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[carrick58]

Planes of Fame in Chino, Ca. just got in an airframe for a BF 109 E-1/ upgraded to E-7 . The aircraft will be restored ( Cant find out when) The Frame ( 70 %) was taken from the bottom of a Russian Lake where it crashed ( shot down ?) The rumor is the aircraft flew in BoB as an E-1 then returned for upgrade to E-7 and shipped to the East where in 1942 " it ate it ". I couldn't find out if the motor made to the U.S. along with the Frame. probably because I was up there at Lunch time.

Edited February 10, 2012 by carrick58

[+Olham]

Guess you meant this aircraft.

 

 

Very interesting too: they have a Heinkel He 100 fighter there; also a Heinkel He 162 "Salamander" ("Volksjäger") jet fighter;

and more than one Messerschmidt Me 163 "Komet" (one in Japanese colours). There are even more interesting planes -

have a look yourself.

[carrick58]

Thats it Olham you are a wealth of information. They do have the Replicas of those a/c but non flyable. The Storch and the Russian a/c are flyable. It also looks like they brought in a flyable 190 A that is listed as a New Work ( whatever that is ?) along with a Pup and DR I flyable Replicas with tail wheels for the Airshow in May this year. What I thought was interesting was the Mig collection. Parked around the Flight Line and Hangers were a Mig 17 and Mig 15 belonging to the RedBull corporation plus a Polish 2 seat Mig 15 trainer added to that the Planes of Fame Mig 15 that flys each year in the Airshow.

[+Olham]

Well, it's easy to find, if you type your search words into the frame at YouTube.

Here is the Focke-Wulf 190 A type: