Comments on: Connie Edward’s Buchóns to be restored in Switzerland https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2014/11/16/connie-edwards-buchons-to-be-restored-in-switzerland/ The latest in warbirds and historical aviation Mon, 17 Nov 2014 10:50:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: leeebranch https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2014/11/16/connie-edwards-buchons-to-be-restored-in-switzerland/#comment-29768 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 10:50:48 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=2354#comment-29768 I RECALL SEEING SEVERAL OF THESE AT JACK HARDWICK’S WAREHOUSE IN EL MONTE, CALIF. IN THE 80’S. THEY WERE IN ROUGH SHAPEA: ESPECIALLY TELLING OF THEIR HIGH TIME WAS THE APPEARANCE OF THE FIREWALLS ALL OF WHICH HAD BEEN DRILLED NUMEROUS TIMES AS A ‘STOP CRACK FIX’ EFFORT.

AS THE SPANISH BUILT THESE A/C THEY IGNORED THE FACT THAT THE FIXED VERTICAL STABILIZER ‘OFF SET’ WAS LEFT UNCHANGED FROM WHEN THE POWER WAS A DB 601. THE MERLIN ROTATED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND A GREAT DEAL OF DIRECTIONAL STABILITY WAS NOTICEABLE IN FLIGHT. THERE WAS A STORY AROUND THE FIRST RENO RACE, THAT A OWNER OF ONE FLEW IT UP FROM TEXAS AND WAS SO FRUSTRATED WITH IT’S INSTABILITY THAT HE SIMPLY GAVE IT TO AN ACQUAINTANCE RATHER THAN MAKE THE RETURN FLIGHT TO TEXAS,

INTERESTINGLY, ON THE ‘NET IS A PHOTO OF A CAPTURED SPITFIRE WHICH HAD BEEN RE-ENGINED BY THE GERMANS WITH A DB 601.

BEST REGARDS,

LEE BRANCH

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