B-17 “Chuckie” and Fw 190 have been sold too, seen at Platinum Fighters

http://www.platinumfighters.com/#!sold/sitepage_3

Michael

Maybe this is where those crated Burma Spitfires went…… :highly_amused::dev2:

Michael

I would like to say a big “Thank You” to everyone who made the recovery of the Do 17 possible. RAFM and Seatech did well. It could have been much worse, if not done right. Just compare it with the recovery of the Fw 200 for DTMB in 1999:

http://doblinger-reportage.de/bergung-fw-200.html

Sad to see the a/c crumble on deck….

Michael

BTW: The salvage company did get every penny of their money, as the deal was, to get the Fw 200 onto the ponton. Nobody specified the condition it should be in….

To those who want to follow MeierMotors´ activities between Matthias´ excellent posts in this thread, you might wish to visit their FB site. (If you do not know already):

https://de-de.facebook.com/pages/MeierMotors-GmbH/196699400376090

Maintained and updated quite frequently by Matthias as well. Though pictures in this thread are better quality, updates on their FB site are more often.
Thank you for your updates and pictures, Matthias, quite a lot of work besides your job and family, much appreciated.

Michael

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That looks like good fun! Reminds me of that scene at the beginning of the Battle of Britain film.

Right. I thought the same when seeing Pen Pusher´s 3. pic. BTW I did not realise they did a conversion during filming. There must have been a very fast engine change, as the Buchon was suddenly an Avia, at least the video says so. Maybe someone should have told them the difference, lol. :dev2:

Michael

P.S.: I told them, and they changed it into “Buchon Fly By”.

I bet the Israeli´s would have preferred the Buchon´s instead of the Avia´s. Looks quite convincing. Thanks to all who posted their pics, I really enjoyed them.
Michael

Flew in G-BJAX myself a couple of times. Be great to seeit back in the air!!

DXB Driver.

They wrote on MeierMotors FB page that G-BJAX is not a project yet. It is primarily used as a template for some of the Messerschmitt parts it incorporates for the Bf 109 E project of Robs Lamplough. The Swiss used not only the main landinggear of the 109 E, but several other parts as well on the Pilatus P 2. But maybe later it will be made airworthy as well… Surely I do hope so.

Michael