Excellent news indeed! So the central spar was twisted (the Holmträger), and the gear attachment brackets are toast as well; from memory, the spar is a built-up piece, not a cast item, so it may not be so difficult to produce a new one (but I may well be wrong there). I am positively shocked that the engine survived that thrashing without major damage…

Peter, I believe Sigi Knoll (one of the owners and the chief engine guru of the rebuild team) was at the controls… no idea whether he’d even WANT to fly it again after all he’s been through! Do we know yet what happened to cause the crash?

Lynn

Well done, Seafuryfan! I may be part of a wafer-thin minority on this board in preferring sedate displays to vigorous ones, but I applaud your initiative in discussing this with the pilot in a reasonable and ultimately productive manner.

Thanks, from a fellow warbird enthusiast…

Lynn

Oleg, I’m in the midst of a 109 book project, and have all my sources close at hand; I’ll go through and see what I can find for you.

Do you have the Ersatzteilliste for the G-6?

Lynn

But what about the hammerhead stall?! And will the Pete be at Legends?

🙂

Sorry Moggy, didn’t see the earlier one, thanks for linking them up.

Lynn

Macfire, thank you for understanding my point. And while Merlins are perfectly wonderful, the mean, raspy growl of a DB accompanied by that supercharger whine has no equal… it sounds as much like a Merlin as does your neighbor’s Toyota! 🙂

BTW Moggy, Bf and Me are both perfectly acceptable, according to factory Messerschmitt documentation.

Article on The 109 Lair regarding Bf vs Me

Happy Messerschmitting… 🙂

Lynn

Certainly, I’ll explain it.

Unless things changed this year, the standard for a European or UK show such as Legends or LFA seems to involve rather dramatic displays of flying agility on the part of 60+ year old warbirds. I’m all for keeping them flying, but while they may have originally been designed to do such manouvers, they were also designed with a life expectancy measured in weeks or months at best.

The point of all this is that this exponentially increases the risk that the aircraft and pilot will merge with the landscape in a most unfortunate manner, and THAT is why I prefer what Ian calls the “tailchase” type display. Not as visually exciting as watching a Spitfire attempt a hammerhead stall (that’s called hyperbole, folks), but it’s easier on the airframes and gives a pilot more options if the mechanical bits decide to take a vacation whilst airborne.

And, being a diehard 109 nut who’s been fortunate enough to sit in 3579, anything that prolongs the flying life of that gorgeous bird is just fine with me.

Lynn

It was a Ryan STM…

I can’t help but laugh my butt off when the “Navy” pilots all gather round that wee peashooter and go on and on about how it would give the Luftwaffe what for…

Lynn