Bf 109

[Colonel]

Why pilots treat aviation with contempt is a mystery to me. It is expensive, painful and even fatal to do so.

[Slick Goodlin]

I bet a Bf-109 is sporty on pavement. Shame that every time one is running you can bet someone is recording.

[Squaretail]

Maybe its just me, but it looked like he was fishing for the proverbial "greaser".

[David MacRay]

If he was he needs to switch lures/bait.

[CaptNerdly]

Think I read somewhere more Bf109s were lost in landing accidents than in combat.

[Colonel]

WWII thinking was that you operated tailwheel aircraft from a large grass field, so no crosswinds.

Flying those aircraft off dry paved runways with a crosswind is borderline insane and requires a level of stick and rudder skill which is virtually unknown these days.

My old friend Larry was a wizard stick. Flew a DH85 Hornet Moth biplane with an enormous wing span and zero dihedral off dry paved runways with a crosswind. Take a look at its journey log sometime. Hi there!

Rick Volker flew a Bf109 off a dry paved runway with a howling crosswind but again he was an exceptionally good stick.

News flash: you may strut around in a flight suit, but you will never even have half the skill of Larry or Rick.

And it doesn’t matter what I say, or if your feelings get hurt. The airplane doesn’t give a shit about any of that. Remember that as you start to groundloop.

Skip forward to 3 minutes. This guy edits as well as he flies

[Nark]

Great stabilization on short final.

Didn’t see that ground loop coming.



Come in gents, there’s no shame in going around. There is in ground looping a perfectly good aircraft at a manageable airport.

[dumbbell daddy]

Why is he wearing an RAF type white flying glove on one hand? Lol

[Colonel]

I know.

And, this is why you should always check the gear alignment in taildraggers. They’ve all been groundlooped with no logbook entries.

Bent gear makes them even harder to land.

[Slick Goodlin]

I’d venture the 109’s gear is a little fucky by nature.