Classic Hangar's BF-108 Taifun

[Naki]

Just released today..looks very nice....now Ian is this a military aircaft or GA or both?...although it is considered the mother of the modern GA aircraft...

http://www.classics-hangar.de/produkte_bf108_en.htm

[Splitpin]

Looks like a little honey, always liked them.

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Naki @ Jun 7 2011,8:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

looks very nice....now Ian is this a military aircaft or GA or both?...although it is considered the mother of the modern GA aircraft...

I see this in my 'Wanaka nightmares' my 'Longest Day' my 'Von Ryans Express' Mother of the modern my ME-109 , i may .. bloody ell wrong month ... oh hang on .. JUNE 6th .. well it might do ... now who were those two German actors playing the part as fighter pilots

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jun 7 2011,9:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I see this in my 'Wanaka nightmares' my 'Longest Day' my 'Von Ryans Express' Mother of the modern my ME-109 , i may .. bloody ell wrong month ... oh hang on .. JUNE 6th .. well it might do ... now who were those two German actors playing the part as fighter pilots

Pips Priller was played by Heinz Reincke, don't know who the wingman was. :-)
And yes, it's both a civil and a military aircraft, though it never carried any sort of armament. It was used as a liason aircraft by the Luftwaffe.
Quote from the user manual:

QUOTE

Noteworthy
might be the Taifun's somewhat skuril post war career as a wannabe Luftwaffe fighter
aircraft in several WWII movies. In the 1962 D-Day production „The Longest Day“ two
lonely Bf 108 mount an attack at the invasion beaches. The scene is based on a real
event: German fighter Ace Pips Priller (played by German actor Heinz Reincke) and his
wingman Heinz Wodarczyk flew what was long believed to be the the sole Luftwaffe sortie
of that day. In reality Priller and Wodarczyk flew Focke Wulf Fw 190 A.
In the movie „633 Squadron“, famous for it's awful special effects, a Bf108 mounts an
attack on incoming Mosquitos. It should be noted at this occasion that the Bf 108 was
never equipped with weapons.[/quote]

[connor]

It would be a fun plane to fly, I wonder if we could get a NZ livery for it?

[MaarkenEdwards]

QUOTE (connor @ Jun 8 2011,7:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It would be a fun plane to fly, I wonder if we could get a NZ livery for it?

There is a ME-108 over here in NZTG, wont be long til there is a repaint i think, only ME-108 in NZ

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Mathias @ Jun 8 2011,6:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Pips Priller was played by Heinz Reincke,

Thanks Mathias , next time i run the movie , at the end ill pause it and and quietly check the credits and actors