D-MVCW - A Tale of Two Comets

In August 2010 I received an email from Pascal C telling me that he had just taken delivery of FK-12 Comet c/n 083 which was previously registered as D-MVCW. He sent me some photos of it showing it already painted with its new French registration letters.

One day later I received some reports from the large Fly In at Tannheim - Tankosh 2010 - among the aircraft noted at this event was FK-12 Comet D-MVCW ! 

This all seemed rather odd, I wondered if perhaps the D-MVCW at Tankosh 2010 was a misreading for another Comet that has a very similar registration D-MCVW.

I'd like to thank Grahame Bann, Nigel Hitchman and David Haines for sending me jpeg photos of D-MVCW taken at Tankosh 2010.

At first glance these photos showed an aircraft that looked identical to D-MVCW c/n 083, however this was now living in the south of France !

Closer inspection showed that D-MVCW at Tankosh 2010 was not identical to the D-MVCW that appeared at Tankosh the previous year in 2009 - take a look below.

The above photo shows D-MVCW at Tankosh 2009 - this is FK-12 Comet c/n 083.

The photo above shows D-MVCW at Tankosh 2010 - almost identical but not 100% identical. The most obvious difference is the white propeller hub and propeller - in addition look at the spacing of the 4 yellow stars on the engine cowling - also note that the blue wavy line along the fuselage is a little bit lower below the cockpit, for example the upper wing struts no longer pass through the blue wavy line. I think the undercarriage wheel spats are different too.

The mystery of the "new" D-MVCW at Tankosh 2010 was solved by Chris Vaughan who spoke to the pilot who confirmed that this was a brand new Comet delivered just a couple of weeks previously and has c/n 092- so this current aircraft is D-MVCW(2).

If you look at the previous story on this blog you can see photos of the original D-MVCW(1) with its new French markings "11-IJ" still in the yellow/white/blue colour scheme.

Thanks to the many Blog readers who helped resolve this Tale of Two Comets.


Steve

Tannheim - Tannkosh 2009

The big Fly In at Tannheim Germany took place in July 2009 - this years Tannkosh event attracted several FK-12 Comets including D-MUZZ which is a new addition to the FK-12 Fleet List.

Visiting were,

D-EZWO - the unique "E" reg Wankel Comet
D-MGFK
D-MOXL
D-MPHK
D-MSSS
D-MUZZ
D-MVCW
D-MWWE


D-EZWO - Wankel Rotary engine



D-MOXL at Tankosh


D-MPHK

D-MUZZ - believed to be c/n 056

D-MVCW under storm clouds at Tankosh 2009

As you can see from the photos the weather was not good - cold wet and windy over the weekend.

LINK to official TANNKOSH 2009 website


Many thanks to Freddy Ceulemans, Nigel Hitchman, Ray Fitton and Chris Vaughan for sending in these details and the above photos.

Tankosh 2008

Fly In at Tankosh Germany 19th - 20th July 2008

I'd like to thank Freddy from Belgium for his report from this years "Tankosh" fly in - Unfortunately the number of visiting aircraft was reduced due to poor weather over much of Europe.

He saw 5 FK-12 Comets at Tankosh - D-MGFK, D-MIRK, D-MKKJ, D-MORE and D-MPHK.



Aircraft D-MKKJ is a new addition to the FK-12 Comet production listing ( see below ) and appears to be c/n 77 - thanks to Freddy for this photo