Fantastic FW 190 video

[Bewolf]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

yep, so are you ready to modify and alter an original, pristine machine to make it fly? I think it would be a bad, bad idea. If you wanna tinker around with a spit or a mustang, fine, but unique stuff needs to be preserved for what it is, not put at potential risk of being lost forever.

There's a thousand things that could go wrong on that machine, and even a bent undercarriage or a damaged wingtip would be a real bummer.

As I said before:

In regards to your question.....yes, I definitely would....
...But let's just say active aircraft require maintance and that also includes the replacement of parts on a regular basis. Now sure, you can fetishize those original parts, but imho, that just results in a machine that is comparable to a stuffed pet animal. A rather sad and undignified sight.

As long as it just sits around to be stared at, it really does not matter what is under the hood as people won't see it anyways. For a museum a replica does just as fine. Flying comes with a risk, but it is the only way to actually get a real impression of a machine that was made for solely for this, flying. But that is just my opinion.