Me 110 today? - Page 3 - Aircraft of World War II

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 05-24-2009, 11:57 AM

Oh it will still be worth going to. It will just be a bit annoying!

GrauGeist · 05-24-2009, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by vikingBerserker

I suspect more people would see it if it was flying around to different places then would see it sitting in a single museum. Why have any old warplane fly then.

Just a comment here, but the world's last surviving complete Zero was on static display in Southern California and plenty of people have gotten to see it and in more ways than one. It has provided people the ability to not only see what a 100% original looks like, but restoration experts have used it as a "template" to restore & rebuild other aircraft like it.

I can see the need to show the people what these machines were like, and the only good way to do that is by going on tour and show the people what it can do. On the other hand, only seeing it in a museum is a heck of alot better than only being able to remember what it looked like before it crashed.

Just imagine if they had restored the world's only Ho229 at the NASM years ago, with all of it's original parts, only to have it crash it during an airshow. We wouldn't be able to do any modern research on it today and as it fades from living memory, all we'd have is notes and photos of what it was...

Once thier numbers (and thier parts) fall below a critical level, they should be retired from thier long service and preserved.

Njaco · 05-24-2009, 06:06 PM

Just watched a docu on PBS called "Red Tail Reborn" about the P-51C that was restored by the CAF only to crash 3 years after first flight. As much as I want to see a rare bird fly, I also don't want something like that to happen as the pilot, Don Hinz was killed.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 05-24-2009, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by GrauGeist

Just a comment here, but the world's last surviving complete Zero was on static display in Southern California and plenty of people have gotten to see it and in more ways than one.

That is not true. There are quite a few surviving Zeros that are complete with original parts. The Planes of Fame Zero is or was the only fully complete one that was still flying however.

Micdrow · 05-25-2009, 07:23 AM

Check this link out

Featured Museum Aircraft - Planes of Fame Air Museum

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 05-25-2009, 07:39 AM

Exactly, the only complete flyable Zero. Great link as well.

Micdrow · 05-25-2009, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet

Exactly, the only complete flyable Zero. Great link as well.

Actually if I remeber right a couple of years ago there where two complete zeros flying. The other one was a A6M3 but has since been grounded due to corrision in the main wing spar. So it was sold and is now on display at the Pearl Harbor musuem.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 05-25-2009, 10:52 AM

That I was not aware of. I would love to see a flying Zero though. I have only seen static displays.

Lucky13 · 05-25-2009, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by vikingBerserker

Seriously, if you any of you guys actually owned an ME-110 that flew, you would not fly it?

I'd be flying the hell out of it!!!!!

If you had the money to own a REAL '110 (guess that it wouldn't the only bird in the collection), I guess that you'd have the money to build a new 100% replica to fly instead....I would!

Amsel · 05-25-2009, 11:18 AM

If I ever become a multi-millionaire, you can bet I would buy a reproduction 190 or 110.

Lucky13 · 05-25-2009, 12:06 PM

Would start off with a Dora-9 I think, with the correct engine!

Micdrow · 05-25-2009, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet

That I was not aware of. I would love to see a flying Zero though. I have only seen static displays.

I beleive the A6M3 had a pratt whitney engine due to rariety of parts for its normal engine but the rest of the aircraft I beleive is orginal but could be wrong. Going by memory.

05-24-2009, 11:57 AM	#31
DerAdlerIstGelandet Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany Posts: 34,086	Oh it will still be worth going to. It will just be a bit annoying! __________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" Last edited by DerAdlerIstGelandet; 05-24-2009 at 06:15 PM.

05-24-2009, 06:06 PM	#33
Njaco The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States Posts: 11,833	Just watched a docu on PBS called "Red Tail Reborn" about the P-51C that was restored by the CAF only to crash 3 years after first flight. As much as I want to see a rare bird fly, I also don't want something like that to happen as the pilot, Don Hinz was killed. __________________ "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's English, thank a soldier!" http://www.njcacoa.org/

05-25-2009, 07:23 AM	#35
Micdrow “Archive” Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 5,241	Check this link out Featured Museum Aircraft - Planes of Fame Air Museum __________________ "Valor does not mean Hero."

05-25-2009, 07:39 AM	#36
DerAdlerIstGelandet Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany Posts: 34,086	Exactly, the only complete flyable Zero. Great link as well. __________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"

05-25-2009, 10:52 AM	#38
DerAdlerIstGelandet Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany Posts: 34,086	That I was not aware of. I would love to see a flying Zero though. I have only seen static displays. __________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"

05-25-2009, 11:18 AM	#40
Amsel Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 1,860	If I ever become a multi-millionaire, you can bet I would buy a reproduction 190 or 110. __________________

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Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 17,331	Would start off with a Dora-9 I think, with the correct engine! __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

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