Flug Werk Fw 190A-8/N
The Fw 190 is flying again! Some of the work performed by the GossHawk team included reworking the leading edges of the wings, fabricating new landing gear doors and wheel well panels, among other things. Klaus Plasa of Germany traveled to Casa Grande, AZ for test flights at the end of April 2015. All went well and minor adjustments were made during test flights. Currently she is sitting at GossHawk and is for sale by owner Dan Kirkland. This 190 is painted in the markings of Josef Pips Priller.
Wings, arriving at Casa Grande from Flug Werk
Raising the fuselage getting ready to mate it to the wing
Pushing the wings into place
Fuselage has been mated to the wing, and gear down
Installing the ASh 82 engine
Engine installation complete
Engine runs
Installing doublers on the horizontal stabilizer
Landing gear door, fitting and fabricating
Landing gear door, after fabrication
Landing gear door, after paint
Wheel well, fitting the wheel well panels after fabrication
Wing fillet, after modification and paint
Landing gear swing with new landing gear doors
Spinner, in fabrication process
Tail wheel, partially retracts like the original
Engine runs
Dynamic balance testing
Final inspection before engine runs, taxi tests, and test flights
Pushing the plane out for engine runs and taxi tests
Preparing for Klaus to perform engine runs
Engine runs
Getting ready for test flights
Preflight before test flights
Final thoughts before startup and take-off
Take-off for first test flight
FW 190 over the Arizona desert
Landing after a successful test flight