Is this a video of the aircraft?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/newsbeat- ... y-officers
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Very funny.
Interesting to see the design compromises needed for the 187. I can't imagine the pilots particularly enjoying having to look out of the window to read some instruments.
Interesting to see the design compromises needed for the 187. I can't imagine the pilots particularly enjoying having to look out of the window to read some instruments.
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Yeah same here. The spotters cards seemed to show a swept back leading edge outboard of the engines. Proper dwgs of the FW 187 show a remarkable similarity to the aircraft Mike postedchrispbits wrote: ↑28 Apr 2020, 16:42I think that's it. I didn't spot it in the WWII spotters cards but other images show the likeness much better.
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Excellent work, Marijn
Strangely, they say that only a few were built. I've seen at least two different registration numbers on crash photos, and anothe picture including a turret, whereas the description I read, mentioned the rear crew member operating defensive guns via periscope and remote control.
A few photos here, so it was real:
http://panssarivaunut.blogspot.com/2017 ... w-187.html