Pete in Lincs Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Link here to hyperscale.com forum. It seems a second Do335 has been found. I didn't even know about the first one. http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/message/1476415554/Intact+Do335s+found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Hope this doesn't turn out like the Burma Spitfires. The existing 335 is I believe in the USA . Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 I think the American 335 is in Berlin now being restored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Hugo Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 There is a Do335 at Udvar Hazy, well it was there last year when I visited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old thumper Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Maybe there is a disused underground factory underneath the castle? Just a guess as there are such places in Poland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Apparently they are full scale replicas built by a man named Holger Bull, who has also built a He-162. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWFK10 Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 According to the magazine article, "This second Do335, although incomplete, has enough original parts for it to be considered as a preserved, original airframe rather than a replica. The aircraft concerned is Do 335 A-0 Wk Nmr 240109, coded GV+PP, which was involved in an accident on 15 Jan 1945. The aircraft skidded on the frozen runway at Oberpfaffenhoffen, but the damage sustained was insufficient to justify scrapping it. This A-0 was therefore recovered and rebuilt, this time with a number of features of the B-2. The aircraft was never completed and never flew. It is this machine that is preserved today." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilneBay Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 (edited) It strikes me that this is just another one of those "a mate told me that a mate of his grandfather saw ..." type tales. This supposed newly discovered Do 335 is just something that has been known about for years and is simply a story of someone working on a replica using some original parts while it escaped much notice because the sensationalists hadn't heard of it. While on the other hand we have the purely imaginary yarn about the Turkish Fw !90s and of course our old favourite line shoot the Burmese Spitfires. My advise is to all believers in these tales is that if it sounds too fantastic to be true it generally is. Edited October 15, 2016 by MilneBay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denford Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Why does the French article use the word 'second' instead of usual French word 'deuxième'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Possibly because "second" is a perfectly good French word. http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/second Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Having a 70-year-old SC1000 bomb among the parts sounds a short cut to soon not having any parts at all. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 5 minutes ago, Seahawk said: Having a 70-year-old SC1000 bomb among the parts sounds a short cut to soon not having any parts at all. Or a lot more, although much smaller parts... Simon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camper1 Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Here is the real thing at Udvar Hazy a few years ago Ian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted October 15, 2016 Author Share Posted October 15, 2016 Thanks for the interest guys. I knew about the one in the USA, The way I read it this was the second one to be found in Europe! Ah well, I live and (sometimes) learn. Cheers Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonar Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 8 hours ago, Denford said: Why does the French article use the word 'second' instead of usual French word 'deuxième'? I was taught to use 'second' when describing the second of only two, and 'deuxieme' when describing the second of several or many. Not being a native French speaker I have no idea if my teacher, Mr Gilpin, was correct. I have applied this rule of thumb when working in France, speaking the language, and nobody has corrected me, something I ask native speakers to do. The French are otherwise far too polite to pull you up on such errors Cheers Steve 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted October 15, 2016 Author Share Posted October 15, 2016 Another (second) link to the article, also on hyperscale with a translation. http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/message/1476545296/A+bit+more+clarification+on+the+recent+Do+335+article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 I wonder if building a 1:1 scale replica Do335 using spare parts is easier than building the Dragon 1:72 scale using the kit parts? Duncan B 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOAN Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 On 15/10/2016 at 11:56 AM, Denford said: Why does the French article use the word 'second' instead of usual French word 'deuxième'? "Second" is the proper use in french."Second" is not the numeral expression : "deuxieme" is meaning "2" without the time connection... Olivier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 4 hours ago, Duncan B said: I wonder if building a 1:1 scale replica Do335 using spare parts is easier than building the Dragon 1:72 scale using the kit parts? Duncan B Haha, savage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruffy Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 On 16/10/2016 at 8:42 AM, Duncan B said: I wonder if building a 1:1 scale replica Do335 using spare parts is easier than building the Dragon 1:72 scale using the kit parts? Duncan B Tee hee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitewolf Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Reading between the lines here, are we saying the aircraft 'found' is in fact an original with parts from rwo different variants?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 That's how I read it. Sounds like there are a lot of parts missing though. It says the engines and lower fuselage are there plus bulkheads. Does this mean the upper fuselage is missing or just cowlings? Wings are elsewhere but no mention of the tail or the propellers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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