Junkers Ju-87 Stuka Restoration at Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum

[@tallthintom]

I wrote to the museum recently and they replied back that the Stuka restoration is on hold for the time being and they anticipate the restoration's resumption in the near future. So it looks like it may be a while before this is finished 😞 They mentioned that their ME 262 restoration has progressed in recent months so it looks like that's what they are currently working on.

[@TyCrispy]

It’s great to see this project is still underway. I’d travel across the globe to see a Ju-87 in the air

[@michaelwinston713]

Why?

[@nigel900]

@@michaelwinston713Because its there👈🏻

[@AnchorsAweighNarooma]

Looks so good even at this point with so much work carefull done. Well done so far..

[@rockbottom4909]

Can't wait to see/hear it fly!

[@ASIANFEET-63]

Amazing, well done

[@davidmcleod7757]

thanks for the reply i can't wait to see it fly

[@chumleyk]

It's taking so long that they'll have to start re-restoring the parts they first started with when they finish the last.

[@surlycrosscheck1]

This isn’t Pimp My Ride. A true restoration takes several years especially when parts are literally nonexistent. If it takes 15 years it takes 15 years. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@andrewmacdonald4833]

When the Americans set their sights on something, boy do they do a great job...this is an aviation masterpiece...

[@adriaanels6568]

It is a beauty.

[@xray86delta]

I don't mind if 90% is new, love seeing the historic planes restored!

[@sblack48]

99%

[@ervingoertzen7233]

To see a Stuka flying again!

[@dale3852]

Just wow.!!!!!!

[@majorkursk780]

I would really like to see it fly for the first time in person. To hear that original engine fire up would be amazing!

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+@majorkursk780 The museum did not give permission for the engine shop to publish any video of the testing, but I hope they filmed it. When it is finished the ground runs will be impressive. There is a second Stuka project starting now and it will be an airworthy project when complete.

[@majorkursk780]

@FiveCentsPlease Thanks for you information, I sure would like to hear that original engine fire up in person.

[@nielsdorhout058]

It already looks like a big Airfix model. Cant wait to see and hear the end result 😈

[@michaelwinston713]

Shite, you mean?

[@nigel900]

Ominous… 👍🏻

[@casenbeach]

wow i had no idea they are still working on it! looks like they restored the entire Jumo 211 and have worked on engine bearings and landing gear! i thought it was cancelled it altogether. I was extremely excited about it in 2019 and i heard something about (correct me if im wrong,) a problem in funding due to covid that caused the project to be closed and I never heard from the restoration since now. where did you find these new photos?

[@tallthintom]

The museum opened back up in late May and I went for a visit in early June. From what I was told at the museum the Stuka restoration is still happening. No idea when it will be finished though.

[@casenbeach]

@@tallthintom Thats awesome man thanks for telling me, its been so quiet for a long time. i think it'll be finished after they move to arkansas.

[@fredgarv79]

how do you know it's going to arkansas? Based on that one report in some magazine, that they took down after posting it?@@casenbeach

[@casenbeach]

@@fredgarv79 From what i've heard, the owner of the museum passed in 2018 or 19 and it got sold to a man in arkansas, and eventually they say they'll transport everything to arkansas

[@fredgarv79]

@@casenbeach I live a few minutes away from this place. I saw the original owner who came once Paul Allen before he died of cancer, you know the paul allen bill gates guy. He looked sick but he sat down in a lawn chair and watched a little bit of the flying show. It got sold to a Walmart heir from arkansas and he reopened the place just this year. As soon as he did there was an article in some magazine about aircraft restoration that it was going to reopen soon in Mukilteo WA but after 2 years it would be moving to Arkansas. A few people reported this on their facebook page with a link to the article but when I went there, I read nothing about this. Later they said that part of it was taken down. That's it. If you ask anybody at the museum they just say they don't know. "are the planes still being restored? " I don't know. "Will everything move after a few years? I don't know, Will the planes fly in shows? I don't know.I think they are not being told anything or told to just say I don't know. So that's it so when you say "From what I have been told" what do you mean? I didn't expect the planes to fly this last summer but they have had a few live planes start up and taxi around, so they are working on them. We are hopeful for next summer to see some fly. I do know they put the engines back on the ME-262 which they had them off when I went this last spring.

[@SilentGunman]

Will this restoration have the Jericho trumpets/sirens under the wings or no?

[@tallthintom]

Sorry but I don’t know. The museum seems to try hard to restore vehicles as authentic as possible though. I just like visiting the museum 😀

[@TyCrispy]

Awhile back I remember seeing video with on display, the propellers that seems to be the trumpets all in tack. Not too sure if the guts were there to make the sound but looked really promising

[@xenophonBC]

glad to see this is still ongoing after Allen's death.

[@twillison8824]

My grandfather was a part of the air war, he loved seeing the old warbirds flying again. I'm glad to see the few axis birds left being restored. Sure 51s and spits are cool, but i'd much rather see a few airworthy 190s or 109s(ugly arse buschons don't count).

[@どうそじん]

いつか、シュトルモビクとの揃い踏みで飛行しているところを見てみたいです❗️

[@michaelwinston713]

Over Nanking?

[@pat36a]

This was filmed in 2019, I don't think any progress has been made since Paul Allen's death. I know the museum and its collection were sold, the museum is open.

[@KittrellKallers]

Recorded in 2023, but not much progress since the 2019 portion of the video.

[@pietjepuk2071]

Will it flynagain?

[@tallthintom]

Hopefully, this museum tries to restore to working order. Keeping my fingers crossed 😀

[@vinceq1036]

The Stuka at the Chicago Museum of Industry & Science (right next to the Spitfire Mk1) should be restored to flying condition.

[@sblack48]

No it’s too valuable. It’s one of only 2 or 3 in the world that are original. This one here isn’t original at all. It’s a replica with a handful of original parts so it makes sense to risk flying it.

[@maritaselggren6861]

I DO THE SAME

[@willitbend7262]

Shit, they finally reopened after 3 years

[@coolhand1964]

I often wonder if there is little to no examples of the JU87 in existence because it was such a despised aircraft that nobody wanted anything to do with it after the war, or because it was so easily shot down by modern fighters, or a combination of both.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+@lukewise1227 Yes and because it was obsolete and many were probably recycled.

[@coolhand1964]

@FiveCentsPlease. Despite being obsolete by 1941, it was used by the Luftwaffe until 1945. There are only two remaining examples, as well as this aircraft, one is in the RAF museum in London and one is in the Science and Technical Museum in Chicago. It was susceptible to falling apart after being hit by the machine guns of Allied aircraft. My father's stepfather was in the RN and was involved in the evacuation of Dunkirk and then Specialist Ops from fast Patrol Boats along the Occupied French Coast. He never spoke of the war except to say that the Stuka's gave them a 'difficult time' over Dunkirk.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

@@coolhand1964 Another Ju-87 project was recently sold, actually the remains of two variants. So perhaps in coming years it will become another complete example if the owners can invest in it. The Paul Allen project was significant in that it completed the missing data for some for some of the Ju-87 variants, which could help future projects. I've always liked the lines of the Ju-87G better and it would be nice to see on resurrected one day.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

@@coolhand1964 A US museum has just announced a new Ju-87D project that will be a flying restoration. This was a surprise to me, although I knew wreckage of a Ju-87D has been for sale. I did not know how complete the wreckage was, and it is a lake recovery. So this will be exciting to follow in the coming years while it is restored.

[@KittrellKallers]

@@FiveCentsPlease Can you offer any info on the US Museum that you reference above? I'd like to look in on it. Thanks

[@АндрейШмырев-ж3з]

Интересно...а доведут этот проект до летного состояния?😮🤔

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+@user-du6yr1qx5d Проект и двигатель строились в соответствии с летной годностью. Он полетит, если новые владельцы продолжат работу. Перезапуск проекта может занять некоторое время.

[@garyslomczynski6579]

they have one in a museum in Chicago Science and Industry!!

[@SaltimusMaximus]

ME110 as well please

[@tallthintom]

I don’t think this museum has a ME110

[@Franky46Boy]

I heard the project was stopped since 2019 because of new owners. Anyone?

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+@Franky46Boy There has been no announcement from the new owners on the status of ongoing projects.

[@Franky46Boy]

@@FiveCentsPlease I fear for those projects then... Thanks for this information.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

@@Franky46Boy I would hope that there is far too much invested in the Stuka to not see it completed to flying. The costs to flight certify the engine and prop would probably pay for the entire restoration of a more common warbird. Allen's sister did offer the little-known Fw-189 project for sale but I do not know if it found a buyer. I would say that the Fw-189 was about 50% complete but looking very good, and it was also to be a flier. I had heard multiple times that the Me-262 was only going to make a few flights before permanent retirement, and that would not bother me.

[@LINJ638]

It is already long dead.

[@canamwing6999]

This restoration could have been completed long ago! I think some politics are involved.

[@ImBrockatron]

Ya its called lockdowns and where it is, they dont like things like planes and history.

[@clevlandblock]

The museum owner died a few years ago. So funding I'm sure got wrapped up in court with his estate.

[@vrosi1963]

who runs the museum now ?

[@tallthintom]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steuart_Walton bought it and owns it now