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I always thought this is to adapt for different seat position during flight and start/landing . Cheers

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv8NmmmZB3w

Well, the information Joe posted is not new and well known among warbird enthusiasts. The damage was discovered during an overhaul of the D-FWMV at meiermotors 2012 in Germany. The bird was repaired and got several modifications including a new oil cooling system. The owner now is the Luftfahrt...

well said!

Don’t forget, whatif followers always have unlimited resources in their scenarios

Wasn’t the emergency power actuator lead sealed? I read somewhere that the pilot had to write a detailed report if the seal is broken. cimmex

Well, that differs to Clostermann’s statements in his books. I’m aware that there is a lot of phantasy in his books but he knows Tempest and Spitfires and fought against D-9s and he rated the D-9 higher than any allied aircraft except the Tempest.

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hi Greg Well, I found this in a German aviation forum. Most members speculate that the engine is for a Flugwerk D-9 replica. AFAIK two of them are around and at least one is owned by Jerry Yagen

it was not my intention to start a Ta152/ P-51H contest but BTW have you heard about that: “mail from Tehachapi - Mike Nixon / Vintage V12´s is restoring one of the rarest german engines, the powerful Jumo 213 - again Mike is doing a fantastic job ! Thanks to Mike Nixon for sharing this...

Thank you Greg for this informative post 63. Very credible!

That’s true, long time ago I spent my duty in the German Army (Bundeswehr) but to avoid discussion among the solders there was also an “official” version. cimmex

I learnt that at school too: GB suffered longer to the effect of WWII than Germany which had the Marshall Plan to help the economy. cimmex

I wonder how they explained the order not to fly over German held territory to the pilots… cimmex