A Butcher Bird and BF-109's mix it up with a Mustang, Spitfire, and others in 2019.

rsv1cox wrote:Ain't that FW-190 just a beautiful thing.  

Yeah...GOT to love a Butcher Bird!  Two or three decades ago, a home builder created a 3/4 manned version, and flew it to Oshkosh, where it was a big hit.

NOW, we got a full-size 190 to watch and a BMW radial to listen to!!!!!!!!    

Another builder created a 3/4-size Stuka...would THAT be great to see at 100% scale???!!!! 

 I used to say, this or that WW2 era fighter was my favorite.  Heck, they all are.  From the clumsy Italian Fiat's to the sleek and powerful Spitfires and Mustangs I love them all.  But, the FW-190 has always maintained a special spot with me.  

Testify Brother!!!!  I'm there too!!!!   The Italian Macchi Folgore's have their appeal also, along with a kinship to the 109's with their similar engines.  The German planes tend to have a "Technical Sinisterness" that's hard to explain, vrs the artistic lines of Spitfires and Mustangs and such.  

Did you notice how the chock guys held up the chocks for the pilot to see...............it's the little things.

Yes, "Visual Conformation" is a big deal, and the mark of true professionals throughout the crew.

Currently, I've got an E-Powered Butcher Bird, parked in the camper and waiting for its first flight.  It'll have to happen over at Cairo's airport, since I want pavement  to protect the scale wheels and their delicate gear doors...and also avoid any nose-overs if possible.

It still needs a swastika for its fin and the American logo removed from its gear door, but is otherwise system-tested tested and ready to rock.
There's a guy over in Illinois that wants to fly his Spit or Mustang against me (in a friendly manner, of course), and there WILL be "gun camera" video of that happening!  

rsv1cox wrote:The Fiat G-50 "Arrow" a face only a mother (or me) could love.