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  • in reply to: Some recent pics for Messerschmitt-Fans #2117936
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    An airworthy Saeta of the collection:

    in reply to: Some recent pics for Messerschmitt-Fans #2117938
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    The Me 163 Komet full-size replica which has actually been flown (as a glider). It is however not flown by the Messerschmitt-Foundation.

    in reply to: Some recent pics for Messerschmitt-Fans #2117941
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    The instrument panel in the Bf 108:

    in reply to: Some recent pics for Messerschmitt-Fans #2117944
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    The collection’s airworthy Bf 108 Taifun D-ESBH:

    in reply to: Some recent pics for Messerschmitt-Fans #2117947
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    The cockpit of ‘ME:

    in reply to: Some recent pics for Messerschmitt-Fans #2117950
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    The engine of ‘ME:

    in reply to: Some recent pics for Messerschmitt-Fans #2117953
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    Thank Ant, getting access involved some “initiative” on my part, but the collection is likely to be opened to the public in a not too distant future.

    Here’s the G-10 D-FDME, the ex-Dittes aircraft, which was displayed in the air by Mr Eichorn before the tour of the collection. Unfortunately photograhy was not allowed outside the hangar.. 🙁

    in reply to: Some recent pics for Messerschmitt-Fans #2117982
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    More to follow if you’re interested, but not today as the uploading of pictures is somehow awfully slow today..

    in reply to: Some recent pics for Messerschmitt-Fans #2118006
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    D-FMBB’s cockpit:

    in reply to: Some recent pics for Messerschmitt-Fans #2118008
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    The culprit: a wayward conrod punched a hole in the crankcase..

    in reply to: Some recent pics for Messerschmitt-Fans #2118010
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    D-FMBB blew its engine in Berlin last year and was taken back on a lorry…

    in reply to: Flying in Europe #403796
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    An example from continental Europe (Germany):

    Cessna 172 (wet): € 100 per hour (Hobbs-time) on average
    Fuel: 1 litre of Avgas 100LL can cost up to € 2
    Landing fee: € 5 at a small airfield (up to 2000 kg MTOW), € 20 at a larger (regional) airport (there is no such thing as a free landing anywhere in Germany).

    X-countries are rarely a problem airspace-wise, only sometimes in the region of international airports. Largest problem in Germany apart from costs is disappearing airfields, particularly around larger cities. “Noise” is also a problem and virtually all German GA-aircraft have had silencers fitted at great costs (some airfields levy a hefty charge at “noisy” a/c).

    in reply to: Who invented Contra-rotating props? #2118016
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    In general such a propellor arrangement is used when the engine power is so great that it’s torque is a major challenge to maintaining aircraft stability.

    Not only that, a corresponding single prop would have a much too large diameter (loss of efficiency; u/c problems)

    Some early (unsuccessful) helicopter prototypes featured co-axial rotors.

    Not only those, Kamov in Russia seems to be quite succesful with them even today.

    Didn’t the Westland Wyvern have counter-rotating props as well?

    in reply to: LH/EW Relationship #753903
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    I think LH has a stake in Eurowings; the latter has been operating flights inside and out of Germany for quite some years now. I was on a Eurowings aircraft yesterday with an LH flight number, and the welcome-in-bla-bla announcement said “… Lufthansa flight operated by Eurowings…”

    in reply to: What's the most exotic thing you've flown? #404590
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    Of 49 aircraft types which I have flown or been a passenger in, the 45 minute ride from Copenhagen/Roskilde to Gothenburg/Säve in the back seat of Scandinavian Historic Flight’s P-51 Mustang in 1988 remains an all-time high…. 😀

    Other exotics/highlights: 20 minutes aerobatics in a Danish Air Force Saab T-17, joyrides in a Stinson Trimotor, Lufthansa’s Ju 52/3m and a Stearman….

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