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JG50 was in service only a very limited time: established in June 1943, dissolved October 1943 (when it became JG301) RaFiGer - JG 50 - Jagdgeschwader 50, Info Seite Early Reichsverteidigung 1943 till 1944 based at Wiesbaden (Jagdgeschwader 50) Some pictures of the unit can be found here: JG50...

For the Luftwaffe, ASKANIA was specialized in FCS systems. Attached a system description from 1940.

According to this page all versions of the Albatross had the same wing profile: NACA 23017 at wing root up to the wing tip. That guy is collecting airfoil data - maybe he also can help out with the tail airfoils of horizontal and vertical stabilizer. NACA 23017: camber position 15%, thickness...

Agreed - both locations of the mentioned losses of SN°2961 and SN°2962 are close by: SN°2961 - Staraja Russa (N57.9921824 E31.3288195) SN°2962 - Salutsche (= today Zaluchye N57.66563 E31.7612641) ... but the part clearly tells "Werk Nr. 2962"... The aircraft was most likely based at...

There seem to exist more shots of the same aircraft at Kassel-Rothwesten. A Me109 G-14 with Erla canopy? Picture 1 Picture 2 I'm not fully convinced that all pictures show the same aircraft: the triangular marking above the "2" is visible in @MIflyer 's second picture, but not on the one posted...

German Nachtjagd

I slightly disagree with these conclusions. The A-5 was a direct derivate of the A-1. Due to delays in the development of the Jumo211J engine (which was foreseen for the A-4), the Jumo211G had to be used for next version after the A-3. The A-5 had an increased wingspan compared to the A-1 by...

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Poor thing! So many restorations do a really brilliant technical job and bring back the aircraft to life - and then they miserably fail with the paint job!

Something more for you guys to dig through: Microfilm Reel A5464

TL is also a common shortcut for "TEIL" (= "parts") - in this case here only referring to a ratio of 20:1 aircraft gasoline and oil.

To measure total dynamic pressure is the job of the front opening of the pitot tube only.

I fully agree. If you take a close look you can see that the pitot tube and ring has a cardanic joint to the boom. By this you can measure the angular difference between aircraft axis and free straight airflow.

Similar flight test booms are still in use today:

Give me a note before the gears jump out. ;) I might be able to dig out my old aerodynamic lectures scripts to give you a hand. Though I have to translate these sections from German.