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The plastic kits coming out of Revell-Germany these days do not include
a swastika on the decals or the box art. Of course, it's still illegal in Germany to have something with a swastika on it. |
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Mitch,
Thanks for the information. I was the poster who saw your plane over Greenville. I was hoping to find it at the airport later that day. then you stated "This STUKA is the only flying version in the world", are you referring to your aircraft, or is Louis Langhurst's JU87B2 flying? In any event, I'd love to get a closer look ar your plane. Maybe next year in Greenville. - Steve "Mitch" wrote in message ... Have read the very interesting comments thus far regarding the STUKA sited in Maine. One gentleman was correct. I guess the rest is opinion. I own the aircraft which is a 7/10's scale replica of the JU87B2 which was the only STUKA built by Louis Langhurst, completed in 1979 after 8,000 manhours of work. There were one or two other versions, built by others, who were perhaps using Mr. Langhurst's drawings, but I am not sure of that. This STUKA is the only flying version in the world, there being two static actuals in museums in Chicago and Britain. It does have a swastika on the vertical tail assembly and the rest of the paint scheme is the one used by Oberst Hans Ulrich Rudel who was the WWII Luftwaffe's highest decorated pilot. Oberst Rudel flew in my aircraft (N87LL) in November of 1980 and said its characteristics were true to the actual machine. I have used wind-driven sirens on the aircraft but they are not permanently fixed for various reasons including some of the ones mentioned by others in this forum. I have met a number of people who were actually on the receiving end of the STUKA. They seemed to have adjusted to the past and were not antagonistic toward me, preferring to the portrayal of the historical accuracy of the craft to something that is diminished by being politically correct. The actual sirens were activated when the dive brakes were extended when initiating the attack dive. The STUKA was equipped with the "ASKANIA" auto-pilot which retracted the brakes and trimmed for dive recovery in order to allow the pilot to recover from the high "G" forces of the dives. N87LL will be on the Discover Channel Canada in October and then, hopefully, in the U.S. this Fall/Winter, on a show entitiled "The Greatest Ever". Watch for it. N87LL has been in numerous air shows, OSHKOSH, opening ceremonies for the D-Day Museum in New Orleans, and a number of Commemorative Air Force events over the years. It was displayed in the San Diego Air and Space Museum for ten years after which it was owned by Mr. Roland Weeks of Biloxi, Miss. I purchased it from him three years ago and brought it to Maine a year ago. It is a very well built aircraft and does have touchy landing tendencies as someone pointed out. But, all in all it is a fine example of what a genius like Mr. Langhurst was capable of. I plan to have it in more shows as time and weather permits. -- Mitch |
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Stuka in Maine
On 2005-10-06 15:59:05 -0400, Mitch
said: This STUKA is the only flying version in the world, there being two static actuals in museums in Chicago and Britain Mitch, thanks for an interesting post. If yours was the only one he built, and I don't doubt you on that, what was the one in the Burhans crash? Curious. There is one in Russia that has been restored to airworthy condition, however it did not fly at their big warbird show this year due to a technical defect at the last minute. It appeared to be a Ju87 D. http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/87/...0_airshow.html (only mentions russian types) http://military-en.rian.ru/article.html?art_id=37852 (this article mentions the Stuka, and says it arrived from the UKraine -- and is a replica! I know I saw an article with a photo of it, and it appeared to be full size and DB 601 powered. I just couldn't find this article on the Monino show with the Stuka photo again. I liked this comment: "Aircraft restorers are great people, who allow today’s young generation to admire bygone warplanes and to compare them with modern aircraft, Genrikh Novozhilov, general designer of the Ilyushin aviation complex, noted during the official aircraft-transfer ceremony." Somehow I think you and I and Mr Novozhilov would get along together. -- cheers -=K=- Rule #1: Don't hit anything big. |
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Stuka in Maine
On 2005-10-07 15:26:39 -0400, Mitch
said: I was probably not as clear as I should have been. There are no actual flying STUKAs in the world. Just static displays. N87LL, now owned by me, is the only Langhurst STUKA built by Louis Langhurst and is the only flying version of a STUKA in the world. Mitch, and guys Here is an update, to my comments. This page is a photo gallery from the 2004 Monino show, and you can see that the Stuka there is a replica. The second picture is the Stuka. This is NOT the same Stuka nor the same picture that I saw from the 05 show... dagnabbit. http://www.avialegend.ru/fotogalereya/ In fact, Mitch's replica looks more accurate, FWIW. Mitch, drop me a line (my domain name for email is in the "organisation" section of my message headers as an anti-spam measure). I'd like to do a story on your plane sometime. -- cheers -=K=- Rule #1: Don't hit anything big. |
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Foregive me, but I did not follow how to send e-mail to you. There have been many articles written about N87LL, and recently, she has been on the Discovery Channel - Canada and Britain. Would be glad to discuss further with you. |
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