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BF-109 wind tunnel test, Berlin, ca.1934 [1440 × 1088] (imgur.com)

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[–]god_of_tits_an_wine 24 points25 points ago

That's an epic photo, damn nazis and their crazy scientists were really good at warfare R&D

[–]crumbleater 19 points20 points ago

Picture of the same plane after testing

From another angle

According the LOC, the photo was taken in 1940 at the "Hermann Goering" Aviation Research Institute, Braunschweig Source

**edited to add pic

[–]marquis_of_chaos[S] 2 points3 points ago

Thanks for the extra info and pictures. The LOC date is probably the correct date as my dating of the picture is not based on an original source.

[–]heillon 2 points3 points ago

I think it's the E variant (Emil) so 1940 makes perfect sense :)

[–]Kornstalx 1 point2 points ago

Yeah that looks like an Emil, those points on the wings are the converged 20mm cannons. The F and later models removed the wing cannons and mounted a single one centerline, through the prop.

[–]fennekeg 0 points1 point ago

yes, 1940 makes more sense than 1934 because of the nazi writing on the wall.

[–]nIkbot 24 points25 points ago

"Because FUCK scale models."

[–]mypantsareonmyhead 11 points12 points ago

It is a scale model, it's just that the Germans had the balls to make theirs 1:1 .

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

Das deutsche Volk wird sich

durch die Eroberung der Luft*

seinen ihm* gebührenden* Platz

in der* Welt* erzwingen

I'm not sure about the marked words, maybe somebody can sharpen the text. It seems to say

The German nation will enforce the place, it deserves in the world, by conquering the air.

Most (big) industrial factories had writings like that in at least one hall as ordered by the regime, because as an owner you either cooperated or it handed over.

But as crumbleater says, it was taken at the "Hermann Goering" Aviation Research Institute, so it doesn't surprise me much, anyway.

[–]avioneta 6 points7 points ago

What an incredible picture - can't stop taking in all the awesomeness

[–]superanth 3 points4 points ago

Now where exactly do they store the gold Jackie Chan steals 50 years later?

[–]marquis_of_chaos[S] 5 points6 points ago

The Messerschmitt Bf 109, often called Me 109, was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt and Robert Lusser during the early to mid 1930s. It was one of the first truly modern fighters of the era, including such features as all-metal monocoque construction, a closed canopy, a retractable landing gear, and was powered by a liquid-cooled, inverted-V12 aero engine.

[–]roboduck 10 points11 points ago

There's something odd about one of the most fearsome weapons of the Third Reich that was involved in countless bloody battles and was responsible for untold numbers of deaths having been designed by someone named Willy.

[–]Dradoc 0 points1 point ago

Takes a bit of the sting out of how badass it was, right?

[–]CivilEGR 2 points3 points ago

Can anyone translate the back wall?

[–]ddmegen1 2 points3 points ago

I wonder if the man in the leather jacket is this guy: http://imgur.com/tzZ9M

[–]aeroalex 0 points1 point ago

The likeliness is remarkable

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