Warbird Information Exchange

Replica warbirds seem to be more prevalent in the US than anywhere else!

Anyone got any pics they'd like to share of replica warbirds? I'm expecting Mustangs a-plenty, plus the odd Spitfire, maybe a P-40 here and there...

I've posted this several times before, but here it is again anyway........

Bob DeFord's N1940K. I'd love to know what the performance is like for this thing, compared to a real Mk.IX...

Great photos. Sure would like to see those birds in person someday. I'm assuming that's a Ranger engine on the Fieseler?

A bit of idle musing ...

A few years ago, I learned about the Fokker D XXI while reading Green and Swanborough's "Illustrated Anatomy of the World's Fighters." The D XXI was a mid-thirties design, a low wing monoplane, but with a steel tube fuselage, wood wings, fixed gear, and fabric covering. A big homebuilt, more or less. Building a D XXI replica would be, if not exactly easy, certainly less challenging than an all-metal type.

With an 825 HP Bristol Mercury engine and a two-pitch prop, the D XXI had a top speed of about 285. Hang a P&W R-1830 with a Ham Standard prop on a replica, and you'd probably get pretty close to 300.

Her's one of the survivors, at a Dutch museum.

DarenC1 wrote:Bob DeFord's N1940K. I'd love to know what the performance is like for this thing, compared to a real Mk.IX...

is Mr Defords aircraft back flying again? i heard it was landed gear up (with relatively minor damage) after a power failure a while back

It wasn't landed gear up, but he did prang it in pretty good after the engine quit. He did a heck of a job getting it back to the airport. I dunno if he's got it back in the air yet, but I'm sure its pretty close.

Gary

AviaS199 wrote:Great photos. Sure would like to see those birds in person someday. I'm assuming that's a Ranger engine on the Fieseler?

A bit of idle musing ...

A few years ago, I learned about the Fokker D XXI while reading Green and Swanborough's "Illustrated Anatomy of the World's Fighters." The D XXI was a mid-thirties design, a low wing monoplane, but with a steel tube fuselage, wood wings, fixed gear, and fabric covering. A big homebuilt, more or less. Building a D XXI replica would be, if not exactly easy, certainly less challenging than an all-metal type.

With an 825 HP Bristol Mercury engine and a two-pitch prop, the D XXI had a top speed of about 285. Hang a P&W R-1830 with a Ham Standard prop on a replica, and you'd probably get pretty close to 300.

Her's one of the survivors, at a Dutch museum.

Is that not a replica itself, or am I confused?? I think there's a survivor in Finland...

In fact, thinking about it, I did see photos of the "replicas" made for the film Soldier of Orange a few years ago - they actually look pretty darn good. They were based on the ubiquitous AT-6 - and they flew!!