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    Quote Originally Posted by SharkmanBMW
    I am not the author, just found it interesting and wanted to share.

    A little history - in World War II, Germany's best fighter plane, the Focke-Wulf FW 190 was powered by a BMW engine. Interestingly enough, this fighter was considered a "pilot's airplane", much like a BMW car today is considered a "driver's car".

    The second pic was apparently their fist logo in 1916

    Anyone have any other bits of nostalgia?
    How about an original 1943 BBC recording of an Australian Sunderland flying boat aircrew who were attacked first by a pair of Junkers JU88's and then two FW190's?

    "... As we broke cloud we saw two Focke Wulf 190's. They're Germany's best fighters!..."

    The recording can be heard here
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