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I'm the same way with the '190!...Man was it amazing! To hear that DB 605 engine roaring as it flew past! The ground literally shook as she went by. She did not land or anything, but would just make appearances. It was beautiful to watch her soar through the sky and do aerobatic maneuvers. It was truly a dream come true for me to finally see a 109 fly...
Yesterday me and my wife went to the Hahnweide Old Timer Airshow in Kirchheim/Teck in Germany. It was a great time! 362 aircraft were either on the field or made appearances at the airshow including:
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-4
Focke Wulf Fw 190
Supermarine Spitfire
Messerschmitt Me 163 (glider only)
Hawker Hurricane
Hawker Sea Fury
North American P-51D Mustang
B-25 Mitchell
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Douglas DC-3
Junkers Ju 52
Grumman TBM Avenger
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
I-16
Overall it was a great time. Here is my assessment.
Bad stuff...
The organizers of the event need to get better at this. The aircraft were all parked behind a fence and you could not get close enough to them. I really would have loved to have sat in a few of the aircraft or had my pictures taken with them. So in that aspect they could go back to the United States and see how a real old timer airshow is done.
Good stuff...
Great assortment of aircraft! What more can I saw? Sure there could have been a few more here and there, but what was there really made the show worth it!
Flying Bf 109G-4! As a fan of the Bf 109 (it is my favorite aircraft), to see it flying by and feeling the powerful DB 605 engine (it literally shook the ground) and hearing it roar past!!! I almost had a heart attack! Truly amazing!!!!!!
They did a nice formation flight with the Fw 190, Spitfire and Warhawk! Man that amazing, especially when they did the low pass and all those horses under the 3 cowlings could be heard roaring past your! Man it was amazing!
Here are some pics:
I do not have professional equipment like Eric, so these pics are not that great, but you will get an idea of how fun the show was. You have no clue how hard it is to take a pic of a Bf 109G-4 roaring past you at 650 km/h!
Below I will also post some vids of the Bf 109 flying.
I'm the same way with the '190!
GrauGeist said:By the way, was that "Auntie Ju" I saw in a couple photos?
A good trick is sequential shooting and the camera set to "Sport" - that way it focuses faster than with any ordinary setting, and you get a better chance of getting a decent pic.
Dang. Here in Dallas, we're lucky to get a good half-dozen warbirds at one airshow! Nothing against all the stunt planes, the things they do with those birds are amazing, but....you just gotta love the way your bones vibrate when an Allison or Pratt-n-Whitney comes roaring past!
Amazing pics, BTW!
To see and hear a 109 AND 190 on the same day must have been an amazing treat!
I thought that looked like "Auntie Ju", wasn't sure...too bad the misses talked you out of a ride but when they make up thier minds, that's the end of it! (should have said a B-17 ride costs twice that, for less luxury!)
Glad you had a great time!