In 1938 the company Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG (designers of the Bf 109) was reorganized as Messerschmitt AG. All new aircraft were directed to use the ME prefix. However, the Bf 109 term was still acceptable and it was common for both terms to be used during the war by the Allies and the Germans.
....i hope these guys have lots of spareparts to keep this beutiful thing running for many hours to show all the warbird-enthusiats...and i hope one day i can go to an airshow and no one tells me anymore on disturbing loudspeakers who designed the BF 109 and when its first flight was and so on...just let the engine talk...........greetings from germany.....
Restoration of German fighter aircraft is fairly new, with only a few examples operational within the last 20 years or so. A few more are on the way, but the parts supply is still an issue. Structural parts are not so much of a problem now, but engine parts are hard to find. So far, several engines are needed to combine into one working example. New engine parts are custom made when needed ,but this only adds to the costs for very expensive German restorations.
Hans-Joachim Marseille is said to have flown this aircraft at one time before it was salvaged from a crash and returned to Luftwaffe service. But I have also read that the combat loss report does not list him as the pilot for this plane and lists his crash landing separately. However, pilots did borrow other aircraft on occasion.
Why the 109 was produced instead of the He-100 I'll never understand. Politics I guess. I've always liked the 109, but the Heinkle was ahead of its time.
@Jonno2summit The He-100 was very well done... but the aircoolers, built into her wings made her very sensitive.
One lucky shot into the wings - END by shure. They could have solved that problem but there was no time to do that quick enough. The beginning production of the BF 109 took all the resources. They both would have used the same engine.
The FW 190 later only had a chance to appear because she used a radial engine that the industry could spare. The 190H/TA152 later used a bomber-engine.
The Me109s were tricky planes to master. Their biggest faults were the flaps at the leading edge of the wing opening during dives and they were difficult to land safely by a novice pilot. The Spitfire had better overall handling characteristics in the air, but it lacked the fuel injection (an advantage the Me109 had over all Allied fighters) that the 109 had. The Spit's landing gear geometry also made it dangerous to land too, which is something not widely recognized by its fans.
Why this fascination, almost obsession with the bf109? A great aircraft? sure ...but surely you can see that the limitations of the design were apparent right from the start: A superb interceptor, it's application to other roles was hampered by short range and limited payload.
Fantastic series of engines but the situation of "too much engine" made ALL 109's after the F series tricky to fly. Many variants were downright dangerous. The experten showed what could be done but 109's killed more...
...pilots in training accidents than in combat. Most 109 pilots never got near to shooting down an allied aircraft. The scores of the 100 top expeeten skew the results, but a new trainee pilot facing a first operational flight in a bf109 G-12 or G-14 would be at a serious disadvantage compared to an equivalent ina Spitfire MK XIV, P-51D or a Yak 9.
@deweypug: The top 110 German "experten" shot down more than 100 enemy aircraft each? That's over 10,000 kills. The top 550 accounted for over 36,000 Allied losses in total. That's well over 40% of ALL Allied wartime aircraft losses. In the hands of an expert the 109 was deadly but it was not easy to fly and the later marks were tricky, bordering on dangerous. Over 60% of ALL bf109 losses were down to non-operational accidents. An aircraft with a reputation earned largely by the men who flew it.
@digglyda 10% of all Bf 109 losses were due to take-off and landing that may have been attributed to the narrow and somewhat delicate landing gear that was exacerbated on unimproved runways, but another mostly overlooked problem was the abnormally massive slipstream (a normal left turning tendency on most prop airplanes that is normally easy to correct) created by the propeller and aggravated by the very narrow fuselage. Overall though, this was the most highly advanced plane of the time.
Starting with the BF109F, the vertical fin was offset to counter the propeller torque. When Spain built the Buchons, they didn't change this and the opposite rotation of the Merlin made the torque handling even worse. Counter-rotating props also eliminated this, but they were not perfected until after the war with the Griffon engine.
What a beaut 'craft. Hard to believe but that 'thing' actually went into fercious aerial battle with allied fighters and bombers time after time, and it survived today for all plane lovers to truly appreciate.
@joelwolf14 A rather negative thing to say. The US built some of the best engines of the war, though radials I'll grant you. The Pratt and Whitney R-2800 and Wright 3350 where masterpieces.
@joelwolf14 I would like to know what company built the 109 engine I do not agree with you about shit American engines , do you know anything about Von Bruan he seemed to hint on UFO stuff.
The was rebuilt from wreckage in 1999 and is one of two Bf 109E models that are airworthy. Other non-airworthy examples exist and several more are being restored to airworthy condition.
Yes I know but that wasnt so smooth as it was realized by the G models...well I can show a model of the E-3 model cause I did it in 3D and using real plans of it....it looks smooth from the side but the spinner wasnt so smooth integrated to the rest of the fuselage
That and a generous application of brakes and up elevator by the man in the cockpit. The lack of wheel chocks is surprising, but they may be hidden in the shadows.
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I had a temporary job at Mojave airport in the summer of 2001. I worked in the hangar next to the Museum of Flying's shop. I knew the BF-109E was next door but when I first saw it it didn't have it's engine. Later that summer I heard something start up outside and knew THAT IS NOT A MERLIN!. They were doing the first runs on it with the cowl off. That DB is an awesome sound all it's own. The short stacks and straight cut gears make for a whining crackle very different than a Merlin.
@Zuloff YES, Bf 109 with Merlin engine is not the same. Looks worse and that sound ... it's engine for Spitfire and other planes but not for the Messerschmitt 109!. Do You know anything what the matter with this Bf after accident last year?. Will be fly? Regards
considering that's an E type from 1940-41, mustang D model was 1944, by then there were G type Bf109 and FW 190D's that held their own against being outnumbered 100/1...
also, by 1944 the luftwaffe was in dire need of experianced pilots, most of their best were out of action already or commited on the russian front, where the war was mostly decided.
Feel proud my friend. the Germans took on the world with this baby in all its forms. Here in New Zealand there is deep admiration for what the Germans achieved during this era
Actually, the guy is sitting on the tail to keep the aircraft from nosing over, not "...inadvertently taking off". Both wheel brakes are applied during high engine settings while on the ground, and would otherwise nose over if no weight was applied at the back of the aircraft.
@Treetop64 LOL, yes, totally correct...I really, really doubt that any man could hold that 109 there if the brakes weren't on. But with the leverage he has, he can easily keep the nose from pulling itself forward just by sitting on the stabilizer. Ya gotta love some of these TV experts. Almost as good as "YouTube" experts! =D
@MegaTiggy I'll bet the same applies for a 109 pilot looking back and seeing a SPIT ready to blow his ass off. Actually, I'll bet the part that would scare you is seeing those guns pointed at you, not the plane itself. Even a 109 without guns wouldn't be very scary. Like a toothless pit bull, or something. LOL.
Was up to the Niagara airshow this or rather down since I'm from further north of Niagara; with the girlfriend to see some of these old beauties fly. I was very disappointed that I didn't get to listen to the whistle of that 109E wizz by as it seems the local party pooper managed to cause some damage to the port wing by placing a pole in the path of the runway. Pilot landed "safely" after hitting the pole, and there's a nasty gash to her wing; hoping they get it up to snuff soon!
@dracheous You mean that someone PUT a pole in the runway intentionally to cause damage? Or were you just joking and it was really just an accident? 'Cause if I got my hands on someone who purposely tried to wreck a flying warbird, I'd open a can of pure whup-ass on him. Or HER, even, if need be! XD
The poles were placed at the end of the private runway by an adjacent property owner, no doubt to create a flight obstacle and to possibly interrupt the yearly Russell Group airshow. It's a miracle the plane wasn't damaged more or crashed. I haven't heard anything regarding charges or a lawsuit, but I hope Mr. Russell owns him when it the dust settles.
The Daimler-Benz Air M 601 engines had a direct injection system-That means that the fuel was injected directly into the combustion chamber. Other fuel injection system inject into the intake manifold.
Waiiiiiit. He also said its the only flying 109. I can believe it is the only 109 flying with the original Diamler Benz engine, but Isn't there some spanish 109's with the Merlin Engine still airworthy?
Actually, the narrator is wrong when he states that the man on the tail was there to prevent the 109 from taking off. The brakes took care of that. He was actually sitting on the tail to keep the prop from pulling it forward onto it's nose, like slamming on the front brake of a bicycle.
You are correct. I have heard a story of a similar situation were a Woman, (i think) sitting on the tail of a spitfire and the pilot took off forgetting she was there, I think the plane landed safely.
Yeah, you mean Maragaret Horton- she went for an unplanned ride(!) on the tail of Spitfire V AB910-its still with us - and flies with the RAF's Battle of Britain Memorial Flight- she died some time ago though
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Yes the rest of the world would have been happy knowing they saved a country that was murdering innocent people because they didn't have the right arien stock.
Most of the Fighter aircraft of WW II had small tight cockpits. Due to weight and armor issues. I,v met and listened to Vets from that war when I was a kid in the 60s going to Rockfod then Oshkosh airshow every summer. My dads friend from Paris was a Rumanian Lufft pilot till he defected. He was 6ft. 4" and could,nt fly fighters so he flew HE 111s. Scared the crap outta me the first time I flew with him. He, Marcel Jurka started the scaled down Fighter movement with the Gnatsum P51 in the 60s.
I was always surprised how small the cockpit of the 109 was and I am of average build. I'd take the 47, 51, or even the 38 Lightning over the 109. The 109 was a great aircraft during WWII for its age however. Very impressive aircraft.
it's not only one...there are in england,germany and spain.rare aircraft not like mc 205 veltro(aermacchi owner) or fw 190(not flying today).best ww2 aircraft,shark war look!
no you didn't listen right it is the only BF 109E flying today (the type used in the battle of britain). The rest are gustav models and hispano Buchons (with merlin engines built after the war)
lol. wir halten fest das ihr eine messerschmitt fälschlicherweise als Bf bezeichnet habt! das dummköpfe nehm ich zurück, da ihr ja wnigstens bei wikipedia euer wissen gegoogelt habt! arm, sehr arm! die einzigsten bf sind in der legion condor geflogen! nehmt euch lieber mal bücher von deutschen autoren! hilft immer.
Willy Messerschmitts Unternehmen, Messerschmitt Flugzeugbau GmbH, baute zwar auch Flugzeuge, die trugen aber das Kürzel "M". Dieses Unternehmen arbeitete aber mit der Bayerischen Flugzeugwerke AG zusammen, die auch die von Messerschmitt konstruierte 109 baute. Daher das Kürzel "Bf" (für Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG).
Die Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG wurde 1938 in Messerschmitt AG umbenannt, und ab diesem Zeitpunkt wurde das Kürzel "Me" verwendet.
with a db engine...er-no,don't think i have.i take it by your response that you must see db engined bf109's all the time? where do you live?-a time machine?!
all flying Me109 lookalike do use HA1112 airframes with DB 60X engines. There was one once it was called the black six, but its grounded and so just the lookalikes are flying nowadays. The only original is the engine. So there are no flying Me109 anymore.
The Ha1112 and the Avia S199 were licensed build and were equipped with different engines. I like the Avia more than the Ha but thats only a personal opinion
it does look odd... i see exactly what you mean... but i looked this aircraft up on Airlines(.net) and from the other angles it looks like a regular 109E
The Spanish 109's had RR Merlin engines as the DB 601 was not available, in the film Battle of Britain you can tell they are using Spanish 109's as the engine cowling is totally different.
An original build Bf109e recovered, restored and first flown in September 1999. Well first flown since it was shot down and bellylanded on the Eastern Front. There is an excellent feature in AEROPLANE APRIL 2000 on this airframe salvaged in Russia and restored by Craig Charleston in the UK. It sounds as good as it looks and it is the real thing.
I too believe it is Spanish, but I thought the Spanish had a different motor bonnet? Is this particular one a custom fabrication to disguise its origin?
Don't think this is a Spaniard. I think they all had Merlin engines the 'right way up' with high level exhausts. This one has the inverted DB engine with low level exhausts and therefore a German original.
I don't understand you mate.This aircraft can easily be identified okay-problem is you got it 100% wrong!
Look at the exhaust on the cowling-its for the Daimler Benz engine.Had it been a Buchon, the exhaust would have been much higher to accomodate the Merlin engine.
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Actually, it IS spanish. Go check your facts. Better yet, find another picture of the same angle of a REAL 109, post it on youtube to prove all of us idiots wrong.
Go check your facts.... its a real german built Bf-109E... this has the inverted V Daimler-Benz engines...that means that the exhaust is on the bottom... just like this one... making the cowling different like Flashgrim said
whats a bit odd to me...is where the cowl meets the spinner. Looks sort of like the FW Dora model. For some reason...perhaps the angle of the shot.....it just doesnt look like an Emil. Why do you think that might be?
The proof is in the original data plate and serial number, Werk. Nr. 3579, and it's combat history. It was shot down in France in 1940, repaired and lost again in 1942 in Russia. The wreckage was recovered in the early 1990s and restored. It's an original Me109.
the bf 109 was outwitted by British Spitfires and by the U.S.A Mustangs after 1942-1945. try to visits the "Messerschmitt Bf109-G2 Black 6 by; auldm. thank you for your time.
No it wasn't. The last BF-109 model, the K-series, in which the BF-109K4 was the most numerous were much superior in performance and arnament to all allied fighters except the jets even in the closing days of WW2. The problem for the Germans were lack of decent pilots, fuel, high-quality metals and alloys and so forth. The BF-109 was in essence an excellent fighter.
Yes, joeceph an excellent fighter. You're not telling the whole story, though. The engine on the BF-109k4 was too powerful for the dated air frame. Thus it didn't handle well at the high speeds it was now able too achieve.
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Thats a genuine Battle of Britain Veteran too, amazing its still flying. I believe its stable mates in Canada are a Spitfire MK IV, Hawker Hurricane Mk X, Texan, P 51 mustang.
I wish they would continue building them. I am more then sure they still have the type of airframe why dont they just put a different engine in. I wish I had one so damn bad. 650K for one I found and I dont even have .50% of that money.
the 109E is not as round and smooth as its following types but I think it has the real look of a 109. Beautiful plane indeed. Looks as hot blooded and classy as a ferrari with its edges and clear lines.
We know Ed pretty well through our media relations with him. You can see his Messerschmitt, Spitfire, and Hurricane 'dogfight' every June in Niagara Falls if you are in the area.
I would like to congratulate all those who helped putting this bird together; wow, another authentic airworthy Luftwafte 109! I felted so sad when Black 6 was damaged.
this plane looks bettter than spitfire and mustang. its a fact. and also fast but i hate it cuz of the regime it was build in.
FrapsYou 4 months ago
why some people call them me 109??
FeedCrayfish 5 months ago
@FeedCrayfish Although it is more correct to call it a BF109, the common description by the British during WW2 was 'ME109'.
harryfaber 5 months ago
@harryfaber thanks!
FeedCrayfish 5 months ago
@FeedCrayfish
In 1938 the company Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG (designers of the Bf 109) was reorganized as Messerschmitt AG. All new aircraft were directed to use the ME prefix. However, the Bf 109 term was still acceptable and it was common for both terms to be used during the war by the Allies and the Germans.
FiveCentsPlease 5 months ago
@FiveCentsPlease thanks!
FeedCrayfish 5 months ago
....i hope these guys have lots of spareparts to keep this beutiful thing running for many hours to show all the warbird-enthusiats...and i hope one day i can go to an airshow and no one tells me anymore on disturbing loudspeakers who designed the BF 109 and when its first flight was and so on...just let the engine talk...........greetings from germany.....
tuca999 6 months ago
@tuca999
Restoration of German fighter aircraft is fairly new, with only a few examples operational within the last 20 years or so. A few more are on the way, but the parts supply is still an issue. Structural parts are not so much of a problem now, but engine parts are hard to find. So far, several engines are needed to combine into one working example. New engine parts are custom made when needed ,but this only adds to the costs for very expensive German restorations.
FiveCentsPlease 6 months ago
yay the sound of nazis!
Jimmy4manutd7ronaldo 6 months ago
Beautiful aeroplane, best-looking WW2 fighter IMO
999archenemy 6 months ago
Trivia: Those colors mimics which WWII ace?
Wara77 6 months ago
@Wara77
Hans-Joachim Marseille is said to have flown this aircraft at one time before it was salvaged from a crash and returned to Luftwaffe service. But I have also read that the combat loss report does not list him as the pilot for this plane and lists his crash landing separately. However, pilots did borrow other aircraft on occasion.
FiveCentsPlease 6 months ago
Trivia: Those colors mimics wich WWII ace?
Wara77 6 months ago
does it still have the original engine?
MrJp990 8 months ago
@MrJp990
Rebuilt from wreckage and restored as original, with an original engine.
FiveCentsPlease 8 months ago
@FiveCentsPlease Thanks
MrJp990 8 months ago
great plane, but needs a experienced pilot to fly well.
Bassdaddy404 8 months ago
luftwafa for sure
brucekirk89 9 months ago
Excellent vid. The real thing, not it's bastard brother the ugly Buchon.
billace90 10 months ago
looks so agressive!!!
Alexander25C 11 months ago
Why the 109 was produced instead of the He-100 I'll never understand. Politics I guess. I've always liked the 109, but the Heinkle was ahead of its time.
Jonno2summit 1 year ago
@Jonno2summit The He-100 was very well done... but the aircoolers, built into her wings made her very sensitive.
One lucky shot into the wings - END by shure. They could have solved that problem but there was no time to do that quick enough. The beginning production of the BF 109 took all the resources. They both would have used the same engine.
The FW 190 later only had a chance to appear because she used a radial engine that the industry could spare. The 190H/TA152 later used a bomber-engine.
UtgardBenni 11 months ago
The Me109s were tricky planes to master. Their biggest faults were the flaps at the leading edge of the wing opening during dives and they were difficult to land safely by a novice pilot. The Spitfire had better overall handling characteristics in the air, but it lacked the fuel injection (an advantage the Me109 had over all Allied fighters) that the 109 had. The Spit's landing gear geometry also made it dangerous to land too, which is something not widely recognized by its fans.
demort71 1 year ago
Why this fascination, almost obsession with the bf109? A great aircraft? sure ...but surely you can see that the limitations of the design were apparent right from the start: A superb interceptor, it's application to other roles was hampered by short range and limited payload.
Fantastic series of engines but the situation of "too much engine" made ALL 109's after the F series tricky to fly. Many variants were downright dangerous. The experten showed what could be done but 109's killed more...
digglyda 1 year ago
...pilots in training accidents than in combat. Most 109 pilots never got near to shooting down an allied aircraft. The scores of the 100 top expeeten skew the results, but a new trainee pilot facing a first operational flight in a bf109 G-12 or G-14 would be at a serious disadvantage compared to an equivalent ina Spitfire MK XIV, P-51D or a Yak 9.
digglyda 1 year ago
@digglyda I believe your information is a tad skewed...
deweypug 11 months ago
@deweypug: The top 110 German "experten" shot down more than 100 enemy aircraft each? That's over 10,000 kills. The top 550 accounted for over 36,000 Allied losses in total. That's well over 40% of ALL Allied wartime aircraft losses. In the hands of an expert the 109 was deadly but it was not easy to fly and the later marks were tricky, bordering on dangerous. Over 60% of ALL bf109 losses were down to non-operational accidents. An aircraft with a reputation earned largely by the men who flew it.
digglyda 11 months ago
@digglyda 10% of all Bf 109 losses were due to take-off and landing that may have been attributed to the narrow and somewhat delicate landing gear that was exacerbated on unimproved runways, but another mostly overlooked problem was the abnormally massive slipstream (a normal left turning tendency on most prop airplanes that is normally easy to correct) created by the propeller and aggravated by the very narrow fuselage. Overall though, this was the most highly advanced plane of the time.
deweypug 11 months ago
@deweypug
Starting with the BF109F, the vertical fin was offset to counter the propeller torque. When Spain built the Buchons, they didn't change this and the opposite rotation of the Merlin made the torque handling even worse. Counter-rotating props also eliminated this, but they were not perfected until after the war with the Griffon engine.
FiveCentsPlease 11 months ago
What a beaut 'craft. Hard to believe but that 'thing' actually went into fercious aerial battle with allied fighters and bombers time after time, and it survived today for all plane lovers to truly appreciate.
dj17q 1 year ago
That's beautiful! What a historical aircraft. :D
kendoka0girl 1 year ago
the best engines are HISPANO SUIZA!
SoldierIberian1 1 year ago
@SoldierIberian1
I must agree but Ettori Buggati could build a mean motor as well
llandudnoboy 1 year ago
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woainikmban123 1 year ago
Yes but German engines are better
joelwolf14 1 year ago
The company Daimler-Benz but the engine in this video is not a original engine but with the UFo staff i dont now !
joelwolf14 1 year ago
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joelwolf14 1 year ago
Does this have the German engine?
HerrSchnellmann 1 year ago
@HerrSchnellmann No a shit america engine
joelwolf14 1 year ago
@joelwolf14 A rather negative thing to say. The US built some of the best engines of the war, though radials I'll grant you. The Pratt and Whitney R-2800 and Wright 3350 where masterpieces.
KimmurielBaenre 1 year ago
@HerrSchnellmann NO
joelwolf14 1 year ago
@joelwolf14 ay are you German If so I would like to talk with you Im Aussie and admire German people and engineering....Brian.
critchley3819 1 year ago
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joelwolf14 1 year ago
@critchley3819 Yes you can talk with me (-; im a German !
joelwolf14 1 year ago
@joelwolf14 I would like to know what company built the 109 engine I do not agree with you about shit American engines , do you know anything about Von Bruan he seemed to hint on UFO stuff.
critchley3819 1 year ago
@HerrSchnellmann
Yes, this example flies with a DB601 engine.
FiveCentsPlease 1 year ago
is this a new bf 109e becasue i thought there was only one left in the world and its not that clour
conkareno 1 year ago
@conkareno
The was rebuilt from wreckage in 1999 and is one of two Bf 109E models that are airworthy. Other non-airworthy examples exist and several more are being restored to airworthy condition.
FiveCentsPlease 1 year ago
that's funny the nose doesn't line up to the spinner like a messerschmitt bf109, it has the nose of a focke-wulf fw190
sergmichel 1 year ago
@sergmichel that because its a bf109 e-4,the bf109 f-2,s and up did
sheaprodigy 1 year ago
@sergmichel
its an E4 not a Gustaf "G" model where the spinner was attached to the bird as You said...
grazyarnie 1 year ago
@grazyarnie the E3, the version used in the battle of britain, was lining up to the spinner too
sergmichel 1 year ago
@sergmichel
Yes I know but that wasnt so smooth as it was realized by the G models...well I can show a model of the E-3 model cause I did it in 3D and using real plans of it....it looks smooth from the side but the spinner wasnt so smooth integrated to the rest of the fuselage
grazyarnie 1 year ago
wait that one guy at the tail is keeping this plane from taking off??????? your kidding somthings not right
zachnunes123456789 1 year ago
@zachnunes123456789
That and a generous application of brakes and up elevator by the man in the cockpit. The lack of wheel chocks is surprising, but they may be hidden in the shadows.
FiveCentsPlease 1 year ago
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over9000christian 1 year ago
Very nice!
megatwingo 1 year ago
Nice, That plane is beautiful!
Hahalo3 1 year ago
I had a temporary job at Mojave airport in the summer of 2001. I worked in the hangar next to the Museum of Flying's shop. I knew the BF-109E was next door but when I first saw it it didn't have it's engine. Later that summer I heard something start up outside and knew THAT IS NOT A MERLIN!. They were doing the first runs on it with the cowl off. That DB is an awesome sound all it's own. The short stacks and straight cut gears make for a whining crackle very different than a Merlin.
Zuloff 1 year ago 4
@Zuloff i bet you had a cool job
huntingfreak901 1 year ago
@Zuloff YES, Bf 109 with Merlin engine is not the same. Looks worse and that sound ... it's engine for Spitfire and other planes but not for the Messerschmitt 109!. Do You know anything what the matter with this Bf after accident last year?. Will be fly? Regards
oron42 1 year ago
Does anybody know where to find ww2 aircraft production costs? Either original or inflation adjusted?
rickoc386 1 year ago
Great video! The Guy holding down the tail is having a windy day..lol. Nice to see a 109E, its a beuty.
MrUllersater 1 year ago
Both were excellent planes but each had it's own element. Both were very good at what they did and both deserve respect.
TheCatFan21 2 years ago 4
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sorry guys the P-51 has it beat
blueflame53 2 years ago
and the F4U has the mustang beat...
considering that's an E type from 1940-41, mustang D model was 1944, by then there were G type Bf109 and FW 190D's that held their own against being outnumbered 100/1...
also, by 1944 the luftwaffe was in dire need of experianced pilots, most of their best were out of action already or commited on the russian front, where the war was mostly decided.
attananightshadow 2 years ago 5
and the mustang had a rolls royce engine in it. so it sounded like most british planes
fausto80 2 years ago
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lander4545 2 years ago
Actually the Mustang's engine was the American made Packard V-1650. An improved and updated variant of the Rolls Royce Merlin!
lander4545 2 years ago
@blueflame53
Pilots win dogfights at the end of the day, aircraft just help them.
Rockapebates 2 years ago
@Rockapebates only if guns work.
terry
terryjohn 2 years ago
Das ist mein baby
FranzLukas 2 years ago 2
Feel proud my friend. the Germans took on the world with this baby in all its forms. Here in New Zealand there is deep admiration for what the Germans achieved during this era
gilliguts 2 years ago 3
Finnish Air Force had G-2, G-6, and G-10:s. They were as Fox at Chickens House @ Karelia 1944!
mt451 2 years ago 2
Actually, the guy is sitting on the tail to keep the aircraft from nosing over, not "...inadvertently taking off". Both wheel brakes are applied during high engine settings while on the ground, and would otherwise nose over if no weight was applied at the back of the aircraft.
Treetop64 2 years ago
@Treetop64 LOL, yes, totally correct...I really, really doubt that any man could hold that 109 there if the brakes weren't on. But with the leverage he has, he can easily keep the nose from pulling itself forward just by sitting on the stabilizer. Ya gotta love some of these TV experts. Almost as good as "YouTube" experts! =D
justforever96 1 year ago
hmm messer 109 is so sexy
BodiZoltan 2 years ago 31
@BodiZoltan
az de még mennyire:)
kicsikemisike 1 year ago
@BodiZoltan a British fighter pilot from the war might disagree with you, but vintage aviation buffs would cede the point.
kiwigeofreak 9 months ago
imagine being sat in your spit , then looking behind to see one of these ready to blow your ass off ! scary or what !
MegaTiggy 2 years ago 2
@MegaTiggy I'll bet the same applies for a 109 pilot looking back and seeing a SPIT ready to blow his ass off. Actually, I'll bet the part that would scare you is seeing those guns pointed at you, not the plane itself. Even a 109 without guns wouldn't be very scary. Like a toothless pit bull, or something. LOL.
justforever96 1 year ago
fantastic plane !! the spit and the 109 simply the best ! i love em and all that flew them ! god bless em
MegaTiggy 2 years ago 3
Deutsche Wertarbeit!!
PhillyXDXP 2 years ago 3
one of the two flying emils today, very beautiful!
deseryve 2 years ago 4
Did they retire Black 6 at Duxford?????
sakoshooter48 2 years ago
yes...ground loop :(
kenns9 2 years ago
it's at the hendon museum i think
bofysauty 2 years ago
Its the Russel Group in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
dwb345 2 years ago
k, thx
bofysauty 2 years ago
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German junk
gotcha109 2 years ago
lol....could'nt agree more...
blueflame53 2 years ago
Hardly...
mrrmancunian 2 years ago
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shut up fag shit ,, go crave a nigger dick scum gotcha shit
pudransemarikas 2 years ago
Wonderful design,proven performer.
Scharfschutzen1 2 years ago 5
Was up to the Niagara airshow this or rather down since I'm from further north of Niagara; with the girlfriend to see some of these old beauties fly. I was very disappointed that I didn't get to listen to the whistle of that 109E wizz by as it seems the local party pooper managed to cause some damage to the port wing by placing a pole in the path of the runway. Pilot landed "safely" after hitting the pole, and there's a nasty gash to her wing; hoping they get it up to snuff soon!
dracheous 2 years ago
@dracheous You mean that someone PUT a pole in the runway intentionally to cause damage? Or were you just joking and it was really just an accident? 'Cause if I got my hands on someone who purposely tried to wreck a flying warbird, I'd open a can of pure whup-ass on him. Or HER, even, if need be! XD
justforever96 1 year ago
@justforever96
The poles were placed at the end of the private runway by an adjacent property owner, no doubt to create a flight obstacle and to possibly interrupt the yearly Russell Group airshow. It's a miracle the plane wasn't damaged more or crashed. I haven't heard anything regarding charges or a lawsuit, but I hope Mr. Russell owns him when it the dust settles.
FiveCentsPlease 1 year ago
Sehr schönes Flugzeug!!(Jäger)
powerheli777 2 years ago 17
I remember hearing somewhere that these had the first fuel injection sysytems
Ruckerjd01283 2 years ago
The Daimler-Benz Air M 601 engines had a direct injection system-That means that the fuel was injected directly into the combustion chamber. Other fuel injection system inject into the intake manifold.
Fritztoons 2 years ago
was it a mecahical injection system? if so do you no of any good vids where i can see how it works? cheers
Ruckerjd01283 2 years ago
I love this plane, its my dream to own one!
TomWindsurf 2 years ago
Waiiiiiit. He also said its the only flying 109. I can believe it is the only 109 flying with the original Diamler Benz engine, but Isn't there some spanish 109's with the Merlin Engine still airworthy?
LethalHobo 2 years ago
he ment the only flying BF-109 E4
lamage89 2 years ago
Messerschmitt Bf 109 vs SPITFIRE lMK IX a lucha de titanes
mancoreta87 2 years ago
Actually, the narrator is wrong when he states that the man on the tail was there to prevent the 109 from taking off. The brakes took care of that. He was actually sitting on the tail to keep the prop from pulling it forward onto it's nose, like slamming on the front brake of a bicycle.
Rikki0 2 years ago
You are correct. I have heard a story of a similar situation were a Woman, (i think) sitting on the tail of a spitfire and the pilot took off forgetting she was there, I think the plane landed safely.
musicbruv 2 years ago
Yeah, you mean Maragaret Horton- she went for an unplanned ride(!) on the tail of Spitfire V AB910-its still with us - and flies with the RAF's Battle of Britain Memorial Flight- she died some time ago though
EQUINUSRIGHT 2 years ago
She lived into her 80's though. Do you know whe was charged for her unauthorised flight and for losing her beret? ha ha
AlexSlams 2 years ago
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Yes the rest of the world would have been happy knowing they saved a country that was murdering innocent people because they didn't have the right arien stock.
pramboy74 2 years ago
Most of the Fighter aircraft of WW II had small tight cockpits. Due to weight and armor issues. I,v met and listened to Vets from that war when I was a kid in the 60s going to Rockfod then Oshkosh airshow every summer. My dads friend from Paris was a Rumanian Lufft pilot till he defected. He was 6ft. 4" and could,nt fly fighters so he flew HE 111s. Scared the crap outta me the first time I flew with him. He, Marcel Jurka started the scaled down Fighter movement with the Gnatsum P51 in the 60s.
pinwizz69 2 years ago
I was always surprised how small the cockpit of the 109 was and I am of average build. I'd take the 47, 51, or even the 38 Lightning over the 109. The 109 was a great aircraft during WWII for its age however. Very impressive aircraft.
IrenicIronist 2 years ago
5*****!
megatwingo 2 years ago
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Spitfire=7*******!
elenamagiru 2 years ago
it's not only one...there are in england,germany and spain.rare aircraft not like mc 205 veltro(aermacchi owner) or fw 190(not flying today).best ww2 aircraft,shark war look!
sardosfish 2 years ago
no you didn't listen right it is the only BF 109E flying today (the type used in the battle of britain). The rest are gustav models and hispano Buchons (with merlin engines built after the war)
pramboy74 2 years ago
what an excellent plane, how lucky we are to see the only one flying today, and likely ever...
ObltKG4 2 years ago
now messerschmitt has changed into a bubblecar! D:
freezyguy666 2 years ago
ich seh grad... ab 1938 wurde die bezeichnung Me zum Bf benutzt, die 109 und 110 hießen bis zum schluss Bf oder Me! sorry!
Feierprinz86 2 years ago
lol. wir halten fest das ihr eine messerschmitt fälschlicherweise als Bf bezeichnet habt! das dummköpfe nehm ich zurück, da ihr ja wnigstens bei wikipedia euer wissen gegoogelt habt! arm, sehr arm! die einzigsten bf sind in der legion condor geflogen! nehmt euch lieber mal bücher von deutschen autoren! hilft immer.
Feierprinz86 2 years ago
Bf ist die algemeine bezeichnung aller versionen
P214Stearman 2 years ago
Amazing fighterplane, must have been the nightmare of many allied airforces.
Borat911 2 years ago
also war die hier gezeigte , eine 109 e-4 vor oder nach 1938 gebaut??? danach denk ich ma, also eine me 109 e-4, nicht bf!!!
Feierprinz86 2 years ago
Halten wir mal fest, daß Deine Feststellung, Bf gebe es nicht, falsch und die Ansage "Dummköpfe", ähm, sagen wir mal, unangemessen ist.
eltfell 2 years ago
Me ihr dummköpfe, nicht Bf, Bf gibt es nicht!!! lernen und dann schreiben!
Feierprinz86 2 years ago
Doch Bf!
Willy Messerschmitts Unternehmen, Messerschmitt Flugzeugbau GmbH, baute zwar auch Flugzeuge, die trugen aber das Kürzel "M". Dieses Unternehmen arbeitete aber mit der Bayerischen Flugzeugwerke AG zusammen, die auch die von Messerschmitt konstruierte 109 baute. Daher das Kürzel "Bf" (für Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG).
Die Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG wurde 1938 in Messerschmitt AG umbenannt, und ab diesem Zeitpunkt wurde das Kürzel "Me" verwendet.
eltfell 2 years ago
lol Dog
JazzBassBloke 2 years ago
is this the plane that hans j marsille flew in france 1940
tj
terryjohn 3 years ago
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Interesting. Thank God Britain and the Yanks had better planes or we'd all be speaking German, eating brats, swilling beer. Beer is ok.
parafleet 3 years ago
This plane is not to be flown... You just left it in your bedroom and keep people away!!!
Cavelson 3 years ago
i saw a me display that had a original DB in it and the sound is just unbeatable knocks the hispano out for the count for sure
Hennersbass 3 years ago
Big deal! Just and engine running! Haven't you've seen one before? -_-
Convict147 3 years ago
with a db engine...er-no,don't think i have.i take it by your response that you must see db engined bf109's all the time? where do you live?-a time machine?!
jacko352 3 years ago
perhaps i do :D
Convict147 3 years ago
This is the real deal. Only one Me109 flies with the DB engines, and I think it crashed.
Picture is definately not the Hisso engine as it has a big chin radiator. The Hispano 109s were the G version and were operational until about 1964.
petie32 3 years ago
sorry I have to correct You:
all flying Me109 lookalike do use HA1112 airframes with DB 60X engines. There was one once it was called the black six, but its grounded and so just the lookalikes are flying nowadays. The only original is the engine. So there are no flying Me109 anymore.
The Ha1112 and the Avia S199 were licensed build and were equipped with different engines. I like the Avia more than the Ha but thats only a personal opinion
grazyarnie 3 years ago
is this the supercharged model or were they all eq'd with them?
OsamaBinLadenx 3 years ago
where can i buy a model
nowheelspin 3 years ago
it does look odd... i see exactly what you mean... but i looked this aircraft up on Airlines(.net) and from the other angles it looks like a regular 109E
thewwiiguy 3 years ago
It's an original BF-109 E4, not a spanish version...
asmumy 3 years ago 3
The Spanish 109's had RR Merlin engines as the DB 601 was not available, in the film Battle of Britain you can tell they are using Spanish 109's as the engine cowling is totally different.
flashgrim 3 years ago
TESTORS!!!!!!
grandtheftauto4123 3 years ago
An original build Bf109e recovered, restored and first flown in September 1999. Well first flown since it was shot down and bellylanded on the Eastern Front. There is an excellent feature in AEROPLANE APRIL 2000 on this airframe salvaged in Russia and restored by Craig Charleston in the UK. It sounds as good as it looks and it is the real thing.
Michaelfranm 3 years ago
I've got the history on this bird... it's not Spanish by a LOOOOOOOOOOONG shot.
DauntlessDriver546 3 years ago
Amazing. An actual 109-e4. Those who think it is a spanish-built seriously need to do their research. Not only is that wrong, it is horribly wrong.
SpenzOT 3 years ago 2
german built me 109 e4 original
TXRBL56 3 years ago
Spanish built. Not as great. Can tell by the nose and fairings.
joeyruh 3 years ago
I too believe it is Spanish, but I thought the Spanish had a different motor bonnet? Is this particular one a custom fabrication to disguise its origin?
freiherrudet 3 years ago
Don't think this is a Spaniard. I think they all had Merlin engines the 'right way up' with high level exhausts. This one has the inverted DB engine with low level exhausts and therefore a German original.
robineff 3 years ago 2
you better learn your planes son.this is the real deal.flew in the battle of britan.not spanish as you think.
walley29 3 years ago
I don't understand you mate.This aircraft can easily be identified okay-problem is you got it 100% wrong!
Look at the exhaust on the cowling-its for the Daimler Benz engine.Had it been a Buchon, the exhaust would have been much higher to accomodate the Merlin engine.
fokjock 3 years ago
what do you say?
that was a german invention!
the legion "condor" helped franco with aircraft like messerschmitt and heinkel
spanish army had only doppeldecker consisting of fell trees
SputnikSpeed 3 years ago
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Actually, it IS spanish. Go check your facts. Better yet, find another picture of the same angle of a REAL 109, post it on youtube to prove all of us idiots wrong.
joeyruh 3 years ago
Go check your facts.... its a real german built Bf-109E... this has the inverted V Daimler-Benz engines...that means that the exhaust is on the bottom... just like this one... making the cowling different like Flashgrim said
thewwiiguy 3 years ago
whats a bit odd to me...is where the cowl meets the spinner. Looks sort of like the FW Dora model. For some reason...perhaps the angle of the shot.....it just doesnt look like an Emil. Why do you think that might be?
met66 3 years ago
Ya good one. Way to prove me wrong. Boy you sure showed me. Where's the proof 'tard?
joeyruh 3 years ago
The proof is in the original data plate and serial number, Werk. Nr. 3579, and it's combat history. It was shot down in France in 1940, repaired and lost again in 1942 in Russia. The wreckage was recovered in the early 1990s and restored. It's an original Me109.
FiveCentsPlease 2 years ago
Horrido!
stege 3 years ago
EMIL!
34driver 3 years ago
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ww2 was 1937-1945
Niklert 4 years ago
oops sorry mistype. the ww2 was 1939-1945.
amklon2clark 4 years ago 3
the bf 109 was outwitted by British Spitfires and by the U.S.A Mustangs after 1942-1945. try to visits the "Messerschmitt Bf109-G2 Black 6 by; auldm. thank you for your time.
amklon2clark 4 years ago
No it wasn't. The last BF-109 model, the K-series, in which the BF-109K4 was the most numerous were much superior in performance and arnament to all allied fighters except the jets even in the closing days of WW2. The problem for the Germans were lack of decent pilots, fuel, high-quality metals and alloys and so forth. The BF-109 was in essence an excellent fighter.
joeceph 4 years ago 8
Yes, joeceph an excellent fighter. You're not telling the whole story, though. The engine on the BF-109k4 was too powerful for the dated air frame. Thus it didn't handle well at the high speeds it was now able too achieve.
videoyouer32 3 years ago
bf109...super flying tigers of ww2 (1930-1941?) now unarmed...peace be with you always bf109.
amklon2clark 4 years ago
wtf?? nonono WW2 was 1939-1945. common man. lol. But yeah the bf109 is pure sweetness, awesome fighter
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Auflsung 4 years ago
i personally think that they should start putting ww1 ans 2 eara war machines and guns back into production
motorheadslipknot 4 years ago
FW 190s are being built again.
EssieP 3 years ago
Thats a genuine Battle of Britain Veteran too, amazing its still flying. I believe its stable mates in Canada are a Spitfire MK IV, Hawker Hurricane Mk X, Texan, P 51 mustang.
This and the G 10 model are my favourite 109's
bigredheinz 4 years ago
It's definately not the only flying BF109 in the world...there's still a bunch out there....
997porsche 4 years ago
It's the only flying Bf 109E! The early 1939-40 era Bf 109 that fought in Poland 1939, France 1940 and the Battle of Britain, 1940.
The other flying Bf 109s are Bf 109G's from 1943-45.
theotheteddy 4 years ago
I wish they would continue building them. I am more then sure they still have the type of airframe why dont they just put a different engine in. I wish I had one so damn bad. 650K for one I found and I dont even have .50% of that money.
CplNavrasMEC 4 years ago
The Flying Heritage Collection also has a flying E model that gets air time a few days each year. It also has a remarkable paint scheme.
FiveCentsPlease 2 years ago
I believe he says it's the only flying BF109-E in the world, specifying the E model. Perhaps that's true?
PatrolmanDark 4 years ago
the 109E is not as round and smooth as its following types but I think it has the real look of a 109. Beautiful plane indeed. Looks as hot blooded and classy as a ferrari with its edges and clear lines.
13Filmrisse 2 years ago
We know Ed pretty well through our media relations with him. You can see his Messerschmitt, Spitfire, and Hurricane 'dogfight' every June in Niagara Falls if you are in the area.
jrivard 4 years ago
I would like to congratulate all those who helped putting this bird together; wow, another authentic airworthy Luftwafte 109! I felted so sad when Black 6 was damaged.
phambo101 4 years ago