Just came back from Roskilde Airshow listening to the DB605 sing...

[SOLIDKREATE]

I was so happy and then I saw those pictures. I really hope they get her up again soon. I hate to think that we are one less Bf-109 in the world. And I REALLY hope the pilot made it!

[Panzerlang]

Wooden blades so engine should be ok (apart from what caused it to fail in the first place).

[II./JG27_Rich]

Within a few years this is the third crashlanding for this machine:

 

 

First Crash Home Air Base Albstadt-Degerfeld 15.7.2005:

 

 

Second Crash Airfield Manching 23.04.2008:

 

 

What an unlucky bird....sad story...

I'm pretty sure that bad crash in 2005 was pilot error if I remember right. Some old guy was flying it. One of the owners. The next one was gear problems. One leg wouldn't come down.

[DB605]

Yep, and it was already crashed two times when it was still equipped with Merlin engine, in late sixties and 1986. Does anyone know how many hours it has flown since it's converted to G4?

[69th_chuter]

At least G6 prop was light alloy (vdm 9-12087v1), i'm pretty sure G4's use same version.

Those blades are made by Hoffmann-Propeller, a popular supplier of hard to get blades.  They look just like the original metal blades and perform even better but you don't need fortune to get them.  When black 6 slightly dinged its original WW2 blades on its first modern era takeoff the blades were sent to Hoffmann for straightening.  Hoffmann suggested that their wood/composite duplicates be used on all subsequent flights since the originals were irreplaceable, and this was done.  Black 6 is now sporting its original blades.  Hoffmann is a popular supplier for blades for all marks of Spitfires and Hurricanes as well. 

Edited August 20, 2013 by chuter

[79_vRAF_Friendly_flyer]

 Hoffmann suggested that their wood/composite duplicates be used on all subsequent flights since the originals were irreplaceable, and this was done.

 

Smart move. It saves the engine from some brutal denting when things go wrong too.

[DB605]

Those blades are made by Hoffmann-Propeller, a popular supplier of hard to get blades.  They look just like the original metal blades and perform even better but you don't need fortune to get them.  When black 6 slightly dinged its original WW2 blades on its first modern era takeoff the blades were sent to Hoffmann for straightening.  Hoffmann suggested that their wood/composite duplicates be used on all subsequent flights since the originals were irreplaceable, and this was done.  Black 6 is now sporting its original blades.  Hoffmann is a popular supplier for blades for all marks of Spitfires and Hurricanes as well. 

 

Yep, i meant g4 and g6 version used same type alloy props back in the 40's

[FlatSpinMan]

Scary and saddening pics above.

This thread reminded me that I'd been privileged enough to see a mock dogfight between a 109F or G and a Spitfire against the amazing backdrop of Wanaka's mountains when I was a teenager. At the time I thought it was pretty cool, but now I realise how rare such chances are, and how many things about it there were to appreciate!

[DB605]

Scary and saddening pics above.

This thread reminded me that I'd been privileged enough to see a mock dogfight between a 109F or G and a Spitfire against the amazing backdrop of Wanaka's mountains when I was a teenager. At the time I thought it was pretty cool, but now I realise how rare such chances are, and how many things about it there were to appreciate!

 

1996?

Sadly no sounds, would be great vid with them. Mark and Ray Hanna, Spitfire mk IX vs. 109 G10.

[II./JG27_Rich]

Just to show you what these guys can do now a days. They can actually rebuild a 109 from pratically scratch

 

 

http://www.leichtbau-gmbh.de/index.htm

Edited August 22, 2013 by Richie