When did you first become interested in Warbirds? - Page 35 - Aircraft of World War II

Coors9 · 05-26-2009, 04:38 PM

I was about 5 or 6 and saw my first Matchbox kit.....Warbirds are something....I don't know, Just deep in my soul.

pbfoot · 05-26-2009, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet

Which "refurbished" Me 262 would this be? When?

There are only 2 flyable Me 262s and they are reproductions built by Legend Flyers. They did not fly for the first time until recently...

One of them is located here in Germany, the other in the United States. They are of course building more at the moment.

So please fill us in which aircraft you flew in...

I saw him Chris when I was flying in formation with them in my Arado 234

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 05-26-2009, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by pbfoot

I saw him Chris when I was flying in formation with them in my Arado 234

I missed it! That must have been when I was taking my personal Space Shuttle out for spin.

Coors9 · 05-26-2009, 05:01 PM

It'd be real funny if he proves you guys wrong.....lol

Njaco · 05-26-2009, 05:01 PM

Chris, you beat me to it. I hadn't gotten past flyboy's post. I was still deciphering.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 05-26-2009, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Coors9

It'd be real funny if he proves you guys wrong.....lol

Highly doubt it, since there are only two flying and they are not "refurbished". They are reproductions. One based here in Germany and one in the United States. One is a two seater and one is convertable between a two seater and one seat varient.

They are currently building more however. There are to be 5 built all together.

Since they only started taking up people for joy rides late last year or early this year, I seriously doubt it...

Here is the web page for the team that has been building them. They are also restoring original Me 262s for static displays in museums and building reproduction static display. Only 5 will be built for flight however.

http://www.stormbirds.com/project/index.html

Coors9 · 05-26-2009, 07:37 PM

Yea, i watched some vid on them a while back. Diff engines if i remember. they look real sweet.

ortonablue · 05-26-2009, 08:55 PM

When I was 8-9 yrs old I would doodle WWII fighter planes on my books. I guess this is when I first became interested in warbirds. Later when I was older and read more into Canadians in WWII, I discovered how many perished in Lancasters bombers, even when they knew how bad the odds were for a successful return. makes me proud.

r2800doublewasp · 05-27-2009, 01:00 AM

I just started getting in to warbirds after the Collings Foundation flew in to Moffet and when my uncle let me fly in their B-17 as my 12th birthday present two years ago.

airboiy · 05-27-2009, 10:10 AM

No, you're wrong-my dad's friend has a -262 that he rebuilt in his spare time. His father had brought it home after the war (don't ask me how, 'cause I don't know) and kept it in the barn. He let it rot until he asked his son to rebuild it.

Njaco · 05-27-2009, 10:36 AM

airboy, not to be disrespectful, but that would be the find of the century. I don't know of any Me 262s that flew in private ventures until the recent new ones. If true that would be a hellava story!

ToughOmbre · 05-27-2009, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by airboiy

No, you're wrong-my dad's friend has a -262 that he rebuilt in his spare time. His father had brought it home after the war (don't ask me how, 'cause I don't know) and kept it in the barn. He let it rot until he asked his son to rebuild it.

Not sure if a ME-262 would fit in a GI issue duffel bag.

TO

airboiy · 05-27-2009, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ToughOmbre

Not sure if a ME-262 would fit in a GI issue duffel bag.

TO

that's not what I meant...
I wasn't talking about the actual thing...it was a model of the Me-262 with a model of me in it. Sorry, I should've made that clear...

...my bad...

Please forgive me if I offended anyone...I'm still learning online manners...

Njaco · 05-27-2009, 01:30 PM

whew! No prob, just when you say something like that here, we believe it to be the real thing.

airboiy · 05-27-2009, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Njaco

whew! No prob, just when you say something like that here, we believe it to be the real thing.

Sorry!

BTW, the story is B.S., but I couldn't help but put it there-it just seemed cool! But his father DID ask him to build a flying model of a -262 for his birthday, as he thought it just looked real good.

Again, sorry for the communication problem.

[whispering](But this proves that I did fly in one-even though i was a model!

)

05-26-2009, 04:38 PM	#511
Coors9 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: St.john's Newfoundland Posts: 160	I was about 5 or 6 and saw my first Matchbox kit.....Warbirds are something....I don't know, Just deep in my soul. __________________

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Coors9 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: St.john's Newfoundland Posts: 160	It'd be real funny if he proves you guys wrong.....lol __________________

05-26-2009, 05:01 PM	#515
Njaco The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States Posts: 10,236	Chris, you beat me to it. I hadn't gotten past flyboy's post. I was still deciphering. __________________ "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's English, thank a soldier!" http://www.njcacoa.org/ Last edited by Njaco; 05-26-2009 at 05:03 PM.

05-26-2009, 07:37 PM	#517
Coors9 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: St.john's Newfoundland Posts: 160	Yea, i watched some vid on them a while back. Diff engines if i remember. they look real sweet. __________________

05-27-2009, 10:10 AM	#520
airboiy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Louisville,KY Posts: 110	No, you're wrong-my dad's friend has a -262 that he rebuilt in his spare time. His father had brought it home after the war (don't ask me how, 'cause I don't know) and kept it in the barn. He let it rot until he asked his son to rebuild it. __________________ "Don't touch it! It's a live grenade!"last words of an anonymous German wehrmact soldier "Today we are ashamed and forgotten, but tommorow we will be heroes and remembered!" Unknown

05-26-2009, 08:55 PM	#518
ortonablue Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7	When I was 8-9 yrs old I would doodle WWII fighter planes on my books. I guess this is when I first became interested in warbirds. Later when I was older and read more into Canadians in WWII, I discovered how many perished in Lancasters bombers, even when they knew how bad the odds were for a successful return. makes me proud.

05-27-2009, 01:00 AM	#519
r2800doublewasp Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 80	I just started getting in to warbirds after the Collings Foundation flew in to Moffet and when my uncle let me fly in their B-17 as my 12th birthday present two years ago.

05-27-2009, 10:36 AM	#521
Njaco The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States Posts: 10,236	airboy, not to be disrespectful, but that would be the find of the century. I don't know of any Me 262s that flew in private ventures until the recent new ones. If true that would be a hellava story! __________________ "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's English, thank a soldier!" http://www.njcacoa.org/

05-27-2009, 01:30 PM	#524
Njaco The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States Posts: 10,236	whew! No prob, just when you say something like that here, we believe it to be the real thing. __________________ "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's English, thank a soldier!" http://www.njcacoa.org/

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