In the late 1990s this aircraft had been flying around Centennial Airport in Denver all afternoon and finally taxied in for the night. Built in 1952 it was a personal transport for General Franco and then was reconfigured for the movie "Battle of Britain" in 1968. It was then purchased by the CAF in 1977. It was a marvelous sight to see close up and it represented a significant era of aviation history. Parked next to a B-17, it was easy to compare the two foes side by side.
A spectacular bird from long ago.... She now flys among the stars but only at night as to not be seen and she is missed........ good night N72616 Lest we Forget!
Y yo los disfrute en el sahara español,cuando estaban en el ala 46 de Gando de Las Palmas de GC.Los dieron de baja en el año 1975., y participaron en la pelicula La batalla de Inglaterra, que fue cuando los pintaron de camuflaje, hasta ese momento iban pintados de gris y azul por debajo. La tripulacion era de dos pilotos,el mecanico de vuelo y el radiotelegrafista.
***** En el ala 46 operaban los junker ju-52, los pedros,He 111, y los T-6 texan, luego fueron llegando los DC-3 y los saetas que fue cuando la marcha verde.LLegue a volar muchas veces de niño en los junkers, incluso una vez en un pedro. En la estafeta he volado, en el azor, y al final en en los DC-4 de la 35 ala de Getafe, que los dieron de baja cuando uno se incendio y hubo muchas victimas. Deje el sahara en el 1975 en un aviocar de la 46 ala de Gando. saludos.
Enrique Boira Sanchez Anecdota. El dia que vole en el pèdro, durante el vuelo se repartian el pescado que les habian regalado en Villa Cisneros, y olia el avion tanto a pescado, que mas que un avion,parecia un barco.
After the end of the war, access to the German Junkers who built the engines became a problem, and CASA had to find an alternative to the Rolls Royce Merlin 500-20. Later, between 1953 and 19564, Spain bought Rolls-Royce 173 Merlin5 and installed in about 70 He 111 still operating. Some of these devices appeared in the film The Battle of Britain. es.wikipedia.org/wiki/CASA_2.111
Apparently, in a museum in Addison Texas, there is a 111 (CASA 2111?) that is restored to flying condition, but for whatever reason, they do not fly it. This is actually fairly common among warbirds on 'static' display. Kermit Weeks' Fantasy of flight is full of aircraft that can fly but don't.
+greenseaships The Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison has one of the CASA 2.111s that was used in the BoB movie. It last flew in 1995 and is said to have some corrosion issues that would need to be fixed if they ever decided to fly it again. I'm afraid that it may be a while before another CASA 2.111 flies. There is the possibility that a couple of existing CASA 2.111 projects could be backdated into flying He-111s at some time in the future, but not anytime soon.
+greenseaships I'm reading that the wing spars are both steel and aluminum together, which could allow galvanic corrosion between the metals. If this is true for all of the CASAs then it could be a major issue to replace the wing spars for the few that are potential fliers.
+FiveCentsPlease CASAs, you say. Would this affect all those "JU-52s" still flying or just the "Heinkels". If I'm not mistaken, some years ago (like, maybe 20), Sentimental Journey had a problem with her wing spar that had to be replaced. So if the money is there, I don't think it's out of the question. Of course, that's not the only problem...
greenseaships Don't know about the Ju-52s. I think the Aluminum/Steel spar issue is a construction feature of all the CASA 2.1111s, so similar to the B-17 spar issue that affected all of them I believe, new spars could be needed to extend the flying time of the airframe.
I miss this aircraft, and her crew. May they all Rest In Peace. What is the name of the music? It sort of reminds me of Schindlers List. Both beautiful and sad at the same time.
Yesterday I got to sit in the pilot seat of a Heinkle 111 bomber in Texas. It also was a CASA and has not flown in 15 years. She probably never will again. I actually sat in the pilot seat and looked out thru that glass bubble and imagined the Battle of Britain. To a history lover this was a BIG thrill. I wish I could share a photo. (note to greenseeships below - no the Addison bird has decay inside the wings and will not fly again. She did fly in to that airport 15 years ago, but nothing since then.) This plane is complete but worn inside. The external paint is nice (light blue) and it certainly could be displayed. Possible problem - it has that naughty German mark painted on the tail. Not sure who did that. Apparently this plane was at one point used to tow gunnery targets. I found a bar labeled 'target tow release lever'.
+James Davis It is CASA 2.1111 #155. The wing spars are both aluminum and steel and all examples are going to suffer from galvanic corrosion between the two metals. Another flying example will likely need a very expensive wing spar replacement.
In terms of maintenance the engine is very easy to find because RR Merlin engine was made In the United States as Packard Merlin for the F-51 Mustang WW2 Korean War era planes. Basically a F-51 engine is needed to keep this he-111 CASA S211 going
+ @EpicThe112 Crashed in 2003, from engine failure. They lost an engine on final and went down in rough terrain. The engines were too badly damaged to determine the exact cause.
in 1992, my wife & I went to the Champlin Fighter Museum in Ariz. This aircraft was sitting on the ramp with the door open. We walked up and hollered in and were welcomed with a come aboard. We did and spent a good deal of time talking to the mech. The plane had a peculiar smell to it along with everything else. 10 years later it was a pile of rubbish in Wyoming.RIP
Totally agreed, the spanish post war production planes are just awful looking with their merlin engines. Sad that she is the only one of her kind still flying. I hope that there are a few other ones awaiting restoration somewhere.
Arnaud N None flying now since this one was lost in a fatal crash some years back. Other static examples exist but nothing presently capable of flight. There is an He-111 restoration for possible flight lurking in the shadows somewhere in Europe and the Flying Heritage Museum has another CASA example in storage. It's a pity that this substantially intact example pulled from a lake in Norway will not be restored for flight, but instead is being restored for a German museum. ju88.net/recovery/he111/he111fmu.JPG
+Michael Morgan Paul Allen's museum has a CASA 2.111 that is being restored. They have not formally announced the aircraft to the public. At this time it is powered by Merlin engines.
+BRS RC It was not an original He-111, but a Spanish-built CASA. It did crash and was destroyed in 2003. No other CASA are airworthy at this time. No He-111s are airworthy although there is a slow project that plans to fly some day.
+BRS RC I have never seen any film of the crash. It did not go down during a display flight. They were just flying into Cheyenne, Wyoming and lost an engine on final. The pilot had to put it down on rough terrain and the plane collided with a structure. It was destroyed by post-crash fire. As I understand it, to get another CASA or Heinkel in the air would need an expensive new wing spar because they are all having galvanic corrosion issues with age. There is a slow He-111 project somewhere in Europe that has been building to fly for about 20 year now, but there isn't much info about it.
i have a great passion to build one of these planes. i have a company who can personally build this plane for me in 1:1 scale too with german jumo engines.
+bsponge It was the last flying example for now. There around four to five original He-111 types in museums and around fourteen CASA-built Spanish versions surviving. It will be a while before there is another flyable example.
nicht eine 111 hat überlebt ! Wir müssen mit den Briten reden !!! Nicht eine !!!! Es muss doch möglich sein noch eine zusammenzubauen ? Waren wir wirklich so gefährlich !😅
+Merry Frog The Czechs were left with a factory that could supply Jumo 211 engines. But I'm curious if international politics or the Cold War allowed Rolls Royce to bid and supply engines to Spain.
What a beautiful plane...
Agreed :3
sad that she dosent have her original jumo 211f engines for bmw :(
tankmania hmmm.. not sure if it would be safe to use the original engines.
RedLuckOG it over heats a bit but its not that bad 😉
Yes
In the late 1990s this aircraft had been flying around Centennial Airport in Denver all afternoon and finally taxied in for the night. Built in 1952 it was a personal transport for General Franco and then was reconfigured for the movie "Battle of Britain" in 1968. It was then purchased by the CAF in 1977. It was a marvelous sight to see close up and it represented a significant era of aviation history. Parked next to a B-17, it was easy to compare the two foes side by side.
i love the Heinkel and i have an idea would the Heinkel be in the flight in Style Airshow.
A spectacular bird from long ago.... She now flys among the stars but only at night as to not be seen and she is missed........ good night N72616 Lest we Forget!
My father actually got to go inside this amazing plane before it crashed and got alot of very good pictures
My grandfather flew these as the radio operator in the 1950s
Y yo los disfrute en el sahara español,cuando estaban en el ala 46 de Gando de Las Palmas de GC.Los dieron de baja en el año 1975., y participaron en la pelicula La batalla de Inglaterra, que fue cuando los pintaron de camuflaje, hasta ese momento iban pintados de gris y azul por debajo. La tripulacion era de dos pilotos,el mecanico de vuelo y el radiotelegrafista.
El Ala 46 operaba los Pedros, Pavas, Saetas, y Texan verdad? Me acuerdo de que el ala 46 era mixta... sabes algo mas del ala?
***** En el ala 46 operaban los junker ju-52, los pedros,He 111, y los T-6 texan, luego fueron llegando los DC-3 y los saetas que fue cuando la marcha verde.LLegue a volar muchas veces de niño en los junkers, incluso una vez en un pedro. En la estafeta he volado, en el azor, y al final en en los DC-4 de la 35 ala de Getafe, que los dieron de baja cuando uno se incendio y hubo muchas victimas. Deje el sahara en el 1975 en un aviocar de la 46 ala de Gando. saludos.
Enrique Boira Sanchez Ahora vuelan los F-18 y me imagino que los F-27 del SAR.
Enrique Boira Sanchez Anecdota. El dia que vole en el pèdro, durante el vuelo se repartian el pescado que les habian regalado en Villa Cisneros, y olia el avion tanto a pescado, que mas que un avion,parecia un barco.
Nice aerodynamic design
Profanation engines Rolls-Royce Merlin 500 V-12 in Heinkel he-111
Yea, it ruins the look and the sound.
After the end of the war, access to the German Junkers who built the engines became a problem, and CASA had to find an alternative to the Rolls Royce Merlin 500-20. Later, between 1953 and 19564, Spain bought Rolls-Royce 173 Merlin5 and installed in about 70 He 111 still operating. Some of these devices appeared in the film The Battle of Britain.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/CASA_2.111
But it's a post war Casa C2111, not an original Heinkel production...
Apparently, in a museum in Addison Texas, there is a 111 (CASA 2111?) that is restored to flying condition, but for whatever reason, they do not fly it. This is actually fairly common among warbirds on 'static' display. Kermit Weeks' Fantasy of flight is full of aircraft that can fly but don't.
+greenseaships
The Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison has one of the CASA 2.111s that was used in the BoB movie. It last flew in 1995 and is said to have some corrosion issues that would need to be fixed if they ever decided to fly it again. I'm afraid that it may be a while before another CASA 2.111 flies. There is the possibility that a couple of existing CASA 2.111 projects could be backdated into flying He-111s at some time in the future, but not anytime soon.
+FiveCentsPlease THANKS for the info! It's so hard to get this information through Google. ;^_^
+greenseaships
I'm reading that the wing spars are both steel and aluminum together, which could allow galvanic corrosion between the metals. If this is true for all of the CASAs then it could be a major issue to replace the wing spars for the few that are potential fliers.
+FiveCentsPlease CASAs, you say. Would this affect all those "JU-52s" still flying or just the "Heinkels". If I'm not mistaken, some years ago (like, maybe 20), Sentimental Journey had a problem with her wing spar that had to be replaced. So if the money is there, I don't think it's out of the question. Of course, that's not the only problem...
greenseaships
Don't know about the Ju-52s. I think the Aluminum/Steel spar issue is a construction feature of all the CASA 2.1111s, so similar to the B-17 spar issue that affected all of them I believe, new spars could be needed to extend the flying time of the airframe.
I miss this aircraft, and her crew. May they all Rest In Peace. What is the name of the music? It sort of reminds me of Schindlers List. Both beautiful and sad at the same time.
The music in the beginning is The Fehrbelliner Reitermarsch.
That is so awesome i wish i had on of these
I can hear wings of the Luftwaffe in my head!😳
Jman👀
I want to hear it's sound not the bloody music but good vid
would love to see one of these airworthy in the uk!
The one thats been in the hangar at Duxford sadly has been sold and the new owner doesnt want it to fly
Shame others were not kept around , rare bird.
+Recoil Spring There are other survivors, but none that are flying.
Yesterday I got to sit in the pilot seat of a Heinkle 111 bomber in Texas. It also was a CASA and has not flown in 15 years. She probably never will again. I actually sat in the pilot seat and looked out thru that glass bubble and imagined the Battle of Britain. To a history lover this was a BIG thrill. I wish I could share a photo. (note to greenseeships below - no the Addison bird has decay inside the wings and will not fly again. She did fly in to that airport 15 years ago, but nothing since then.) This plane is complete but worn inside. The external paint is nice (light blue) and it certainly could be displayed. Possible problem - it has that naughty German mark painted on the tail. Not sure who did that. Apparently this plane was at one point used to tow gunnery targets. I found a bar labeled 'target tow release lever'.
+James Davis It is CASA 2.1111 #155. The wing spars are both aluminum and steel and all examples are going to suffer from galvanic corrosion between the two metals. Another flying example will likely need a very expensive wing spar replacement.
In terms of maintenance the engine is very easy to find because RR Merlin engine was made In the United States as Packard Merlin for the F-51 Mustang WW2 Korean War era planes. Basically a F-51 engine is needed to keep this he-111 CASA S211 going
+ @EpicThe112 Crashed in 2003, from engine failure. They lost an engine on final and went down in rough terrain. The engines were too badly damaged to determine the exact cause.
in 1992, my wife & I went to the Champlin Fighter Museum in Ariz. This aircraft was sitting on the ramp with the door open. We walked up and hollered in and were welcomed with a come aboard. We did and spent a good deal of time talking to the mech. The plane had a peculiar smell to it along with everything else. 10 years later it was a pile of rubbish in Wyoming.RIP
Sounds like 2 spitfires....lol
She needs her original engines! Great plane!
Totally agreed, the spanish post war production planes are just awful looking with their merlin engines.
Sad that she is the only one of her kind still flying. I hope that there are a few other ones awaiting restoration somewhere.
Arnaud N None flying now since this one was lost in a fatal crash some years back. Other static examples exist but nothing presently capable of flight. There is an He-111 restoration for possible flight lurking in the shadows somewhere in Europe and the Flying Heritage Museum has another CASA example in storage. It's a pity that this substantially intact example pulled from a lake in Norway will not be restored for flight, but instead is being restored for a German museum. ju88.net/recovery/he111/he111fmu.JPG
+FiveCentsPlease Seems largely intact, yes, but looks like a corrosion nightmare to me.
The Merlins are the original engines, as it is a Spanish license-built CASA 2.111. It never was a real He 111 with Jumo engines.
I remember when i first watched yhe battke of briton movie i so wanted to fly one of these apart from the spitfire first and tgis puppy second x
Bella anche la musica 1.. Struggente...
Saluto
Best German bomber of WW2 in my opinion
I really like it too but i think the Ju 88 A4 was better.
It surely was!
+Michael Morgan Paul Allen's museum has a CASA 2.111 that is being restored. They have not formally announced the aircraft to the public. At this time it is powered by Merlin engines.
Is this the airplane that crashed in 2003? I can't find any footage of that. It was supposedly the last flying original heinkel he-111
+BRS RC It was not an original He-111, but a Spanish-built CASA. It did crash and was destroyed in 2003. No other CASA are airworthy at this time. No He-111s are airworthy although there is a slow project that plans to fly some day.
@@FiveCentsPlease do you know if there is any footage of the 2003 crash?
+BRS RC I have never seen any film of the crash. It did not go down during a display flight. They were just flying into Cheyenne, Wyoming and lost an engine on final. The pilot had to put it down on rough terrain and the plane collided with a structure. It was destroyed by post-crash fire. As I understand it, to get another CASA or Heinkel in the air would need an expensive new wing spar because they are all having galvanic corrosion issues with age. There is a slow He-111 project somewhere in Europe that has been building to fly for about 20 year now, but there isn't much info about it.
From what i heard this plane crashed on July 10th 2003..... i was born May 30th 2003 so a month and 10 days..... i was only a baby when this happened
i have a great passion to build one of these planes. i have a company who can personally build this plane for me in 1:1 scale too with german jumo engines.
Schönes Flugzeug. Schade, das es gegroundet wurde. Besteht die Möglichkeit, die Maschine mit deutschen Motoren auszurüsten ?
Wurde leider komplett zerstört
@@100dampf aber nicht vorsätzlich.
When this plane was lost. Was it painted in Desert Tan ?R.I.P. Crewmen
+Mr. TAZ
Yes. It had been recently repainted in desert colors before the accident. c1.staticflickr.com/9/8228/8593558178_ceab7cd320_b.jpg
It is a shame that we can not hear it with the real Daimler engines.
Is it really the last one left
it was :/
+bsponge It was the last flying example for now. There around four to five original He-111 types in museums and around fourteen CASA-built Spanish versions surviving. It will be a while before there is another flyable example.
nicht eine 111 hat überlebt ! Wir müssen mit den Briten reden !!! Nicht eine !!!! Es muss doch möglich sein noch eine zusammenzubauen ? Waren wir wirklich so gefährlich !😅
What is the music? The first is Romanian. During ww2 He 111 were produced also in Romania, and many squadrons used.
すばらしい。
Ruined by fitting cheap engines, still a lovely plane.
+Merry Frog The Czechs were left with a factory that could supply Jumo 211 engines. But I'm curious if international politics or the Cold War allowed Rolls Royce to bid and supply engines to Spain.
When did this plane crash
kse1948 2003
+kse1948 July 2003 when they lost an engine on landing approach in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
They should be executed/lifetime for that shit!...
The pilot actually died
Good you pay the price
He-111 and Jewish violin music. What's wrong with you?
Looks really stupid in WW2 Luftwaffe colours with Merlin engines.
NO TABOOS the merlin engines are cute they look like they are screaming
Apparently this aircraft crashed
+TJE _ She crashed in Cheyenne, Wyoming U.S.A. in 2003, killing both crew members that were on board.
Have they ever thought to take off the Symbol on tail hmmmmm
The music is useless
Spitfire fodder.......
So ein zeitlos schönes Flugzeug, und dann wird es mit Motoren der Besatzer gequält. 🤦🏻♂️⚫⚪🔴⚔️🛡️💪🏻