Messerschmitt Bf 109 E Engine Runup

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Uploaded by on Apr 20, 2007

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4 of the Russell Collection runs up its engine at Niagara during 2004.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

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  • 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.

  • @FiveCentsPlease thanks!

  • @harryfaber thanks!

  • @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.

  • @FeedCrayfish Although it is more correct to call it a BF109, the common description by the British during WW2 was 'ME109'.

  • why some people call them me 109??

  • @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.

  • ....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.....

  • @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.

  • yay the sound of nazis!

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