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Focke Wulf FW-190 Restoration Start-up videos
« on: May 16, 2010, 05:36:48 AM »
I was about to leave Chino airport on Tuesday May 11 when I spotted an unusual airplane on the ramp.  I went down there and discovered it was a just-restored FW-190 that was about to have a start up and taxi test by an FAA inspector.  Since my camera was in my pocket I stuck around and captured these images.  This airplane is probably on the static display ramp at the Chino Airshow this weekend, but I think it won't have its first flight til after the airshow is over.  Enjoy the videos!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL6z0ZXZ5PE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gGuZzeFNUU

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Re: Focke Wulf FW-190 Restoration Start-up videos
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2010, 12:56:38 AM »
 ::bow:: ::bow:: ::bow:: ::bow:: <-- Ain't enough of these my friend! AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Focke Wulf FW-190 Restoration Start-up videos
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2010, 08:51:04 PM »
HMmmmmmmmmmm nice  ::wave::
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Re: Focke Wulf FW-190 Restoration Start-up videos
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2010, 10:33:16 AM »
Fantastic luck, and quite a nice recording!  ::bow:: |:)\
Also a very nice classic plane, especially now it's "just" a plane and not a weapon.

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Re: Focke Wulf FW-190 Restoration Start-up videos
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2010, 02:51:46 PM »
Fantastic luck, and quite a nice recording!  ::bow:: |:)\
Also a very nice classic plane, especially now it's "just" a plane and not a weapon.

Frank

I was very lucky Frank.  This is why I always have a camera tucked into my pocket.  You never know what you are gonna see on an airport ramp...  Especially at Chino!

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Re: Focke Wulf FW-190 Restoration Start-up videos
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2010, 10:09:34 AM »
What kind of camera do you have that fits in a pocket and takes such sharp videos and decent sound?

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Re: Focke Wulf FW-190 Restoration Start-up videos
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2010, 02:11:44 PM »
Do they have a  Me 262 at Chino?
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Re: Focke Wulf FW-190 Restoration Start-up videos
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2010, 02:44:10 PM »
Oddy, the Chino Planes of Fame Museum has an Me262 in its collection but I don't think it is in flying condition.

Frank, my cheapie camera is a Sony DSC-S700 with 7.2 Megapixels and 3.0 Optical Zoom.  I bought this at a Sears store about 4 years ago and it is considered old technology.  Mama has a 12.2 Megapixel Samsung that she bought a year ago but she uses it exclusively for lectures and labs and won't let me touch it.


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Re: Focke Wulf FW-190 Restoration Start-up videos
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2010, 02:48:36 PM »
Thought they had one of the modern ones there.
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Re: Focke Wulf FW-190 Restoration Start-up videos
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2010, 02:57:36 PM »
Its possible they do.  I haven't been into the museum in years.
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« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2010, 01:37:59 PM »
That's slightly newer than my first and so-far only digital camera and it's only 3.2 mp I think, although that's only for still-photos, the video/audio function is 15 fps at very low resolution. In any case then old as it might be then it clearly can still make good quality video-recordings  8)

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