Tue Mar 14, 2017 10:43 am
Sun May 28, 2017 8:47 pm
Boeing666 wrote:The C-97 that the Berlin Airlift Group (that flies the C-54) is close I think.
Wed May 31, 2017 3:17 am
Wed May 31, 2017 1:39 pm
James D wrote:Meier Motors finished the Fiat G.59. Hope to see this one flying soon.
http://v25.meiermotors.com/index.php/pr ... limitstart
Wed May 31, 2017 2:15 pm
C VEICH wrote:Would absolutely LOVE to see the Yagen airplane converted to G.55 standard as has been rumored to be the case. The G.55 is my favorite among all of the Italian fighters and a flyable example would be fantastic. .
Wed May 31, 2017 4:40 pm
airnutz wrote:C VEICH wrote:Would absolutely LOVE to see the Yagen airplane converted to G.55 standard as has been rumored to be the case. The G.55 is my favorite among all of the Italian fighters and a flyable example would be fantastic. .
The Italians managed to convert one and it was very publicly displayed, which was the only thing worth watching in the forgettable McConaughey movie, "U-571". She was very foreboding in black with that cranked-wing boring in on the sub during the attack scene. Very memorable! Very sexxy bird! Ville Viglia museum...um...err..I'll have to look it up. Might have been restored o converted, looked like it was packing a DB.
Wed May 31, 2017 7:27 pm
Wed May 31, 2017 7:48 pm
Matt Gunsch wrote:Dottie Mae was started and taxied the other day, so that one is getting close
Thu Jun 01, 2017 3:27 am
Would absolutely LOVE to see the Yagen airplane converted to G.55 standard as has been rumored to be the case.
Sun Jun 04, 2017 5:27 am
Sun Jun 04, 2017 3:50 pm
C VEICH wrote:airnutz wrote:C VEICH wrote:Would absolutely LOVE to see the Yagen airplane converted to G.55 standard as has been rumored to be the case. The G.55 is my favorite among all of the Italian fighters and a flyable example would be fantastic. .
The Italians managed to convert one and it was very publicly displayed, which was the only thing worth watching in the forgettable McConaughey movie, "U-571". She was very foreboding in black with that cranked-wing boring in on the sub during the attack scene. Very memorable! Very sexxy bird! Ville Viglia museum...um...err..I'll have to look it up. Might have been restored o converted, looked like it was packing a DB.
The machine in U-571 was a stock Merlin powered G.59. In fact it most likely was the very aircraft in James' link which has just been completely restored by Meier Motors. At one point the aircraft was operating with a three blader which might account for some thinking it had a DB up front.
Sun Jun 04, 2017 4:38 pm
James D wrote:Meier Motors finished the Fiat G.59. Hope to see this one flying soon.
http://v25.meiermotors.com/index.php/pr ... limitstart
Mon Jun 05, 2017 5:23 am
Mon Jun 05, 2017 11:18 am
James D wrote:I'm not sure. Maybe CN 185 is some sort of sub type number? I guess you'd have to look for more G.59 photos to see what they have stencilled on them?
Mon Jun 05, 2017 11:23 am
airnutz wrote:James D wrote:I'm not sure. Maybe CN 185 is some sort of sub type number? I guess you'd have to look for more G.59 photos to see what they have stencilled on them?
I assumed you spoke German and was asking to see if any changes were noted on the Meier website as my google translate doesn't cover everything. This is not my first contact with IAF aircraft, and I always thought that number corresponded to the individual aircraft. I have already looked at a bucket load of photos and this has held to be true.
All I can figure is,
A- Meier or research found an identification switch occurred sometime in the 2 aircrafts history and corrected it(entirely possible)
D-FIAT's ID is MM53278, Yagen's G.59 is MM53778
B- Meier made a mistake and painted the wrong NC ID on MM53278(highly improbable)
C-I've screwed this up and am tilting at windmills...