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On the subject of good ports...

Roger

Roger

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eeks! sorry, I didnt notice this post.

Roger that Roger and dully noted.

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<--- make note, convert Bucker Bestmann to FSX format


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Bill


PS: Awesome screenshot Sir.
 
Objects on Wings are called 'Panzerfaust' hand launched tank grenade rockets, able to take out large Tanks. They had a unique design for a cone shell casing that caused massive damage to Tank hulls.

The Bucker Bestmann, near the end of the war, was rigged with 4 Panzerfaust rocket units, controlled electrically from within the cabin, making it an armed aircraft capable of taking out a tank, if it could get close enough. The accuracy with Panzerfausts at long distance was guite dismal, requiring a pilot to get very close, which in a small plane as this, would be deadly as they would probably be shot down sooner then they could get a site aquired.

The Bestmann was the trainer of Luftwaffe aces and a couriour aircraft at most. No more....

PS: Also used by the Swedish airforce as a trainer as well, as they were built in Sweden, Germany, and Yugoslavia. (Popular little plane back then.. also used for air racing after the war).


Bill
 
My cousin Heinrich who was a Luftwaffe pilot mentioned them once in a letter i saw, he said they were known as widowmakers :) but that they were great to fly, very manuverable.

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CrisGer said:
My cousin Heinrich who was a Luftwaffe pilot mentioned them once in a letter i saw, he said they were known as widowmakers :) but that they were great to fly, very manuverable.

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Hey Chris,

I hadnt heard that before. One things for sure, they were hard to land. They tended to bounce, like a Me-109, which was usually the type of plane the Luftwaffe pilots went to next.


Bill
 
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