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NASM Heinkel He 219 ....

Posted by Dave on Sat Sep 29, 2001 11:11:42 PM

For those who don't frequent the Luftwaffe Board ..... some great news ;))). Damn what an awesome aircraft !

Dave


"Thought the group might be interested to learn that we plan to begin a major refurbishment of our Heinkel He 219 A-2, WNr. 290202, at the NASM Paul E. Garber Facility in the next few weeks. I will be curating the project, which is expected to take a full year. This will not be a complete restoration, but will be almost as thorough. The aircraft retains its original German paint (two different schemes) under an American-applied layer of paint, so we plan to do some careful sanding and IR photography to determine its original camouflage and markings before conducting corrosion control and repair of hangar rash. The airframe will then be repainted in one of the two schemes it carried during its operational life.

The aircraft is relatively complete. We have most of the avionics, including the radios and FuG 220 display. The most challenging part of the project will be locating such missing components as the radar arrays (including the tail warning radar antenna) and the special canopy-mounted Revi 16 gunsight for the _schraege Musik_. The armament package for this particular aircraft comprised two obliquely mounted MK 108s, one MG 151/20 in each wing, and a pair of MG 151/20s in the outboard positions of the ventral armament tray. No armament was fitted in the inboard positions."

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