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  1. sierravictor
    sierravictor ·

    I think there was made five new ones after the original "recipe" in 1997 in USA. I haven't heard anything about them since though.

  2. neufotomacher
    neufotomacher ·

    This one is not at the museum anymore, and I know they frequently make mock-ups of the originals.

  3. neufotomacher
    neufotomacher ·

    @sierravictor See above.

  4. sierravictor
    sierravictor ·

    I think it was actual flying planes I read about many years ago, not mock-ups. I remember the engines being 20% more powerful than the original engines and weighing only 20% of the original engines.

  5. neufotomacher
    neufotomacher ·

    @sierravictor I would like to see one of those flying. I would imagine it hard to find a working Junkers Jumo jet engine, but 20% more power and 1/5 of the original in weight would be an advantage.

  6. sierravictor
    sierravictor ·

    @neufotomacher Found this video on youtube of a flying twoseater:
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8HblYdUUcg#t=17.5524754

  7. sierravictor
    sierravictor ·

    @neufotomacher The video is from 2011 so I can't say if it's one of those five I've heard about.

  8. sierravictor
    sierravictor ·

    @neufotomacher Found this very good video from 2016 (Germany???)of a singleseater:
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=fun8tIJTDMY#t=109.5225102

  9. neufotomacher
    neufotomacher ·

    @SIERRAVICTOR It had a quiet sound for a combat jet.

  10. sierravictor
    sierravictor ·

    @neufotomacher I guess because of it being a modern engine, filmed with a zoomlens, it being far away from the microphone and no afterburner. I was at an airshow three years ago where an F16 used afterburner. God all mighty that was noisy!!!

  11. sierravictor
    sierravictor ·

    @neufotomacher I guess because of it being a modern engine, filmed with a zoomlens, it being far away from the microphone and no afterburner. I was at an airshow three years ago where an F16 used afterburner. God all mighty that was noisy!!!

  12. sierravictor
    sierravictor ·

    @neufotomacher Wonder how noisy it would have been at full speed. Norway is buying some F35, which I understand is even noisyier than the F16.

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