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Here's another "double" that flew but didn't quite catch on. Only about 20 were built, and as far as I know, it's never been resurrected like the 82.

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Blohm-Voss 141

https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=781
 
I was flying out of Kearney Nebraska for Deluxe Grain Dryers, based there, which was a Military airfield during WW2. I was told that the twin Mustang was based there. Hard to remember, but I think the flight office had a couple pictures on the wall showing them, to many years passed. :rolleyes2:
 
From what I've heard about the Blohm Voss 141 it was actually a really good flying aircraft, just really unconventional looking.

The P-82 is a really cool aircraft and the fact that he ran across the original prototype is just amazing. It would really be something to see in person.
 
Basil said:
That was my first thought too. Yikes! (Maybe that's why it didn't catch on).
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Would make it easier for the pilot to bail out without getting hung up up on anything. :encouragement: Might not of trimmed out very well with the engine being a little off center of the wing. Goofy design, but the Germans had some odd looking aircraft anyway. Some worked, some didn't.
 
So they went with Allison over Rolls for power?!?

No wonder it never made production. :smirk:
 
More things to keep in mind than a runway. Power lines, overpasses, signs over the freeway (you see one in the video), oh, and cars too.
 
Two great personalities -- Walter Soplata, who saved a lot of airplanes from being turned into aluminum cans, and, of course, Tom Reilly is a legend in the world warbirds.

There's still quite a few aircraft on the Soplata Farm. Collectors are circling like vultures waiting for the day they are put up for sale. Walter was always pretty secretive and didn't want people on his farm or even knowing exactly what he had. Not too far away from Soplata was another collector who took an opposite approach, Leon Cleaver. Cleaver was kind of a "Walter Soplata Light". The difference was he kept his collection in plain sight and had no qualms with letting visitors come see what he had. As he got older, he decided to start clearing his collection while he still had the ability and faculties to do so. Leon eventually sold off his entire collection.
 
Gliderman8 said:
Tom, Where’s the rest of the horizontal stabilizer?
If it flys as shown then.... scary :scared::scared:
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The weight of the cupola on the starboard wing offset the lack of a horizontal stab on the right side. it was done that way to keep the plane in balance. It was supposed to be a reconnaissance platform. However, the Luftwaffe showed a marked preference for the FW-189 in that role.
 
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