Midwest Aero's BF-109G close to first flight

Warbirdnerd · **Joined:** Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:34 pm **Posts:** 2937

Yummy-
Pic from their Facebook page-

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Tue Nov 02, 2021 9:03 am

Simply amazing! Does anyone know where this one is headed when completed? Could we expect to see any more 109s from them?

JohnTerrell · **Posted:** Tue Nov 02, 2021 9:44 am

It's owned by Bruce Winter - same owner as the P-51D "Happy Jack's Go Buggy" - of San Antonio, TX.

As perfect of a restoration as they get, and I've been very excited to see it completed and flying.

Paul Stroud · **Posted:** Tue Nov 02, 2021 10:58 am

JohnTerrell wrote:

It's owned by Bruce Winter - same owner as the P-51D "Happy Jack's Go Buggy" - of San Antonio, TX.

As perfect of a restoration as they get, and I've been very excited to see it completed and flying.

What's the history on this one, an original Bf109 or modified/hybrid Hispano Buchon? Whatever, it looks fantastic :supz:

kalamazookid · **Posted:** Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:02 pm

Incredible work! Oshkosh next year, I hope?

Hooligan2 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:54 pm

Paul Stroud wrote:

What's the history on this one, an original Bf109 or modified/hybrid Hispano Buchon? Whatever, it looks fantastic :supz:

A 109G recovered from a Russian lake. Looks marvellous!

JohnTerrell · **Posted:** Tue Nov 02, 2021 1:29 pm

Paul Stroud wrote:

JohnTerrell wrote:

What's the history on this one, an original Bf109 or modified/hybrid Hispano Buchon? Whatever, it looks fantastic :supz:

Hi Paul,

It is an original Erla-built Bf 109G-6, WkNr.410077, which was recovered from "Lake Swiblo" (Sviblo Ozera in Russian) in 1990. According to research conducted by Mark Sheppard, it originally served with Stab IV/JG54 on the Eastern Front (hence the yellow lower cowl, fuselage band and lower wingtips). It was marked with a chevron and circle, indicating that the aircraft was assigned to the technical officer of the Gruppe staff flight. It was involved in a forced landing on the frozen lake in February 1944, after having been severely damaged by Russian flak.

Here are a few more of the photos shared on the Midwest Aero Restorations Facebook page:

steve dickey · **Posted:** Tue Nov 02, 2021 3:06 pm

What are the red hydraulic lines in the last pic?

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2659

steve dickey wrote:

What are the red hydraulic lines in the last pic?

That looks like tooling that happened to get in the pic.

http://axis.classicwings.com/Luftwaffe/ ... /me109.htm

Paul Stroud · **Posted:** Wed Nov 03, 2021 10:43 am

Thank you for the info and the photos, John. An absolutely stunning restoration :-)

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marine air · **Posted:** Wed Nov 03, 2021 11:47 am

It exceeds my wildest dream of how nice an ME-109 could be restored. I know this, when they run the engine it can be heard for miles. MY dad had a P-51 and when they would do engine runs my friend would tell me they heard it. I know it will sound sweet to those on the airport that know what they are hearing.

JohnTerrell · **Posted:** Tue Nov 16, 2021 6:50 pm

First test runs today of the DB 605 mounted to the airframe:

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7879

John I’ve lost track. Just how many DB 109’s are flying or close to flying?

Dan K · **Posted:** Wed Nov 17, 2021 7:55 am

JohnTerrell wrote:

First test runs today of the DB 605 mounted to the airframe:

Sorry, John, but "first test runs" don't count unless the hand crank is used. :wink:

Saville · **Joined:** Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:45 am **Posts:** 519

Dan K wrote:

JohnTerrell wrote:

First test runs today of the DB 605 mounted to the airframe:

Sorry, John, but "first test runs" don't count unless the hand crank is used. :wink:

How did they start it? Was a starter installed?

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