Yep - this Me 109 is the real thing - might even be one from the Finnish Air Force - we did use the D-B engined ones for the longest - to 1956 IIRC. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Richard Seaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 16. toukokuuta 2002 3:19 Aihe: Re: Old Aircraft Photography >Cotty, > > Dave Mann can't be allowed to have all the fun, so perhaps this >flightless kiwi will also jump the pond to dear old Mother England and >indulge his airshow lust at the same time. > > I was sorry to see that the Duxford airshow site doesn't seem to have >even a tentative list of what aircraft will be flying - what are they >thinking? > > The Royal International Air Tattoo the weekend after Duxford seems to >have a good selection flying, including spitfire, lancaster, hurricane, >tornado, jaguar and nimrod: > >http://www.airtattoo.com/airtattoo_2002/participation/aircraftframe.html > > Do any of you guys go to that show? > > Oh, and if people are interested in Me109s, check out this guy flying >down in lil' ol' New Zealand: > >http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/WanakaWarbirds/Bf109/index.html > > There's also plenty of airshow wallpaper to keep people happy, including >P51s and B17s, all photographed with Pentax gear, naturally: > >http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Aircraft/index.html > >Richard. > >home page: www.richard-seaman.com > >--- original message --- > >Fredo! > >>I have to confess that I do have a fondness for some of the older >>military aircraft (especially the B-17 and the P-51, my favorite >>bomber and fighter, respectively). I also would like to sometime >>see a P-38 (I assume that there must be a few still surviving) and I >>also would love to see an Me-109 someday. > >snip > >>I do hope >>to eventually see some of the other remaining B-17's that are still >>around, and my ultimate "dream trip" (with photo gear, of course) >>would be a journey to the locations of some of the old B-17 >>airfields in the UK (East Anglia area). > >Come on over fella! Duxford is just such an East Anglian aerodrome. I >don't know if a Flying Fortress will be present but I can sure as heck >find out. P-51s, definately. Me-109, I'll have to check. Apparently the >climax of the three hour show is ALL the flying display planes trouping >past in formation - we're talking a couple a dozen at least - all going >ten to the dozen. They say it's pretty unbelievable. > >http://www.macads.co.uk/pdml/ > >carrot ---> stick, > >Cotty - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
