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Jet Warbirds Are Cool Too
Posted by Mike Henniger on Thu Apr 18, 2002 02:20:32 PM
In reply top Unusual New Jet Warbirds posted by Kenneth on Thu Apr 18, 2002 01:13:30 PM
The piston engine warbirds, especially those with Merlins will always be my favorite. But don't worry about posting about jet warbirds. You'll have at least on interested fan.
Regards,
Mike
: I know this is not the main interest of most people postin
: g
: on this board, but I found it quite interesting nonetheles
: s:
:
: "Red Bull" Aviation, the impressive vintage aircraft
: collection operated by the Austrian soft drink manufacture
: r
: of the same name, has obtained two Dornier-built
: (presumably mothballed) Alpha Jets from the German Air
: Force and has had them converted to civilian use by
: Fairchild-Dornier! They are tentatively scheduled for
: display at "ILA 2002", the German equivalent to the
: Farnborough Airshow, in Berlin in May (where, incidentally
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: both flyable Bf 109's in Germany are also scheduled to
: appear...)
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: (Sources: Fairchild-Dornier (Press Releases) and ILA 2002
: websites)
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: Kenneth