"New" old video footage of Bf 109 G-10 Black 2 first flight piloted by Mark Hanna

Cheers, Darren, I know the 190 sat high but never noticed it on the 109 before, makes sense with the handling, like the tow-in on the main landing gear, always looks like its about to collapse !

TA

The tailwheel leg on the later G-models was extended so as to give the pilot a slightly better view over the nose. Not sure if it was also done to try to correct some of the Gustav’s handling characteristics, though, but quite possibly.

The tail Oleo looks very high, was there a reason?

In a similar vein, here’s a clip of Mark displaying Black 2 in some style at Wanaka in 1996.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZn1ZMPlX6Y

Nice. I always liked that paint scheme.

Right Daz. Though the scheme was not strictly correct. If you look closely at the markings on the fuselage, they are aligned with the upper side of the fuselage, that was wrong. Correctly they should be aligned with the underside. But anyway, I did like it much better than the new one, Yellow 3. It was remarked by some that this kind of scheme would not fit a G-10, but earlier versions. I do not know, but in my opinion it looks much too “streamlined”. But who I am to criticise Messerschmitt Foundation / EADS?

Michael

Nice. I always liked that paint scheme.

Thanks Trumper, that was some good footage.

I took this many years ago now at North Weald if you’re interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1yT05pmvFc

Thanks for posting that 🙂

You are welcome. I thought there might be some like-minded people scanning this forum. 🙂

Michael

Thanks for posting that 🙂