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Post by Specter on Jun 26, 2010 19:00:56 GMT -5
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Post by Stecher on Jun 26, 2010 23:51:58 GMT -5
I think that one, Flugwerk Black 1, was the one that crashed a couple weeks ago. Practicing for a show at Hyeres, France, the engine stopped during a barrel roll. He ditched it in the water not too far out. People on jetskies that saw it went and helped cut him out of the straps and brought him to land. He said he went in at about 250km/h, but he is okay. The plane however is under water.
Duxford looks to me like the king of historic air shows. Chino just this past year was probably their best yet. I've got to get back to one of those. There was another 190, this one equipped with a Pratt & Whitney R-2800 instead of the Ash-82, doing test flights at Chino last month. It's good to see them rebuilding a group of 190s for shows around the world. It's been an absentee on the historic list for much too long. Can't wait for one to be mated to a BMW 801. I think the F-8 that the White 1 team is working on has that lined up.
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Post by Stecher on Jun 27, 2010 0:05:13 GMT -5
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Post by Specter on Jun 27, 2010 0:06:12 GMT -5
It is the same.
Last time I saw the fleugwerk 190, it did a lap around the airfield witout retracting its landing gear. Completely blew me away when I saw a 190 doing aerobatics today (even if it is a replica). I read up on it and they're working on a dora with an allison v12 too.
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