L9172, Mike J and myself had a grand day out yesterday at Linköping. I couldn’t resist putting this one up as a foretaste of things to come from Mike J later in the week – he spent every possible moment taking photos until we were evicted from the Swedish Air Force Museum after closing time, with L9172 being hauled out of the Gripen simulator. We arrived half an hour before the Museum opened, and hogged the place all day!
By: Stieglitz - 25th May 2004 at 18:49
Ah, did you notice. 😮
This one is more right than the red Stearman E75 which I had before.
I am happy with it 🙂 .
Cheers,
J.V.
By: Franck66 - 25th May 2004 at 18:46
Nice avatar Stieglitz 😉
By: Stieglitz - 25th May 2004 at 14:15
No, I don’t think so. I am taking the bus at EBKT airport at around 6 o clock. I go with the Flanders Aviation Society which is a group of aircraft-enthousiasts who own a museum at the airport here. But maybe wil meet. It’s a tiny world afer all. 😉
Greets,
J.V.
By: EHVB - 24th May 2004 at 19:24
Also only on saturday. I am in a bus with a trip organised by Lucien Wagner. I start at Lommel at 01.30. You’re on the same trip? BW Roger
By: Stieglitz - 24th May 2004 at 18:50
By coach. I’ll be there on saturday only. When will you be there?
By: EHVB - 24th May 2004 at 18:36
Just booked a place in a Belgiun bus to go to La Ferte (couldn’t get a bus from Holland), are you going by car to La Ferte, or also by coach? BW Roger
By: Stieglitz - 24th May 2004 at 16:56
Where is my notebook to write all this info!
I think I have been inverted for the last 15 minutes now!
J.V.
By: Papa Lima - 24th May 2004 at 16:52
ASJA in Linköping and CVV in Västerås built 57 of them. The ones at the flying school at Ljungbyhed were equipped with a negative-G carburettor and an extra fuel tank permitting 30 minutes of inverted flight – said to have been much appreciated by many instructors and students!
By: Papa Lima - 24th May 2004 at 16:47
I mean my general view, Mike, you jumped in there while I was typing!
By: Stieglitz - 24th May 2004 at 16:47
I knew they where built in Sweden but I didn’t know their Swedish name. Good to have this info.
By the way, OO-JKT (or G-STIG) is actualy a plane built in Argentina in 1937.
It is never to late to learn! isn’t it mike J :p
J.V.
By: Papa Lima - 24th May 2004 at 16:46
Perhaps I should have made that a quiz picture!?
By: Papa Lima - 24th May 2004 at 16:42
General view
A further appetiser is this corner of the Museum, which has over 60 aircraft in all.
Briefly, Stieglitz, in case you don’t know already, the Focke-Wulf Fw 44J was known as the Sk 12 by the RSwAF, which had a total of 85, many licence-built in Sweden. This particular one, serialled 670, was manufactured in Västerås in 1941, being registered SE-EGB after being sold to a private owner. It was flown at the 50th anniversary of the RSwAF in 1976. The last one was retired from the RSwAF in 1967.
By: Stieglitz - 24th May 2004 at 16:37
What can I say 🙂 !
Please don’t stand in front of me then so that I can take a good shot too :p !
I can’t resist to show you guys the photo of the stieglitz where it all started for me. I made my first biplane-ride in this one. Now it is with Glenn Lacey in the UK as G-STIG.
J.V.
By: Franck66 - 24th May 2004 at 16:36
another one
By: Franck66 - 24th May 2004 at 16:35
yep this one will be in the air 🙂
first formation with other plane (Bucker and Stampe) and after solo during 4 minutes
I will be on the ground with my camera 😉
By: Stieglitz - 24th May 2004 at 16:32
I feel good! I am going to la Ferte next Saturday. I hope to see this one!
Thanks again….
By: Franck66 - 24th May 2004 at 16:30
I took this Stieglitz photo last week at la Ferté Alais.
By: Stieglitz - 24th May 2004 at 16:29
Oh my god, that is twice this week. After the nice shot of a dutch Stieglitz from Roger S. , now one more from up north. This pic wil be added to my database. THANKS! 😎
It is nice to get these photos from the forum. I am very pleased with them!
I quietly hope that Mike J has some more nice suprises! And it isn’t even my birthday 😀 !
Thanks again Papa Lima!
J.V.
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