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For my fellow pilots and anyone else interested

BZ's Chino's Planes of Fame Photo Gallery

looks like an old link. a buddy of mine in Germany sent it to me. they must get late stuff over there. sorry if it's a repeat of something already posted.

Regardless it's still amazing. Thanks for sharing.

The 356 Club drives out there every month for breakfast first Sunday of the month and welcomes all enthusiasts.
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Luftwaffe event at Planes of Fame, Chino CA - a set on Flickr

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Chino Planes of Fame 2.4.2011_ 213crop by Max_911S_fahrer, on Flickr

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A visit to Chino & The Planes of Fame is on my "bucket list"

Thanks to 944Larry

Cheers
JB

Airshow is May 4-5 I believe.

Hey Flieger-thanks for posting those beauties. Always love the Luftwaffe showing up! Is that 162 going to be made airworthy? I would love to see it and a Stuka back up and running. I have heard rumors of some Stuka airframes coming here from Russia but can't confirm it. Hope so.

Great pics, Herr Flieger - thanks.

Larry - unlikely an Me 163 will be made flyable; it was a bigger hazard to the pilots than to the planes they were attacking. Real interesting critter, though. Good interview: Komet Me163 - Chief test pilot Rudy Opitz tells it like it was - Flight Journal.com Page 1

And, more great stuff here: Home : The Flying Heritage Collection

You're right about the 163 Jim. The fuel dissolved human flesh. "Kinda dampens my enthusiasm for a test hop! Actually it was a pic of a 162 that Flieger posted that I was wondering the status of. I think it was called the "Volksjaeger". Pure jet so it might be doable. Good stuff you posted. Porsche people seem to love aviation as well as our cars.

Ah - 162. Yes, Volksjäger. Made partially of wood, I think. The Flying Heritage Collection is big on making things flyable, so who knows what is in the wind there or at Chino.

Planes and Porsches - what's not to like?

Needs some cropping, but:
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Old friend of mine flew the 163's and said that they still scared him to this day.

Fuel was really dangerous, but then so was war...

I think I just got a chub.

The He-162 airframe is real, but as I understand it there are no plans to make it airworthy, yet.

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Chino Planes of Fame 2.4.2011_ 281 by Max_911S_fahrer, on Flickr

The FW-190 is a replica, with a Pratt+Whitney radial. Hence the oil coolers on the wings. Not as much performance as the BMW 801 with the ahead-of-its-time single-lever control.

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All you Germans or German speakers, check this out:
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This is on the nose of the ME 163 at Chino. :D

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing!

"Like a flea, but watch out!"

that's a shame, with a modern powerplant it would be a show stopper.

I have a lot of flight time, even a fair amount in experimental flight test, but believe I would stay on the ground and watch someone else do this one. Even a BD-5J jet powered A/C would prolly be more stable!