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06-05-2005, 03:03 PM
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06-05-2005, 03:29 PM
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Can the Fw-189 be considered a dud? Id love to fly one of them.
| I dunno if I was dreaming this or what, but I seem to remember seeing something about an FW189 being restored to flying condition. Did anyone else see anything about this?
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06-05-2005, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by trackend Think their doing one up at Duxford I believe for a static only Fly where' that pic now?????????? ah here you go FBJ | Nice Track - I built the old Airfix kit with those same colors. How would you like to be in that turret with 3 -109s chasing you down! 
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06-05-2005, 07:47 PM
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Country:  | How can the Fw-189 be considered a "dud" - it was only a spotter plane wasn't it? Or was it just relegated to that?
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06-05-2005, 08:42 PM
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Country: | True it was, but I think it suffered sadly when encounterd by opposing fighters, although I read it was manuevable.
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06-05-2005, 08:44 PM
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Country: | I don't think any spotter plane could handle itself against fighters. Spotter planes are supposed to be escorted! It can't be considered a "dud" if it was a spotter, unless it failed to fly...
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06-05-2005, 08:51 PM
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Country: | You got a point D, but at the same time I think I would rather find myself in a -109 than one of those! Could you imagine being in the tail of that flying greenhouse and have a couple od Spitfires coming at you? Almost as bad as being in the turret of the Anson!
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06-05-2005, 08:55 PM
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Country: | Well, I'd find it worse to be in a Lysander and having Spitfires shooting at you. Which happened quite a bit in the Battle for France apparently. The site I've got the story from is down...
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06-05-2005, 09:05 PM
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06-06-2005, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by plan_D How can the Fw-189 be considered a "dud" - it was only a spotter plane wasn't it? Or was it just relegated to that? | Short range Recon and Close Support. Was also tried for use as a nightfighter and Tank buster. Interestingly the Tank Buster version (Fw-189C) competed against the Hs-129 and although the Fw-189 was better in just abuot every area the RLM chose the Hs-129.
FBJ it was surprisingly good against enemy fighters. It could out manouver thm and it was phenomenally tough, ive read reports of them flying back with one of the booms hanging off
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06-06-2005, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by cheddar cheese
FBJ it was surprisingly good against enemy fighters. It could out manouver thm and it was phenomenally tough, ive read reports of them flying back with one of the booms hanging off | WOW - Would love to see that!
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06-06-2005, 11:03 AM
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06-06-2005, 11:16 AM
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Country: | I've read a story about a La-5 going through one of the booms of a Fw-189 (A typical Soviet ramming scheme) and the boom ripped off but the -189 carried on flying and came home missing it's quite well painted boom...the Red bastards...
That site that had the stories about the Lysanders being attacked by Spitfires is still down. 
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06-06-2005, 11:27 AM
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06-06-2005, 11:29 AM
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Country: | Oh, but I wanna fly one, I like the 189 
Ok, Re-2000 will have to do I suppose 
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