Frank Parker in ZK-RFR on finals to RWY-30 with flaps down and reducing the speed to around 85 kts when over the fence. Despite the wide-track undercarriage landing requires utmost attention of the pilot. Parker prefers a tail-down wheeler landing.
ZK-RFR ‘Stahlgewitter’ is powered by a Chinese license-built two-row 14 cylinder Shvetsov Ash-82T radial instead of a BMW801F, slightly compromising the classic lines of the original Fw 190A design.
It has been 10 years since the Chariots of Fire Flug Werk 190 made her public debut at CF2013. The markings are those of Hauptmann Erich Rudorffer, Gruppenkommandeur of the II. Gruppe JG 54, on the Eastern Front. RFR is piloted here by Frank Parker.
Arrivals day at Duxford and three of the French contingent arrive for the first sight of a FW-190 over England since the Second World War. An extremely nostalgic moment to see the FW-190 in formation with a Spitfire.
Marc "Leon" Mathis buzzing Breitscheid Airfield prior arriving for the Airshow 2010 - this might be the only public display of that rare bird in Europe in 2010!