Theodor Weissenberger's BF-109: Restoration of a Wreck Recovery at Pima Air and Space Museum 

He knows his Schmidt

I think that some of the designer's ancestors did that (forging knives).

what does a fokker do..?

​@@vonWeizhacker69 Anthony Fokker was a Dutchman. In contrast to Messerschmitt, his family name does not describe a profession. Fokker/Focker comes from the old first name Folkhard, which means Volk/folk + hart/hard. A similar traditional German name would be Volker, but people in Germany no longer use traditional names. Btw, the former president of the German Federal Republic whose picture you are using, is spelled Weizsäcker (wheat + sack).

@@thkempe Thank you, very informative. I bet you're great at any party. ;)

Lots of new birds on display at Pima, like the last Pan Am Boeing 747SP, which eventually served NASA as a flying observatory.

So is the Spitfire.

I drive on the ground so ngl all aircraft sound challenging to land, to me 😂

The BF-109 landing gear is "splayed" at an angle. Just like rolling a tire that is leaning to one side, this causes it to turn. When both landing gear are splayed like this, they both try to steer -away- -from- *toward* the centerline. If you put more weight on one, it will swerve the other direction. When it swerves, then it leans harder yet on that side, and it swerves harder. This in addition to the fact the center of gravity (mass centroid) of the aircraft is behind the main landing gear. This exacerbates the swerving tendency, as the weight is located behind the tire contact patches and continues to diverge. With enough side-load, the gear snaps off. Ruining the propeller and engine. Damaging the airframe. Possibly injuring the pilot or even flipping over and lighting afire. I've heard that this was the most produced aircraft in history. And fully 1/3rd of the were destroyed in accidents. The Spitfire was EASY to land. Comparatively. Its landing gear is narrow, sure. But it does not diverge. All pilot accounts said the Spitfire was easy to land. And accident data shows it was at least 5x easier to land than the BF-109. A flight instructor of mine who had an opportunity to fly a spitfire, and a P-51. AND a BF-109 said the Spit was "easy" it "flew like a general aviation aircraft. Any pilot can fly it" to the P-51 "high wing-loading, sharp stall" to the Bf-109 "It's entirely a different animal. It cant be compared to Spitfire, or P-40" (another narrow gear plane of the era).

Thank you! I love making it

He’ll be back for the next video!