Recreating Frank Tinker’s 1937 dogfight
While a group of well-wishers recently marked the 100th birthday of Spanish Civil War pilot Frank Tinker, one aficionado took it a step further by simulating one of the American-born aviator’s most famous victories, a shoot-down of a Messerschmitt Bf-109 in July 1937. See the video here:
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Hi, thanks for the mention of my video, it’s an honour for me!
The complete version of Frank Tinker’s video is here, and the I-16 vs Bf-109 combat has been corrected to make it more historically accurate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1Rrai_9WrM
Enjoy it, and thanks all!
Tuckie
Comment by Tuckie — October 28, 2009 @ 2:33 pm