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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Neat video of the worlds only flying FW-190D-9. Some neat shots with a P51D and P-47 as well as others.

http://worldwarwings.com/worlds-only...-fw-190-flying </div></div>

Paul Allen's 190 is an A-model, not a D-9. The A has the BMW radial engine and the D-9 was an inverted Junkers Jumo V-12 engine and was used, in part, to defend Me-262s as they came in to land, since the 262s were low and slow and very vulnerable to pursuing Allied fighters.

I've watched the Allen 190 fly a couple times and it sounds great. Similar to an F4U Corsair as it idles on the ramp and then its own distinct BMW radial sound as it flies overhead. I took my son for a ride on the CAF B-29 &quot;FIFI&quot; last summer and when we climbed out after shutdown Paul Allen's Fw-190 flew overhead. (Flight was at Everett where Allen's museum is located.) As it roared overhead I said, &quot;Wrong theater of operations pal!&quot; (B-29 was Pacific and 190 was European theater.)