Only two more left in full condition. Ran into one at the Museum of Flight in Seattle's resoration facility. Couldn't believe my eyes when I walked up and saw the long nose and super corsair canopy. Apparently there wasn't room for her in the museum of flight so she's in the restoration facility for now. Sadly due to her rarity she will never fly again unless someone can manage to buy her off the museum (slim chance). Besides that all we have is Race 57 and part of one of the airframes and apparently the engine mount of that was put onto Race 57 so it's in pretty bad shape. It's sad, at least we have two though.
On another fun note, went up to the flying heritage collection while I was up there too. They have the only FW-190 Dora in existence. This is the Focke wulfe with the round nose but has an inverted V-12 in it. They say she's airworthy but will never fly because of her rarity. Also have a FW-190 with the original BMW engine that they fly pretty often. Cool stuff in Washington for any aviation buffs out there, strongly recommend checking out some of the museums. The Boeing plant is overwhelmingly cool as well.
On another fun note, went up to the flying heritage collection while I was up there too. They have the only FW-190 Dora in existence. This is the Focke wulfe with the round nose but has an inverted V-12 in it. They say she's airworthy but will never fly because of her rarity. Also have a FW-190 with the original BMW engine that they fly pretty often. Cool stuff in Washington for any aviation buffs out there, strongly recommend checking out some of the museums. The Boeing plant is overwhelmingly cool as well.
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