Friday Update, April 13, 2012

[Martin77]

i agree too. i think some people mustnt see it from just ONE side.
Theres a phrase it says "history was made by the victors" but before make a decission
please read what the other side think.
There must be a reason why the germans stil fly the 109.
Otherwise they turned completely to Fw 190 when they saw the great success against spits in the first encounters, but they dont

[6S.Manu]

Originally Posted by Martin77

i agree too. i think some people mustnt see it from just ONE side.
Theres a phrase it says "history was made by the victors" but before make a decission
please read what the other side think.
There must be a reason why the germans stil fly the 109.
Otherwise they turned completely to Fw 190 when they saw the great success against spits in the first encounters, but they dont

An industrial production issue IMO... they could have replaced it with the better FIAT G.55 but the production time per unit of the latter was greater... (quantity over quality)

About the 190: they knew of its bad performance above 6.5km... it would be a bad idea to end the production of their only high altitude fighter.

[Frequent_Flyer]

Originally Posted by Martin77

i agree too. i think some people mustnt see it from just ONE side.
Theres a phrase it says "history was made by the victors" but before make a decission
please read what the other side think.
There must be a reason why the germans stil fly the 109.
Otherwise they turned completely to Fw 190 when they saw the great success against spits in the first encounters, but they dont

The 109 had better performance at higher altitudes than the FW-190. The Germans could not get the altitude performance out of the BMW radial engine. A significant disatvantage considering the altitude of the Allied bomber stream. It was not until the introduces the inline engine into the FW-190D did this get amended.