tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post5439027347316600247..comments2024-03-03T05:11:57.603-05:00Comments on Wings Over Iraq: Next up...Starbuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02013102906896853767noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post-82091258303045563462010-05-11T05:07:24.632-04:002010-05-11T05:07:24.632-04:00Welcome to Germany, and have lots of fun with the ...Welcome to Germany, and have lots of fun with the local beers...<br /><br />A couple of nit-picking comments:<br /><br />The design of the Lakota's forerunner, the BK-117, was not so much purchased from Messerschmitt. Rather, MBB - a merger of Messerschmitt and two other firms - was further merged into ever-bigger aerospace firms: first German DASA, then European Eurocopter. It still seems to sport a hingeless rotor system; this was developed by Bölkow, one of the "B"s in MBB.<br /><br />And the Luftwaffe reflector-less dance moves are occurring, as far as I can see, on a C-160 Transall (another product of European aerospace industrial cooperation), not on a C-27. Visit a friendly Luftwaffe Fliegerhorst, like Penzing/Landsberg (ETSA), Wunstorf (ETNW) or Hohn (ETNH) to check them out at close range :)<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />Helgehwilkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08536151539996943109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post-82542418388586400642010-05-09T19:40:11.860-04:002010-05-09T19:40:11.860-04:00Safe travels!Safe travels!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293152265787061341.post-74899727372753782302010-05-09T15:51:52.861-04:002010-05-09T15:51:52.861-04:00good luck with your move! I hope it all goes smoot...good luck with your move! I hope it all goes smoothly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com