For some reason I always try my new plane additions around Gibraltar. So, this time it’s the Me-109 or Bf-109 Gustav. I already have the P-38 and the Spitfire Mk IX from Flying  Irons Simulations and both of them I can handle by now. 

 

 

Ok, the good news is, I got her into the air. Not the way I wanted to, as can be seen from the picture. Luckily the runway here has lots of room on both sides and the plane was never intended to take off from anything but grass

 

 

In the air she is easy on the stick, I love it

 

 

 

Ok, now comes the hard part

 

So far so good

 

"Auf Wiedersehen!" What happened? I tried a gentle three-point landing, but as soon as I touched ground she swung around violently and went out of control. Oh well….I guess I need way more practice than with the Spitti. And on grass!! Somewhere I have read that due to the narrow undercarriage one third of all Bf-109 produced were not lost in combat, but during take-off and landing

 

Thanks for viewing

Wunderbar, Bernd, now you have earned a good Bratwurst and Bier.

But: The rock looks so much more unrealistic than in FSX or P3D before. What might have happened there?

5 minutes ago, Stiller Water said:

Wunderbar, Bernd, now you have earned a good Bratwurst and Bier.

But: The rock looks so much more unrealistic than in FSX or P3D before. What might have happened there?

Many thanks, Gerold! And after having eaten the Bratwurst with a German beer I also found out, what went wrong during the landing: I had forgotten to lock the tailwheel. 🥵

I just did the flight again, with the tailwheel locked and I took off and landed on grass. Everything was fine now, this time including the landing. 😄  

 

I don't know with the rock. When I fly with Google map installed instead of Bing, it looks more or less the same.  

Wunderschön shots Bernd! 🙂 

You could have done aerobatics like the immelmann...

I hope there're livery for this BF109 with swastikas on the tail.

2 hours ago, Stiller Water said:

But: The rock looks so much more unrealistic than in FSX or P3D before. What might have happened there?

I noticed that also, mine doesn't look like that.

@bernd1151 are you using any 3d party scenery here? something is wrong there...but the rest is top notch.

Schliese mich an, klasse Shots Bernd 👍

cheers 😉

Edited June 14, 20233 yr by pmplayer

Cool shots Bernd.  Enjoy learning this plane.  Tail staggers were always too difficult for me.

I think the yellow nose puts that BF 109 with a fighter squadron the bomber crews used to refer to as the dreaded Abbeville Kids stationed in France. Real terror to the bomber boys. 

Nope. Had to look it up. Not the Jagdgeschwader (JG) 26 "Schlageter".👍🙂

Edited June 14, 20233 yr by Patco Lch

3 hours ago, Alaska738 said:

Wunderschön shots Bernd! 🙂 

You could have done aerobatics like the immelmann...

I hope there're livery for this BF109 with swastikas on the tail.

Many thanks, Will. I think there will be liveries with the swastika coming on the .to site, but I won't use them.

 

2 hours ago, dmarques69 said:

I noticed that also, mine doesn't look like that.

@bernd1151 are you using any 3d party scenery here? something is wrong there...but the rest is top notch.

Thanks, Marques, I will check whether any add-on I have for North Africa will be responsible for this. I have no specific add-on for Gibraltar installed.

 

1 hour ago, pmplayer said:

Schliese mich an, klasse Shots Bernd 👍

cheers 😉

I'm glad you like them, buddy.

 

1 hour ago, Jack_Sawyer said:

Cool shots Bernd.  Enjoy learning this plane.  Tail staggers were always too difficult for me.

Many thanks my friend, I love this kind of challenge 🙂

 

53 minutes ago, Patco Lch said:

I think the yellow nose puts that BF 109 with a fighter squadron the bomber crews used to refer to as the dreaded Abbeville Kids stationed in France. Real terror to the bomber boys. 

Nope. Had to look it up. Not the Jagdgeschwader (JG) 26 "Schlageter".👍🙂

Many thanks for the info. The aircraft.cfg just calls it Yellow 6, it could be of the JG27, but I'm not certain. The yellow tactical markings were used in order to reduce friendly fire incidents (similar to the Allied D-Day stripes). Some painted the entire cowling forward of the windshield yellow (which I like), while others just painted the undersides of the cowling. With the entire cowling painted yellow, I once read that American pilots said to eachother: "this guy thinks he is good, so he wants to be seen by his enemies".

3 hours ago, bernd1151 said:

Many thanks, Will. I think there will be liveries with the swastika coming on the .to site, but I won't use them.

Why? it's the emblem of the Luftwaffe 🙂 

13 hours ago, Alaska738 said:

Why? it's the emblem of the Luftwaffe 🙂 

No Will, not really, it was the emblem of the word not allowed party that was enforced on all military vehicles, not just the Luftwaffe, but also the navy and army. Yes, it's part of the plane's historical livery, but as I don't want to have anything to do with the word not allowed party or its emblems, I won't use this symbol. But of course that's something anybody has to decide for himself. If you want to use it, of course you are free to do so.

4 hours ago, bernd1151 said:

No Will, not really, it was the emblem of the word not allowed party that was enforced on all military vehicles, not just the Luftwaffe, but also the navy and army. Yes, it's part of the plane's historical livery, but as I don't want to have anything to do with the word not allowed party or its emblems, I won't use this symbol. But of course that's something anybody has to decide for himself. If you want to use it, of course you are free to do so.

Yeah indeed, Kriegsmarine, Wehrmacht, Einsantzgruppen, Waffen SS under the third Reich...

Yeah i know. 

On 6/15/2023 at 12:55 AM, Alaska738 said:

Why? it's the emblem of the Luftwaffe 🙂 

 

16 hours ago, bernd1151 said:

No Will, not really, it was the emblem of the word not allowed party that was enforced on all military vehicles, not just the Luftwaffe, but also the navy and army. Yes, it's part of the plane's historical livery, but as I don't want to have anything to do with the word not allowed party or its emblems, I won't use this symbol. But of course that's something anybody has to decide for himself. If you want to use it, of course you are free to do so.

BTW using this symbol in Germany is officially forbidden. For good reason. So even on an international homepage like this, we Germans will not feel good to use such a livery.

11 hours ago, Stiller Water said:

 

BTW using this symbol in Germany is officially forbidden. For good reason. So even on an international homepage like this, we Germans will not feel good to use such a livery.

Ok i understand! But i'm not talking in real life, but rather in the simulation. It's well represented in video games like Wolfenstein, Sniper Elite or Call Of Duty. There's nothing to do with hatred, just a historical representation without being a word not allowed.

On 6/14/2023 at 7:57 AM, bernd1151 said:

"Auf Wiedersehen!" What happened? I tried a gentle three-point landing, but as soon as I touched ground she swung around violently and went out of control. Oh well….I guess I need way more practice than with the Spitti....

...🙂.... Three-Point landing with this handful of a fighter... needs guts in the SIM, Bernd...glad you gave it a shot...!

This is not like the 3-Pointer with a (docile) Piper Cub for sure...I do recall someone here who was giving me a couple of tips (from his practical experience) how to properly do a 3-pointer with the Cub...not sure if I ever could do it perfectly...though.......

 

On 6/14/2023 at 10:16 AM, bernd1151 said:

And after having eaten the Bratwurst with a German beer I also found out, what went wrong during the landing: I had forgotten to lock the tailwheel. 🥵

Yes, that classic cuisine/combo would have surely helped you ace your landing, Bernd...🙂...

BTW, there are a few authentic Bavarian restaurants around here...The last time I'd visited one with colleagues, I'd ordered a German "gumbo" of some sort, of unidentified meats and sausages (you can tell I'm not a knowledgeable connoisseur about German cuisine...🙂...), but it was "tasty" nonetheless.... went well with a German Beer and Sauerkraut...who needs any other vegetables...🙂...?

Jokes aside, this is a very interesting post, aided by equally interesting comments. An appealing set of lovely pictures, to boot, of this timeless classic...

Thanks for sharing...!!

Edited June 17, 20232 yr by P_7878