Stuka in Maine

I was at the Internation Sea-Plane Fly-in last weekend in Greenville, Maine,
and saw what looked like a Stuka flying over the town and down the lake.

I got some blury pictures, so I know I didn't dream it. Anyone know anything
about this plane? I'd love to see it up close. It wasn't at the airport by
the time I got up the hill.

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I was at the Internation Sea-Plane Fly-in last weekend in Greenville,
Maine,
and saw what looked like a Stuka flying over the town and down the lake.

I got some blury pictures, so I know I didn't dream it. Anyone know
anything
about this plane? I'd love to see it up close. It wasn't at the airport by
the time I got up the hill

Years ago ('79? '81?) there was a 5/8 (IIRC) scale homebuilt Stuka owned by
someone in Louisiana (I believe) w. some sort Lycosaurus engine w. a few
live exhausts. Never having been near an actual one, I had to give it the
twice over to reassure myself it was a replica. (It was rather large for a
homebuilt!)

A-mazing...

Bob W.

Yea, I remember going to a Fly-In at Stennis Mississippi and there was
the 5/8 Stuka taxing from the active runway. I was a great looking
experimental and looked very realistic.

Nick
PA28-180 'D'

Bob Whelan wrote:
wrote

I was at the Internation Sea-Plane Fly-in last weekend in Greenville,

Maine,

and saw what looked like a Stuka flying over the town and down the lake.

I got some blury pictures, so I know I didn't dream it. Anyone know

anything

about this plane? I'd love to see it up close. It wasn't at the airport by
the time I got up the hill


Years ago ('79? '81?) there was a 5/8 (IIRC) scale homebuilt Stuka owned by
someone in Louisiana (I believe) w. some sort Lycosaurus engine w. a few
live exhausts. Never having been near an actual one, I had to give it the
twice over to reassure myself it was a replica. (It was rather large for a
homebuilt!)

A-mazing...

Bob W.

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 17:59:54 GMT, "Steve Foley"
wrote:

I was at the Internation Sea-Plane Fly-in last weekend in Greenville, Maine,
and saw what looked like a Stuka flying over the town and down the lake.

I got some blury pictures, so I know I didn't dream it. Anyone know anything
about this plane? I'd love to see it up close. It wasn't at the airport by
the time I got up the hill.

N87LL is a Langhurst Replica JU-87, registered to a Mitchell Sammons of
Belgrade, Maine.

http://www.geocities.com/hjunkers/ju_ju87_m16.htm

The builder had apparently built one before, which crashed a few years back.

Ron Wanttaja

Pics weren't as blury as I had figured.

http://steve.foley.home.att.net/stuka1.jpg
http://steve.foley.home.att.net/stuka2.jpg





"Steve Foley" wrote in message
news:u0DXe.9315$iv5.8721@trndny03...
I was at the Internation Sea-Plane Fly-in last weekend in Greenville,
Maine,
and saw what looked like a Stuka flying over the town and down the lake.

I got some blury pictures, so I know I didn't dream it. Anyone know
anything
about this plane? I'd love to see it up close. It wasn't at the airport by
the time I got up the hill.

On 2005-09-19 21:50:28 -0400, Ron Wanttaja said:

The builder had apparently built one before, which crashed a few years back.


The plane that crashed in 2000 belonged to Den Burhans IV. He had just
bought it from the builder. His father, Denslow Faux-Burhans, went out
to taxi test it (father having more experience than son in
taildraggers) and apparently got inadvertently airborne, crashed, and
burned. Den IV was an ear, if not eye, witness.

My understanding is that the machine is highly CG-sensitive and flies
completely differently one-up and two-up due to the passenger
(radioman?) being aft of CG and pilot forward. Not that I have flown it
myself. I wasn't aware more than one was made, as this is a huge
project with well over 15,000 hours in it.

The crash was a sad, tragic business. Father was, and son is, good
people. .Den IV is quite a Luftwaffe expert and at one time had a
uniform and motorcycle and the whole fighter ace act. He is quite tall
so if you met him you'd remember him.

cheers

-=K=-

Rule #1: Don't hit anything big.

Steve Foley wrote:
Pics weren't as blury as I had figured.

http://steve.foley.home.att.net/stuka1.jpg
http://steve.foley.home.att.net/stuka2.jpg



Does it have the siren on the landing gear?

--

FF

Just as a matter of curiosity why not build a full size Ju-87?

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

wrote:

Steve Foley wrote:

Pics weren't as blury as I had figured.

http://steve.foley.home.att.net/stuka1.jpg
http://steve.foley.home.att.net/stuka2.jpg




Does it have the siren on the landing gear?


Fred, you didn't ask the most imortant question: does it have cup
holders?

As for the sirens I would be hesitant to use them. There are a lot
of WW2 survivors who moved here after the war who would I assume would
be upset hearing them.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:57:53 -0500, "Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired"
wrote:

As for the sirens I would be hesitant to use them. There are a lot
of WW2 survivors who moved here after the war who would I assume would
be upset hearing them.

I'd suspect there are very few who were bombed more than once or twice by
Stukas. The JU-87 was dead meat without air superiority, and other than
(possibly) in Operation Torch, Americans ground troops probably had sufficient
air cover.

Ron Wanttaja