcher bird.

The aircraft was mostly restored about 3 miles from where I am sitting. I wrote a piece for Classic Wings Downunder which covered the restoration done in the UK. Engine installation was completed in the USA, and the aircraft has been flying for a couple of years now.

It has been fully restored, using the maximum number of original parts – both original to the aircraft, and failing that, original Focke Wulf parts. There wont ever be another like it.

Inevitably, not every part could be made to work again, so some things did have to be made from new, but we tried really hard to keep them to a minimum!

Bruce

I’ve got one of the wing attach fittings from that aeroplane….:D
(Thanks Bruce!!!)

Shouldnt you tell the people who are flying it that ones missing!

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=113936

I’ve got one of the wing attach fittings from that aeroplane….:D
(Thanks Bruce!!!)

incredible find! Excellent condition considering how much time has passed.

What a WHIZZ-ard idea Jim!

Would that be a Long Wee, or a short Wee?. If it’s a short Wee, can Wee, know a WEE bit more please?.:)

Jim.

Lincoln .7

Well, I might know just a wee bit about it….!

Just found this video of the FW190 Flying with BMW 801. And a 109 with a DB601.

Fantastic job done by the restoration guys. Just goes to show from a wreck in a forest to this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfvQnlYB3IE

I hope they gave it a lick of paint before flying it ?

lets not go there 😉

Ask Bruce, I think he knows a little about this particular airframe.

http://www.flyingheritage.com/TemplatePlane.aspx?contentId=81

I hope they gave it a lick of paint before flying it ?