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OT: Two beautyfull Ladies at age 75 (pic-heavy)

M

Mathias

SOH-CM-2024
Right, today there where two 75th anniversaries at Ober-Mörlen near Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
Messerschmitt Bf108 D-IBFW, the oldest airworthy Messerschmitt aircraft in the world and Focke Wulf Fw44 Stieglitz D-EMOF both where born in 1937 and celebrated their anniversary today.
Here's the both anniversaries in bright sunlight fresh off the digital scene catcher. Unfortunately captured with a crappy cheapo cam so forgive me for that.

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As a matter of fact, this today was the largest meeting of flyable Fw44 Stieglitz since WWII with 9 airworthy machines at a single airstrip.
They took off in formations of three. What a sight, what a sound! Unfortunately it was absolutely pointless to capture any inflight shots with my crappy cam. :-(
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Her sister:
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....and finally some more birthday guests, a lineup of Bücker Jungmann.....
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One for Francois:
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Beaufitul photos and aircraft, Mathias, and what a great event! It's amazing to see so many Fw 44's all together - I can't wait for the Classics Hangar Stieglitz!
 
Beautiful indeed . One thing that I am always curious about with the oldies is the question of spar life . Is there such a thing ?
 
I had the opportunity to fly on board Aer Lingus' 1936 DH 84a Dragon (Iolar/Eagle) a couple of weeks ago....a 76 year old beauty. She's immaculately maintained by her crew..







 
YoYo said:
Mathias, fps was ok? Only external like in Zero and P-40 or with interior too? ;)
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LOL, performance was great and smooth as silk, not the slidest stutter!
All aircraft came with full interiors modelled to real life specs.
Little downside, auto-generated weather was a bit boring with almost no clouds at the sky. :icon_lol:


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Jupp, got the chance to climb all over the Bf108 and Fw44 and also over the EADS Bf108 with it's modern, imperial instrumentation.
I made photos of every corner of the cockpits, I even photographed the underside of the seats from all angles, no joke.
That's the benefit of an invitation only none public show. :)
 
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