Flying Heritage Collection

[Brady]

I have read about this colection before, but I have yet to make it up their to check it out, the Colection in Tilamook is of a similar vein, most are owned by a man who made his money logging, or so I understand. Thanks for showing the picks[:)]

If memory serves that unit they refer to above for the U-2 was the most decorated unit is the soviet AF during the war, receaving more "Heros of the Soviet Union, than any other.

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Very often used for nuisance night raids over the Eastern Front.

Okay, LogBoy, bring on the next one...

coming...first however ,the Girl demands i must go buy her coffee...otherwise i'll have my very own Night Witch to contend with...

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next item.....

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Place in history: In 1937, Germany's Reich Air Ministry sought designs for a new fighter to replace its first generation of monoplane interceptors, worried that future Allied designs might outperform it. The result was the Fw 190, which immediately proved to be superior to the British Spitfire. The Fw 190 was also more heavily armed, carrying four 20 mm cannons in addition to two 13 mm machine guns. Some later versions featured a 30 mm cannon that fired through the propeller hub. With its high kill rate, the Fw 190 lived up to its name of "Würger" or "Butcher Bird."

This airplane: This is the only long-nosed Fw 190 D-13 to have survived the war. It entered service in March of 1945 and served with the JG (Jagdgeschwader) 26 wing, with Major Franz Götz as the plane's pilot and the wing's commodore. In May, 1945, after the end of the war, Major Götz flew this D-13 to the RAF base in Flensburg, Germany, and surrendered it. This airplane has been restored close to flyable condition, but it will not be flown because it is such a rare example of the Fw 190 line.

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The famous "Yellow 10", the last of her kind.

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Achtung!

und shallt not touchen......lest ye be sprechen sie kicked outem. [:D]

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P-51 viewpoint

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better cockpit shot.

[drw61]

The FW190 is a beautiful bird! 
 

[Fallschirmjager]

ORIGINAL: drw61

The FW190 is a beautiful bird! 

One of my favorites. But I dont like the paint scheme they gave it. The U2 paint job OTOH is superb.
Is this private collection open to the public or do you have to someone earn permission? I would love to go take a look at these.

[DuckofTindalos]

Don't know about "beautiful", but it has a certain fierceness...

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