Channel: Autos & Vehicles
Uploaded: July 26, 2008 at 11:04 am
Author: funtimesteve4
Length: 02:18
Rating: 5.00
Views: 382
Footage taken from Biggin Hill. First aircraft in the video is the klemm 35trainer which first flew in 1935. The Luftwaffe used the type throughout the war for training its new pilots, the open tandem cockpit being ideal for this role.The next aircraft which looks similar to an Me-108 is another German trainer, the Bucker Bestmanm. The Bestmann continued production after the war, the last been dilivered in 1960.The desert coloured aircraft is the Me-108 Taifun (Typhoon). This aircraft was the base on which the Me-109 was designed. The Me-108 was used in the VIP transport role and reconaisance duties.The third aircraft in the formation is a Fiesler Storch. Its slow speed made is an ideal reconaisance aircraft. If the headwind was right it could even be held in the hover! It first flew in 1936. It has exception STOL capabilities, taking off in 60 metres and landing in 20.