Interesting piece – but it was quite clear that despite the preamble, suggesting that the USAAF buried a lot of surplus stuff, what was recovered was a rubbish tip.

I would be interested to know if they recovered anything other than ‘rubbish’. Clearly, one mans rubbish, is, 65 years on of more than passing interest to enthusiasts, but what else is there to find? Anyone?

Bruce

I understood that, from the CAA’s point of view, one of the problems with the new build 190’s was that they weren’t exact replicas ie there were structural changes from the original design. Presumerably the CAA regard these changes as unproven hence the extra work involved in getting one registered here.
I also believe that there have been problems with the electrics and hydraulics on the one that appeared at Legends and that it has since been modified to overcome these problems.
In view of the above maybe the CAA were right to err on the side of caution but on the other hand wasn’t ESA meant to standardise certification across the EU and if this is the case it seems odd that the rules for certiifcation of new build 190’s aren’t universal across the whole EU.

There are no hydraulics in a 190 – it is an all electric aeroplane, with the exception of the brakes.

The Flugwerk aircraft are structurally similar to the original, with very different systems.

Bruce

I’ll pop in and see you next week!

The finest piece of aeronautical engineering from the second world war, was, in my considered opinion, the FW190. Streets ahead of anything we were building – though extremely complex!

Bruce

Mod note – I’ve shuffled the posts that were posted in the ‘who are they’ thread by accident back into here, so it should make more sense. It might not be coherent however!

Bruce

No, you misunderstand my point – it is not meant to denigrate what has been done at all.

All I am suggesting is that the reason that the stuff was buried is that it was considered ‘rubbish’ at the time, not that you have wasted your time digging up rubbish! The problem with this sort of communication is that it is too easy to take things in a way other than that which was intended.

My point was merely that as the stuff was disposed of – effectively as landfill, that it was considered as unusable, and not worth returning to the states. The lack of complete engines, jeeps etc (so far!) reinforces that. We have yet to see evidence of equipment buried that would have been suitable for further use. We all know the stories; there are a few such round here too!

I am not dismissing what has been achieved in any way – I’d be more than happy to find such stuff, although much of it is now without any context except to say that is/was once part of a WW2 aircraft.

Bruce