That tail assembly looks familiar…what aeroplane was it ?

It is customary at the Museum to tow the aeroplanes outside for a day for a photo shoot after they have been restored. Unfortunately the Finnish weather is usually too harsh to display the planes outside even for a day per year.

From the original combat reports one can deduce that I-152 and I-15bis were in fact the same aeroplane type. Interesting enough the I-15s were marked simply as I-15s!

I sorta expected this. 😎

Eh make that 88 pmpg…it was gallons not liters they spent 10 at an hour.

All aviation books say He-219 was pressurized…I have seen no info that verifys this. He-219B-2 was planned to be pressurized.

I counted 118 pmpg..that is a high end claim for a 4 seater with fixed gear..not saying…

Wonder if they forgot Brequet range formula ?

I heard someone visited this Moller “factory”. There is absolutely nothing going on there.
I recall wankel engines are no longer produced by anyone..this would need 8 of them ?!
I once counted a lite weight transport uses 26 times less fuel ( per stretcher patient ) than a helicopter like the heli-ambulaces are today like EC-135.

No offence, but even if Moller got this flying it would end at the first crash…and most it could possibly sell is 10-20 before the crash takes place. If you invested on this ( like many have ) then good luck…miracles may also happen.

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Recall what Burt Rutan says in the video..just about everything can go wrong in this type of device.
This is like the LLRV that Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong trained with…you need to be a top aviator to fly one…and still you get grey hair before 40.

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One more thing…someone I know had his dad working at the Moller way back. He said even if they got it flying it has a range about 15 minutes..there is no room for the fuel when 4 people are inside.

wot iz this ?

Here goes !