modern me-163 comet flying?

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:20 pm

one of my local friends sent me a picture of a red 163 shot recently of this plane-through email- I dont know how to post a picture from email to this forum- are they producing these like the new 262s, fw's and such or what???

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:24 pm

Oh yeah, just google "flying red me-163" and see, I should have known.

smittyrob64 · Post by **smittyrob64** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:26 pm

I read that somewhere. I think it's an original komet taken out for a flight unpowered towed as a glider.

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:26 pm

Is this a 1-1 scale ,R/C or 1/18 with a rocket motor?

Panzer_M · Post by **Panzer_M** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:29 pm

might be a tow and release glider.

I'd like to see pics

smittyrob64 · Post by **smittyrob64** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:36 pm

It's a full scale glider replica towed by a Do.27

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:37 pm

It's 1/1 scale with a modern pilot in it - google and got to the wwII forums site, see the first url (airliners.net or somethin) and look at the picture

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:49 pm

Cool

smittyrob64 · Post by **smittyrob64** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:49 pm

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.s ... entry=true

For anyone that doesn't know airliners.net is a great place to find high res pics of aircraft, doing a search for WWII or any military aircraft can yield some nice photos.

Panzer_M · Post by **Panzer_M** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:59 pm

wunderbar.

the luftwaffe is returning to the skies, Junker JU52/3, Fieslers, Me 109s, Me 262s, FW 190s(Upcoming)

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:19 pm

As long as they don't use the rocket fuel, the plane should fly quite well (or glide, rather.)

smittyrob64 · Post by **smittyrob64** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:37 pm

the luftwaffe is returning to the skies, Junker JU52/3, Fieslers, Me 109s, Me 262s, FW 190s(Upcoming)

Hmmm...yes luftwaffe in the skies again, well as long as the heinkels don't start heading towards London again.

smittyrob64 · Post by **smittyrob64** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:06 am

Why did this post get moved to Direct from the Source??

AirstrikeToys · Post by **AirstrikeToys** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:40 am

smittyrob64 wrote:Why did this post get moved to Direct from the Source??

It's been quiet here for so long I guess AFerg thought some activity is better than nothing...

Panzer_M · Post by **Panzer_M** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:35 pm

smittyrob64 wrote:
the luftwaffe is returning to the skies, Junker JU52/3, Fieslers, Me 109s, Me 262s, FW 190s(Upcoming)

Hmmm...yes luftwaffe in the skies again, well as long as the heinkels don't start heading towards London again.

not funny, the last flying He-111, owned by the Confederate Air Force in Texas, crashed and burned killing all the crew a few years ago...thankfully I got to climb in and explore and then watch her fly before the tragic crash.

smittyrob64 · Post by **smittyrob64** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:57 pm

not funny?
I wasn't poking fun about that accident.
I didn't think it needed clarification.

Sorry to hear about that crash, heinkel 111 was always one of my favourites.

Panzer_M · Post by **Panzer_M** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:10 pm

smittyrob64 wrote:not funny?
I wasn't poking fun about that accident.
I didn't think it needed clarification.

Sorry to hear about that crash, heinkel 111 was always one of my favourites.

wasn't trying to sharp in the tongue, just made me remember when the old bird went off beyond the runway and crashed into a building.

Pilot error kills so many valuable aircraft it's really a shame.

smittyrob64 · Post by **smittyrob64** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:16 pm

So that one was an ex Spanish built casa C-2 111 with the Rolls Royce engines correct?
In the movie "Battle of Britain" at the opening scene there are row upon row of those aircraft. What happened to them all, were they all retired then destroyed? I guess it has been 40 years since the film.

Black_Dragon_One · Post by **Black_Dragon_One** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:06 am

i think this should be move to a different topic..

Panzer_M · Post by **Panzer_M** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:55 am

smittyrob64 wrote:So that one was an ex Spanish built casa C-2 111 with the Rolls Royce engines correct?
In the movie "Battle of Britain" at the opening scene there are row upon row of those aircraft. What happened to them all, were they all retired then destroyed? I guess it has been 40 years since the film.

correct Franco's ex-transport as legend says. At the time of the film the Spanishmitts and Heinkel..and Junker 52 were still in Spanish Air Force service and loaned for the film..Most were scrapped...well all the Heinkels were, some 109s were sold as were some Ju 52 later years after the film.