First Engine Start FW190

FW190A-8 Werknummer 173056 quickly roared to life Sept. 21, 2009 after 8 1/2 years of restoration work on the four major components of 173056: Tail, fuselage, wings and engine. Located at the Baton Rouge Metro Airport at PAI Aero, this restoration is a project of Don and Linda Hansens engineering company. The engine was started but shut down quickly as a precaution due to lack of oil pressure indication - found later to be an incorrect pressure sender. Major Frank Hohmann from Flug-Werk in Gammelsdorf, Germany worked intently for most of September, as did Don Hansen and crew Rusty Gautreaux, Danny Trogé and Stephen Hansen to complete engine rigging. This de-preservation/pre-oiling run was a smoky success, with the 2000HP Ash82T engine starting instantly on the first try after 30 years in storage. The first flight is planned for Summer, 2010.

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[abhiginimav]

thumbs up if you think the political trolls below should shut the F*** up!

[BronzeGiant]

@beeroosterm I'll let ya in on a little secret. The airplane doesn't know a durn thing about politics nor does it care one way or the other. You really need to get a grip on reality sometime.

[saranovitch]

@abhiginimav

They'll settle down once the guilty ones have been processed

[MADdrummer971]

@distructor20 LOL i wouldn't think so that engine can tow that lil truck for miles!

[1903A3shooter]

NICE WORK, hope she flew well. Dave

[distructor20]

Do you really think that pick-up can hold still a runaway plane?

[vvfb09]

The best fighter of WWII in my opinion! The Germans were so far advanced when it came to engineering.

[heros2110]

I am proud to be a German engineer.

[MrFattyfatfatboy]

amazing plane,and had the spitfrie 5 in every way covered,but how the british pulled off the merlin 61 with same volume but twin super is somthing again,spit9s thought of fw190s as easy meat,easy meat.

[frunp]

German engineering

[liambloemendaal]

Damn, I thought I saw smoke during the airshow I went to...but damn thatssome serious smoke! NICE! :D

[DarkBlitzkrieg46]

nice