Video of D-FSPT ( TP280 ) by Hangar 10 at Usedom:

https://video-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xtf1/v/t43.1792-2/11411529_720711451390284_2122687620_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjE3OTcsInJsYSI6NDA5Nn0%3D&rl=1797&vabr=1198&oh=af9f40a1f5ca3b9dcda64216ac5d207d&oe=55AC384D

Enjoy.

Michael

Paul Mantz is said to have been the first to fly through a hangar, for the 1932 movie Air Mail, although maybe it had been done earlier.

Ernst Udet did it in 1934 for the film “Wunder des Fliegens”. Location: Munich, Oberwiesenfeld. Pic is a still from the film, published in Hans Herlin : Udet.

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Michael

My thoughts about the numbers: The 7 looks a little peculiar (to me at least) as it is a little bit unusual. “Normal” handwritten 7´s have the small upward stroke, the downward stroke is (more or less) vertical(ish), and the small horizontal stroke is more or less in the middle. An inclined vertical stroke isn´t usual. But the printed number 7 is a little different. Though there is a smallish upward stroke, the downward stroke is inclined from the upper right to the lower left without a crossing stroke. It seems this “7” is handpainted, mixing “handwriting” elements with printed ones. As there are a lot of fonts around, there might be one with his kind of 7. I would not regard it as fake only due to the numbers. When I write by hand, I am mixing “printed” style letters with “handwriting” ones, especially the capitals. So this 7 just might be a personalized one. But this is only my guess. If you think this is gibberish, yes, it is.

Michael

G-AFZO sold to Switzerland as HB-ESM in 1950 at Ascona eventually found its way back to Germany as D-ESBH where it can be seen here in this Air Britain photo with the Messerschmidtt Foundation at Berlin in 1998. http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1326701/

The pic below was shot by my friend Harald Wiegand last year September during an open door day at Flugmuseum Messerschmitt. The Argus As 10 c of the Bf 108 is under overhaul, and they changed the instrument panel too, making use of the “glove compartement”.
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Cockpit changes to original style:
http://www.flugmuseum-messerschmitt.de/flugmuseum-messerschmitt/feature-area/page31/index.html
http://www.flugmuseum-messerschmitt.de/Feature-Area/Me%20108%20Classic%20Cockpit%20exposed/index.html

Michael

Today’s front page of the Daily Telegraph…beautiful Richard Paver photograph of the cammo Typhoon in close formation with Hurricane LF363….

Captioned…Spitfire and Typhoon in Battle of Britain tribute.

Doh……faceplant.

Come on, weren´t ALL British fighters in WW II Spitfires? If you ask any non- Warbird related person, they´d say Spitfire 99.9 out of 100. Same with Messerschmitts. All piston engined German fighters were 109´s. Congratulate Massmedia, printed, TV or otherwise. “Journalists” who haven´t the slightest idea what they are writing about, getting even worse on Internet. Ok, I´ll stop, or I will get seriously agitated. 😉

Cheers
Michael

One simple question: Will they ever stop at all? I actually doubt it. You can always “find” some bits and pieces that “might could have been” Amelia´s, or her planes, or someone elses…. But why would anybody seriously believe it to be true?

Michael

[QUOTE=Sabrejet;2208763]I was surprised to see this Buchon at the new Toulouse Aeroscopia museum today. I assume it’s D-FMBB?

Sabre, I very strongly doubt it. Messerschmitt Stiftung (or EADS or Airbus Group) whatever they are calling themselves nowadays, has / owns 3 flying (potentially airworthy) 109 G-s. 1 G-4, D-FMWE, Red 7 (airworthy at the moment, 1 G-6, D-FMBB, FM+BB waiting for major overhaul, disassembled at the moment, 1 G-10, D-FDME, Yellow 3 (formerly known as Black 2), under repair (waiting for engine, will be airworthy when engine is fitted. And they do have a 4. 109, a G-2. This one is purely static, lives in a container and visits airshows and other places by road in a trailer. And it is silver all over. So chances are very high, that the above pic shows their No. 4 109. BTW no registration number, as it is static, not registered at all and bears no number, C/N: 54 . FYI all of the G´s were converted from former Spanish airframes, though not all were Buchons. The 3 (potentially) airworthy ones were, though the above, static one was converted from a Tripala (Hispano-Suiza engined HA- 1109 K 1 L.

Michael