Remaining Storch examples

Ryan Keough · **Posted:** Wed Sep 01, 2004 2:34 pm

Can anyone name or give a list of the remaining Fi-156 Storches and their location? Any flyable in the Michigan area (remaining from the original Jan Muller restorations?)

Trying to help some friends in MI find a feasable one for their airshow.

Ryan Keough

mrhenniger · **Posted:** Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:10 pm

The best place to start with aircraft based on axis designs is...

http://www.preservedaxisaircraft.com/

Click on "German Aircraft", then "Fiesler", then "F-103", then presto! I am not sure how accurately it reflects current status as that may not be the purpose of this list.

However... didn't the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum have one in their collection? Who did it belong to?

Mike

Ryan Keough · **Posted:** Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:23 pm

mrhenniger wrote:

However... didn't the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum have one in their collection? Who did it belong to?

Mike

Thanks Mike! Great referral! I am guessing that the list is pretty updated as the Kalamazoo Air Museum did have a 156, but it says on that site that it was transferred to the great Flying Heritage Collection...

That seems to be a trend.

Ryan Keough

AirJimL2 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2004 3:31 pm

Ryan Keough wrote:

Thanks Mike! Great referral! I am guessing that the list is pretty updated as the Kalamazoo Air Museum did have a 156, but it says on that site that it was transferred to the great Flying Heritage Collection...

But wasn't that a loaner and not owned by the Museum? Wonder if the Tallichet bird is still at Air Heritage?

Jim

James Church · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2004 3:34 pm

The last of the Michigan birds (N107FG rings a bell... but then I always hear bells....) was hevily damaged in an accident several years ago. What is left (a lot actually) is now at the Meyers/Diver airport in Tecumseh. Jim

James Church · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2004 3:39 pm

Those darn bells! It is N447FC... N107FG was an SNJ recently sold through courtesy. Sorry 'bout that! Jim

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2004 9:38 pm

Where did the CAF D model go after it left Boerne, Texas? It was close to being a flyer again.

Cheers,

Lynn

Gregory · **Posted:** Sat Sep 04, 2004 5:09 am

Talking about N447FC, the short history on the Preserved Axis Aircraft site quotes a previous Italian identity MM.4471.

The very second historic aircraft I was ever involved with (starting in 1981) was the surviving Italian Storch MM.12822 (w/n 5802, I-FAGG, D-EDEC, G-FIST), which I was eventually able to have acquired for the Italian Air Force Museum, where it now resides. In so doing, in the mid-late 1980s I researched the history of each and every Italian Storch and compiled a list of all known survivors.

To make a long story short, as Mikael Olrog knows, I cannot trace any link between 4471 and N447FC, nor did 4471 show up as a survivor before ... last year? This is not absolute proof, because there is always the possibility of documents or sources not available to me, but to the best of my knowledge no link has been established so far.

I would be happy to amend my views if such additional information were in fact available. In fact, I would even supply the restorers with information for an accurate Italian WW2 livery!

Gregory

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Sat Sep 04, 2004 11:39 am

The CAF's N# is N-40FS>>>>>>>>>>>>

Ollie · **Posted:** Sat Sep 04, 2004 2:56 pm

I'm sure you meant Fi-156 Mike, as Fi-103s are V-1s...

:lol:

wls3 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:53 pm

Spoke just last Saturday with a CAF member that is working on
their Storch restoration. Wings are off at this point but plan to have it flying by years end.
I hope to visit in future.
Status and restoration photos here.

http://delvalwing.org/Storch.htm

Bill

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Sat Sep 04, 2004 10:53 pm

Being one of the 1st to join the Hill Country Sqdn, it was really special day when the Storch arrived. The landing photo was done by Jim Fry.
I made a few shows in the Storch ala the back seat, and to fly in the right lane of all highways was due to passing traffic. It takes off and lands differnet than most A/C. It will be nice to see it in the air again.

Thanks for the update,

Lynn

Gregory · **Posted:** Sun Sep 05, 2004 2:31 am

Thanks for the link to the Delaware Valley website.
The aircraft has the metal wings of a French-built MS500-series aircraft, with German instruments and accessories. I wonder whether they were retrofitted to restore it to German standard or if Morane actually built them that way.
The Storch in Italian desert colours at the top of the page looks like the Slepcev ultralight version, very popular here in Italy. It carries unit markings of the 150th Group, which I have never seen on a real Italian Storch. Pretty, though.

Gregory

setter · **Posted:** Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:19 am

Hi

Just so you don't forget us in the colonies there are two Storches under restoration here in Austrealia although of the French variety

One is at Tyabb

and another at Toowoomba both currently being restored

Kindest regards
John Parker

DazDaMan · **Posted:** Mon Sep 06, 2004 2:23 am

There is/was also a static Storch up here in Scotland with the Museum of Flight. Can't recall seeing it on my last venture over there, though, but I'm 99% sure it's still there.

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