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JU 87 - Back from the dead

PostPosted:Thu Dec 06, 2018 10:10 am
by Rob P
I'm not sure how many of you are interested in aircraft history, but just a heads-up that the late Paul Allen's FHCAM are well down the road to restoring a Stuka to flight.

It should be quite something to see.

Rob P

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Re: JU 87 - Back from the dead

PostPosted:Thu Dec 06, 2018 10:22 am
by Barcli
Been following it on " the other place" - exciting :D

Re: JU 87 - Back from the dead

PostPosted:Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:20 am
by Paul_Sengupta
I've wanted to see one flying ever since, as a kid, I had one of those die-cast models with the detachable bomb underneath.

Re: JU 87 - Back from the dead

PostPosted:Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:35 am
by Nick
Can you still run around in circles making the screaming noise Paul? :lol:

Nick

Re: JU 87 - Back from the dead

PostPosted:Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:39 am
by Paul_Sengupta
Standby, I'll check. :cyclopsani:

I think I still have the aeroplane in the loft somewhere, but the bomb has long been lost, as has the canopy.

Re: JU 87 - Back from the dead

PostPosted:Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:44 am
by davef77
If Paul can’t still make the screaming noise, I can. I just have to think about my maintenance bills :shock: :)

P.S. It will be very cool to see a Stuka fly 8)

Re: JU 87 - Back from the dead

PostPosted:Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:45 am
by Joe Dell
Paul_Sengupta wrote:Standby, I'll check. :cyclopsani:

I think I still have the aeroplane in the loft somewhere, but the bomb has long been lost, as has the canopy.


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254009250170

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dinky-721-St ... 4040057279

Re: JU 87 - Back from the dead

PostPosted:Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:50 am
by Paul_Sengupta
davef77 wrote:If Paul can’t still make the screaming noise, I can. I just have to think about my maintenance bills :shock: :)


<Nods in agreement>

Joe Dell wrote:https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254009250170

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dinky-721-St ... 4040057279


Hah, excellent, thanks! Now do I or don't I? :D

Re: JU 87 - Back from the dead

PostPosted:Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:57 am
by Nick
Let's all club together and buy it for him. He's obviously hard up! Poor thing.

Nick

Re: JU 87 - Back from the dead

PostPosted:Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:04 pm
by JoeC
Had a gander at the one at the RAF Museum Hendon in the summer.

They are HUGE, massive muscular things. Very impressive. Quite Jurassic.

The ME109 , Spit and Hurri on display are surprisingly petite.

Re: JU 87 - Back from the dead

PostPosted:Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:09 pm
by Dave W
Paul_Sengupta wrote:Now do I or don't I? :D


Of course you do. And then post a photo on here. :D

Re: JU 87 - Back from the dead

PostPosted:Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:12 pm
by Paul_Sengupta
Well, as long as the forum says I should...

I'd better see if I can find the rest of the aeroplane first.

Anyway, what are the timescales estimated to get the aeroplane flying?

Re: JU 87 - Back from the dead

PostPosted:Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:44 pm
by Sooty25
davef77 wrote:P.S. It will be very cool to see a Stuka fly 8)


not sure my ageing mother who lived in London during the war will be too keen to see or rather hear it, I recall she threw a wobbly when I played a record that used an air raid siren as the intro!

Re: JU 87 - Back from the dead

PostPosted:Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:48 pm
by Dave W
Sooty25 wrote:I recall she threw a wobbly when...


I can't pass up this opportunity for thread drift:

Re: JU 87 - Back from the dead

PostPosted:Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:49 pm
by GrahamB