I recall reading about this aircraft in FlyPast magazine in the mid-90s when it was undergoing restoration work in the UK. I recognized the thumbnai photo right away. I probably still have the magazine in a box somewhere. The end of Soviet rule in Russia led to widespread warbird recovery efforts behind the former Iron Curtain. Glad they restored this one to airworthy condition. They may have built 20, 000 of them but most were destroyed in combat.
+@Lurch-Bot A remarkable number of warbirds were recovered from Russia in the interim years after the fall of the Soviet Union. This included a large number of Luftwaffe wrecks, many still waiting restoration. The Russians didn't want them and were ready to deal. Today there is a very healthy restoration industry in Russia, so expect to see more original Russian warbirds in the future.
There are roughly 30 or so survivors of the Fw-190 series aircraft today as display or projects, including a handful of Dora wrecks. This does not include the 21 replica Flugwerk examples, with maybe 10 or so that were actually finished as flying aircraft.
@@HomemadeAviationMovies No the Russians did not copy the BMW 801 engine. They did copy both the Jumo 004 turbine as the Klimov RD-10 and the BMW 003 turbine as the Klimov RD-20.
A Mustang and a 190!!! What beautiful engine music
Absolutely!
Beautiful.
Thank you! Cheers!
I recall reading about this aircraft in FlyPast magazine in the mid-90s when it was undergoing restoration work in the UK. I recognized the thumbnai photo right away. I probably still have the magazine in a box somewhere.
The end of Soviet rule in Russia led to widespread warbird recovery efforts behind the former Iron Curtain.
Glad they restored this one to airworthy condition. They may have built 20, 000 of them but most were destroyed in combat.
Thank you for the comment
+@Lurch-Bot A remarkable number of warbirds were recovered from Russia in the interim years after the fall of the Soviet Union. This included a large number of Luftwaffe wrecks, many still waiting restoration. The Russians didn't want them and were ready to deal. Today there is a very healthy restoration industry in Russia, so expect to see more original Russian warbirds in the future.
Awesome 😊
Glad you liked it.
There are roughly 30 or so survivors of the Fw-190 series aircraft today as display or projects, including a handful of Dora wrecks. This does not include the 21 replica Flugwerk examples, with maybe 10 or so that were actually finished as flying aircraft.
3:59 Huh, no. That is incorrect.
Hmmm. I thought I read that some where. Sorry
@@HomemadeAviationMovies No the Russians did not copy the BMW 801 engine. They did copy both the Jumo 004 turbine as the Klimov RD-10 and the BMW 003 turbine as the Klimov RD-20.