helmut the horrible
FW 190 Fighter
Certainly one of the best fighters of WW2, it got overwhelmed by numbers, and, similar to what happened to the Japanese, there were toward the end of the Third Reich not enough experienced pilots left to exploit the qualities of the Focke-Wulf.
I knew a man (remember his last name, Hlavaty) who had flown the FW 190, and who was working as a sailplane instructor, ca. 1958. When I asked him about the aircraft, he said he did not like the stink of burned oil etc. that penetrated the cockpit.
FW 190 Fighter
Certainly one of the best fighters of WW2, it got overwhelmed by numbers, and, similar to what happened to the Japanese, there were toward the end of the Third Reich not enough experienced pilots left to exploit the qualities of the Focke-Wulf.
I knew a man (remember his last name, Hlavaty) who had flown the FW 190, and who was working as a sailplane instructor, ca. 1958. When I asked him about the aircraft, he said he did not like the stink of burned oil etc. that penetrated the cockpit.