FW 190 Atlanta Airport 1967
Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:29 pm
Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:37 pm
That is the D-13 that Doug Chaplin owned, now owned by Paul Allen.
Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:49 pm
Possibly this AC? clip from a model review
http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/axis ... verd13.htm
By 1946, further testing was moot, and the Fw-190D-13 was flown to Freeman Field, Indiana, where many other captured aircraft were awaiting disposition. It was apparently disassembled here. Later that year, a request was made by promoters of an air show in Atlanta, Georgia, for the Air Force to provide some captured aircraft for display, at the same time the Air Force had decided to save a long-nose Focke-Wulf for eventual display at the Air Force Museum. The Fw-190D-13 and an Fw-190D-9 were reassembled for these events. At the time, no one paid attention to the fact that the wing of the Fw-190D-13 was attached to the fuselage of the Fw-190D-9, and vice-versa. After the show in Atlanta, the Fw-190D-13 was left where it was. It was later purchased by a collector, who disassembled it and stored it in a vacant lot outside Atlanta while he came up with a way to restore it. In the 1960s, the airplane was recognized for the rare item it was - though not for how rare a Dora it was - and was eventually purchased by Doug Champlin. The airplane was restored in Germany in the 1970s, allegedly to "flight status," though it was announced it would not be flown due to its rarity. According to Ed Maloney and Steve Hinton from the Chino Air Museum, the airplane is in no way flyable, due to the poor quality of the work done in the restoration. If one looks at pictures of this airplane in the Squadron in the "Fw-190D-9 Walkaround" book, it is immediately apparent that many of the parts - such as the supercharger intake - bear little resemblance to an operational piece of gear.
The good news is that - later this year - the Air Force Museum and Doug Champlin are going to swap wings on their respective Doras, so that the aircraft can be accurately restored as an Fw-190D-9 and an Fw-190D-13. Fortunately, it has already been determined that the airplane will not under any circumstances be flown, regardless of what is done during the restoration.
http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/axis ... verd13.htm
By 1946, further testing was moot, and the Fw-190D-13 was flown to Freeman Field, Indiana, where many other captured aircraft were awaiting disposition. It was apparently disassembled here. Later that year, a request was made by promoters of an air show in Atlanta, Georgia, for the Air Force to provide some captured aircraft for display, at the same time the Air Force had decided to save a long-nose Focke-Wulf for eventual display at the Air Force Museum. The Fw-190D-13 and an Fw-190D-9 were reassembled for these events. At the time, no one paid attention to the fact that the wing of the Fw-190D-13 was attached to the fuselage of the Fw-190D-9, and vice-versa. After the show in Atlanta, the Fw-190D-13 was left where it was. It was later purchased by a collector, who disassembled it and stored it in a vacant lot outside Atlanta while he came up with a way to restore it. In the 1960s, the airplane was recognized for the rare item it was - though not for how rare a Dora it was - and was eventually purchased by Doug Champlin. The airplane was restored in Germany in the 1970s, allegedly to "flight status," though it was announced it would not be flown due to its rarity. According to Ed Maloney and Steve Hinton from the Chino Air Museum, the airplane is in no way flyable, due to the poor quality of the work done in the restoration. If one looks at pictures of this airplane in the Squadron in the "Fw-190D-9 Walkaround" book, it is immediately apparent that many of the parts - such as the supercharger intake - bear little resemblance to an operational piece of gear.
The good news is that - later this year - the Air Force Museum and Doug Champlin are going to swap wings on their respective Doras, so that the aircraft can be accurately restored as an Fw-190D-9 and an Fw-190D-13. Fortunately, it has already been determined that the airplane will not under any circumstances be flown, regardless of what is done during the restoration.
Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:53 pm
[quote="Matt Gunsch"]That is the D-13 that Doug Chaplin owned, now owned by Paul Allen.[/quote] this is the one that was on display at the Museum of Flight in Seattle?
Thu Oct 08, 2009 2:25 pm
It was in the Museum of Flight, now with Paul Allen.
There is only 1 Fw-190D-13 in the world.
There is only 1 Fw-190D-13 in the world.
D-13
Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:25 pm
When I was a kid I used to play in this 190 and the 109 in the back hangar of Mustangs Unlimited.There was all kind of neat stuff there such as a wildcat and a spitfire.The old atlanta airport was one cool place and during the war they had a squadron of P-40s based there and parked them along the fence against Virginia avenue.Looks nothing like it now.