Wednesday, January 29, 2020

High Flight


10 comments:

  1. Sure looks like an FW-190D, though the TA-152/153 is similar with the long nose.

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  2. FW 190....isn't it funny how both sides got back to radials at the end of the war....

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  3. That's not a radial, even though it looks like one from the outside. The Dora was powered by a Junkers Jumo inverted V12.

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  4. TA-152. Look at the length of the fuse between the rudder and cockpit.

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  5. There was a story of a P-51 and a FW-190 met over the Hump flying opposite direction. Told from the view of the Mustang pilot, he was tired, cold, and hungry. He figured the -190 pilot was too for they definitely saw each other, passing at same altitude, less than one mile but both kept going.

    Rick

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  6. Appears to have the ~2ft plug extension to the fuselage, and definitely has the v-12, as the exhaust stack line is visible just above the leading edge of the wing. Oddly, no swastika on the vertical tail. Thought that was mandated.

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