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Now _this_ is a Haynes manual...
We often make fun of the Haynes manual for our 911s, but I opened my new issue of the British magazine "Aeroplane Monthly" this morning to find an extensive review of the newest Haynes manual, "Messerschmitt Bf-109 1935 Onwards (All Marks)". It is indeed another in the Owner's Workshop Manual series that we've all long been familiar with..."Everything you need to know [to maintain] all variants of the Bf 109, including the Avia-built versions and the Spanish Casa Buchons."
As the title of the review says, "Now where's my metric socket set?"
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Are you serious?
How many functioning Messerschmitts could there be? 
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What the?
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Well, there are a small number of flying -109s, and I'm in frequent contact with two German brothers near Munich who are manufacturing brand-new ones. They have so far sold seven, one of them to me. (Kidding, just kidding...) Go to Metallflugzeugbau Metallbau Flugzeugteile spare parts Me Bf 109 - Hartmair Leichtbau Freising and take a look. It's in German, but there are a lot of photos.
Obviously the manual is for enthusiasts, not to sell seven copies. It's as though Haynes did a 917 "Owner's workshop Manual." A lot of us who have never owned anything bigger than an SC would doubtless buy it.
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Doesn't this thread belong in the Messerschmitt forum?
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Absolutely, and I'm terribly sorry to have bothered you with something so boring. Next time I'll remember to post, "Show me your wings" or "Anybody heard of Motormeister?"
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I find these threads interesting. So why not post in the 911 forum? More people see it that way...
Steve, And yes if Haynes made a manual for the 917 I would buy one. Also... I can not believe someone is actually making new 109s! Some 911 content just because... 
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Wow that was quick...
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Check this out! (from Steve's link above) You can see the pride in these pieces.
I juts love people who live their dreams. 
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A quick look on amazon offered up even more Haynes esoteria - and all of it really cheap!
I think we should band together and get them to get that 917 manual published. Thanks for sharing, Steve. 
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They are well known in the antique airplane circles and make an excellent product.
Also there was a group of people who were making new FW-190 as well as ME-262 aircraft at one time. You have enough money, someone will make you one.
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The FW-190 people are Flug Werk, also near Munich. Several of their aircraft are already flying--one on the cover of the current issue of "Aviation History," with my article on Focke-Wulf designer Kurt Tank, who was in many ways the Ferdinand Porsche of airplanes.
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Wow, those are pretty cool. It might be fun/interesting to buy one or two. They'd make interesting conversation pieces. I wonder about the level of detail and info in the one for the Apollo 11.
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A Messerschmidt Haynes manual?
THAT's FREAKIN' AWESOME!!!!! For no good reason at all, I want that manual.... I'll never have a Messerschmidt but to be able to go through the manual, understand how it's put together - count me in! Sometimes it's fun to learn about something for no other reason that to learn about it. Fascinating!!!! angela
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Did those have the upside-down V engines?
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Iv'e got a copy of "The Space Shuttle Operator's Manual" 1982 right here in my desk
 It's pretty cool with mock missions practice included
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