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  • July 19, 2005 at 1:45 pm in reply to: Bf 109 G-4 "red 7" was destroyed by an accident #1385605
    Skyraider3D
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    Yes Chris, that’s the video I was referring to. That doesn’t seem like very gentle taxiing to me, but what do I know.

    Mark, I think a lot of warbird owners don’t fly the beasts themselves. And wisely so.
    People all too easily forget these machines were state-of-the-art hot rods when they first emerged over 60 years ago. In any case, they were definitely not designed to be Sunday afternoon leisure rides 🙂

    July 19, 2005 at 9:58 am in reply to: Bf 109 G-4 "red 7" was destroyed by an accident #1385993
    Skyraider3D
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    What happened on La Ferte then?
    I saw a video of the 109 taking off in a rather wobbly fashion and also taxiing it at a rather high speed (faster than one would taxi a P-39 or similar tri-cycle plane). I raised an eyebrow at that but I’ve never seen it for real myself so can’t really comment on it.

    July 18, 2005 at 7:26 pm in reply to: Shuttleworth photos #1386930
    Skyraider3D
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    Will do! 🙂

    July 18, 2005 at 9:44 am in reply to: Blackbird vulnerability #2614638
    Skyraider3D
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    LOL! I will bookmark this post as a classic example of how to start a flame war in no-time! 😀

    1) Initial post with speculation presented as fact
    2) Random comment
    3) Insult

    Well done 🙂

    July 18, 2005 at 8:29 am in reply to: Bf 109 G-4 "red 7" was destroyed by an accident #1388113
    Skyraider3D
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    I believe take-off accidents, engine failures and general flying accidents (stalls, spins, flying too low) etc. generally are much higher than landing accidents. But I could be wrong. But definitely not 30% of all machines and even 30% of all losses sounds outrageous too. I guess the real figure is up in the air (pun unintended) and we’ll never know for sure 🙂

    PS. With combat losses I mean planes being shot down by enemy aircraft of AAA.

    July 17, 2005 at 11:40 pm in reply to: Bf 109 G-4 "red 7" was destroyed by an accident #1388327
    Skyraider3D
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    I seem to remember reading that roughly 30% of 109’s were lost in take-off and landing accidents (can anyone confirm this)

    No, that’s not true. If a third of the 109s would crash on landing Germany wouldn’t have even started a war 🙂 It’s just a popular misconception.
    If I remember correctly, the actual figure is that 30% of non-combat losses were due to landing mishaps. This is still a high figure but nothing near as dramatic as ten thousand* 109s crashing on landing!! 😀

    * NB. Approximately 33,000 Bf 109s were produced

    July 17, 2005 at 11:55 am in reply to: Shuttleworth photos #1389155
    Skyraider3D
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    Lovely. Again I was out of the country and couldn’t go…

    July 17, 2005 at 11:53 am in reply to: Bf 109 G-4 "red 7" was destroyed by an accident #1389159
    Skyraider3D
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    O my God, I can’t believe this! And so soon too! What a terrible shame! 🙁
    Good thing the pilot got away though! Let’s hope the plane will be restored again in the future.
    Glad for those who managed to see it fly. I didn’t 🙁

    July 14, 2005 at 9:59 am in reply to: How Low Can You Go?? #1392833
    Skyraider3D
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    Be carefull, my computer detected a virus on the file.

    Then you best check your computer as there’s nothing wrong with that file… :rolleyes:

    July 14, 2005 at 8:29 am in reply to: How Low Can You Go?? #1392859
    Skyraider3D
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    Hehehe bad man 🙂 Great story!

    July 13, 2005 at 4:47 pm in reply to: What aircraft is this? #1393808
    Skyraider3D
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    Mark, try: http://www.airwarfareforum.com/viewforum.php?f=32&sid=98ff57a42c0191dd82ffd65dcb07c998
    …and look for posts by Jan vd Heuvel. Truly awesome stuff he posts.

    July 13, 2005 at 4:46 pm in reply to: ID this lot please #1393813
    Skyraider3D
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    LOL

    July 13, 2005 at 1:56 pm in reply to: My Flying Legends photos #1394344
    Skyraider3D
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    Very nice! Next year give a holler and we can meet up maybe? 🙂

    July 13, 2005 at 9:10 am in reply to: The Antidote for Flying Legends! #1394596
    Skyraider3D
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    Nice set of pictures, Fergy 🙂 Thanks!

    July 12, 2005 at 2:25 pm in reply to: Awesome 1940 US Navy colour reference *movie* #1396328
    Skyraider3D
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    I didn’t. I tried 1, and L, but was too stupid to realise it was an i 🙂 *slaps own back of head*

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