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One man’s passion to fly his very own Focke-Wulf Fw 190
As a youngster with an aviator father and a passion for flying, Chris Mayr made scale models of German World War Two aircraft and dreamed of one day owning and flying one in particular – a Focke-Wulf Fw 190. And now he has.
A mainstay of the Luftwaffe throughout the war, the Fw 190 is a serious low wing fighter, powered by a giant BMW radial engine and able to mix it on terms equal or better with allied Mustangs and Spitfires right through to the end of the war.
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