The greatest Aviation "barn find" in history ?.

The greatest Aviation "barn find" in history ?.

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speedick

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Wednesday 9th July 2014
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RDMcG

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209 months

Wednesday 9th July 2014
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Fascinating…trying to remember if the 109s were actual Messerschmitts or the Spanish HAs built under licence….

TEKNOPUG

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Wednesday 9th July 2014
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RDMcG said:
Fascinating…trying to remember if the 109s were actual Messerschmitts or the Spanish HAs built under licence….
All Spanish Buchon's AFAIK. Certainly in the BOB film that is being referred to.

jurbie

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Wednesday 9th July 2014
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anonymous-user

56 months

Thursday 10th July 2014
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They look odd with the merlins.

Eric Mc

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267 months

Thursday 10th July 2014
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Thread already running.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

They aren't really a "barn find" in that their existence and location has always been known. Connie Edwards bought the Buchons in 1967 at the time the film Battle of Britain was being made and he and his team of flyers were roped into the film shoot.

Since 1969 some of the Buchons have been kept flying and some have been sold on at various stages. The remainder were kept stored.

Eric Mc

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Thursday 10th July 2014
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el stovey said:
They look odd with the merlins.
The 109 family has had a wide variety of engines - so the front end of the aircraft has changed noticeably over the various versions. From memory the engines used were -

Rolls Royce Kestrel (prototype)
Junkers Jumo 210 (A to D versions)
Daimler Benz 600/601/605 (E to K versions)
Junkers Jumo 211 (Avia 199 and variants)
Hispano Suiza (early Buchons)
Rolls Royce Merlins (later Buchons)