Hueyman Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Probably many of you did know this, I don't... but I'm sure all of you already watched " The Battle of Britain ", shot in 1969, probably the best WWII Aviation Era movie ever made, with real aircraft in it ( not a bunch of pixels liek nowadays ), and real aces into it ( Adolf Galland to say the least ) So if you liked it you may want to watch this... [ame] [/ame] [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] CPL(A)IR ME/SEP/MEP/SET - CPL(H) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redglyph Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Yes, great battle scenes in this movie! And featuring HA-1112's instead of Bf-109's! First time I saw a close-up, I wondered what happened to their poor noses ;) System specs: Win7 x64 | CPU: i7-4770K | RAM: 16 GB | GPU: GTX 980 Ti 6 GB | Thrustmaster HOTAS | MFG rudder pedals | SATA3 SSD | TrackIR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunrun_KS Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Rare perspective on the 109 vs spit and mustang. Very interesting. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] I7 4790K / EVGA 1080ti SC / 32GB DDR3 / 1TB SSD / Oculus Rift S / X-56 / MFG Crosswind V2 / ButtKicker + Simshaker for Aviators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicatt Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Rare perspective on the 109 vs spit and mustang. Very interesting. Those are not wartime Bf109s tho, they are Merlin enginedHA-1112 M1L "Buchon" from about 1954. Sons of Dogs, Come Eat Flesh Clan Cameron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiplash Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I'm not saying he is wrong ( I certainly can't speak from experience) but it might also be worth highlighting that he is trying to sell the 109's (HA-1112) to possibly someone who is holding out for the right P-51 restoration project so his descriptions could be a tad on the bias side. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "Adulthood is like looking both ways before you cross the street and then getting hit by an airplane." Dogs of War Dedicated WWII Server Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otto Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Sad to here about he's son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastfreddie Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I'm not saying he is wrong ( I certainly can't speak from experience) but it might also be worth highlighting that he is trying to sell the 109's (HA-1112) to possibly someone who is holding out for the right P-51 restoration project so his descriptions could be a tad on the bias side. Isn't the guy a billionaire? I think he was just trying to sell them before he died himself or just depressed because his son died. I'm surprised if his son was such a great aviator they hadn't restored at least one years ago. It seems the guy had a ton of hours in alot of WWII props but it would be nice to see replies from other pilots with time in these frames. We've all seen the articles about stick forces and this seems to back up some of it. One of the planes he sold was a P-51 and they all sold really quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavagai Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 For WW2 warbirds you can find a quote that backs up just about any opinion you'd like to have about fighter performance. This video isn't worth picking apart. P-51D | Fw 190D-9 | Bf 109K-4 | Spitfire Mk IX | P-47D | WW2 assets pack | F-86 | Mig-15 | Mig-21 | Mirage 2000C | A-10C II | F-5E | F-16 | F/A-18 | Ka-50 | Combined Arms | FC3 | Nevada | Normandy | Straight of Hormuz | Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummingbird Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) Those are not wartime Bf109s tho, they are Merlin enginedHA-1112 M1L "Buchon" from about 1954. Same airframe though, albeit they are even heavier than the wartime 109's, so... Furthermore his words just mirror what Skip Holm and other have said: TFl8X4y9-94 Edited January 13, 2016 by Hummingbird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friedrich-4B Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 For those who are interested (and slightly OT) two Dunkirk-era Spitfires have been recovered and restored over the last few years: N3200 is the most recent [NB: some generalizations during the commentary]. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]************************************* Fortunately, Mk IX is slightly stable, anyway, the required stick travel is not high... but nothing extraordinary. Very pleasant to fly, very controllable, predictable and steady. We never refuse to correct something that was found outside ED if it is really proven...But we never will follow some "experts" who think that only they are the greatest aerodynamic guru with a secret knowledge. :smartass: WWII AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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