Cool/Rare Plane Spotters thread.....

Cool! I see nothing but the regular planes so sadly I won't be contributing much.

 

Look off to the left, there is a silver bird that looks alot like our older U2.

Klatu

 

From my recent thread...
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Very cool.

I have just completed my first model kit since a kid and it was this very plane which I wanted to study.

I hope to get to the seaplane base at Oshkosh this year.. hope if I do there's one there can see in real life for first time.

 

at least theve got 1-2 still flying,,TOMCATS FOREVER!

 

MH370 ...
Pete

 

You spotted it? Tell us where!

 

The red airplane is a Stearman C3B about 10 to 12 of them left

The other biplane is a Fleet model 9 that is what mine will look like when completed, we are working on restoring it. Wings are done ready for cover. Fuselage seems to be taking forever.
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It presently is one heck of a rare plane
Pete

 

Both are very cool. Is that a P-51 in the hangar behind the Stearman?

 

The Focke Wulf 190 may have fought for the other side, but it is still both cool and rare, especially in flyable condition. These were taken last May in Virginia Beach, but this aircraft now resides in Oregon.
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A BMW radial.

 

Mike , you have a PM.

 

Yes it is Worry Bird painted after Colonel Bob Frisch of the 339th

Rest can be seen at Air Combat Museum | Welcome to the Air Combat Museum, preserving aviation history.
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I had a flight in this airplane in 1985 at the 50th anniversary of the B-17 when Jack Rose owned it. What a thrill! Still beautiful.

 

If it is an original one it probably has the BMW 801. If it is a replica - probably built by Flug Werk in Germany - it has the Soviet design 14 cylinder twin radial built in China which is close enough to the original design.

So is it real or replica?

Best
Matthias

 

FWIW...

BMW purchased a license to build Pratt & Whitney radials in the 30's.


BMW improved on the P&W design, resulting eventually in the BMW 801 radial.

It had a cooling fan in front of the engine, inside a fairly tight cowl to aid engine cooling.



Later versions of the FW-190 had watercooled Junkers inverted V-12 engines, with a thinner cowl.

 

Paul Allen's museum FW-190 is totally original including the BMW 801. The airplane was built as an interceptor and bomber killer so it was designed to manage sustained high rate of climbs.

 

Bob- Many of the surviving FW-190s are A-8 models, which were optimized for ground attack. They had war emergency power fluid injection, thicker armor, and 30 mm wing cannon. A later version had even heavier armor. They were still used to attack US bomber formations.

 

Just too cool. Thanks for sharing.