SERBIA MONTENEGRO: REPLICA OF GERMAN STORCH PLANE USED BY THE LUFTWAFFE IS DISPLAYED IN AIRSHOW

Record ID: 544638

  • Title: SERBIA MONTENEGRO: REPLICA OF GERMAN STORCH PLANE USED BY THE LUFTWAFFE IS DISPLAYED IN AIRSHOW
  • Date: 1st June 2003
  • Summary: BELGRADE, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO (JUNE 2003) (REUTERS) WIDE OF RUNWAY ON THE MILITARY AIRPORT NEAR BELGRADE, WITH TWO SOLDIERS FROM SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO ARMY WIDE OF MODERN AIRCRAFT LINED UP SLV THE FIESELER STORCH PLANE REPLICA PLANE CLOSE OF PROPELLER ON THE PLANE SCU SOUNDBITE (English) NESTOR SLEPCEV, OWNER OF STORCH AVIATION AUSTRALIA SAYING: " This airplane here is Fieseler Storch replica. Its called Slepcev Storch these days. Its a military aircraft in a very, very stall performance. It was designed first in 1936 in Germany by Dr. Fieseler Gerhard. Even today there is no match to this aircraft." CLOSE OF PLANE WITH SERBIAN EAGLE BADGE SMV NESTOR SLEPCEV PUTTING FUEL INTO THE PLANE HELPED BY A SOLDIER WIDE OF REPLICA AIRCRAFT WITH NAZI LUFTWAFFE BADGE SCU SOUNDBITE (English) NESTOR SLEPCEV SAYING: I am not any Nazi or anything like that. But original aircraft was painted in these colours and it should be kept that way. We might have to put a little bit of politics and history aside but that is the way the airplane used to look " VARIOUS OF THE PLANE TAKING OFF VARIOUS OF THE PLANE FLYING (SHOT FROM THE GROUND AND FROM THE INSIDE OF THE PLANE) VARIOUS OF THE PLANE IN SKY VARIOUS OF PLANE FLYING (SHOT FROM INSIDE PLANE) WIDE OF PLANE LANDING VARIOUS, PLANE TAXIING ON THE RUNWAY (SHOT FROM INSIDE PLANE) WIDE OF THE PLANE TAXIING VARIOUS OF PLANE TAXIING (FROM INSIDE OF PLANE) WIDE OF PLANE
  • Embargoed: 16th June 2003 13:00
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  • Location: BELGRADE, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
  • City:
  • Country: Serbia Montenegro
  • Topics: Conflict,Defence / Military,Transport
  • Reuters ID: LVADZCVEOUATLE7R1OKLTFRXS4XD
  • Story Text: A replica of the original German plane, the Storch which is German for stork, used by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War has arrived in Serbia... designed and constructed by a former Yugoslav, now living in Australia.
    The Storch has its own special place in history.
    It was involved in the rescue of Mussolini from the now famous Italian resort of Campo Imperatore, 10,000 above sea level on the Gran Sasso mountain.
    In August 1996 - almost fifty-three years exactly after the daring mission - Nestor Slepcev, a Yugolsav living in Australia for the last thirty years, carried out a re-enactment.
    It had taken twelve years to get approval.
    He landed his Slepcev Storch Mk4, with Rotax 912 motor, at Gran Sasso.
    Nestor's business is Storch Aviation Australia - he's been flying for over ten years as well as designing aircraft.
    By 1991-92 he'd planned and constructed the first two Single Seat Slepcev Storch under Australian category 95-10, as well as a Single Seat Low Wing Monoplane and Yugo, his twin KFM 30hp aircraft.
    In 1993-94 Nestor concentrated on producing the Slepcev Storch as a Two Seat Tandem aircraft, at the same time working on the Me-109-G2.
    The original Storch was designed in Germany in 1936 by Dr. Gerhard Fieseler, and was used by the Luftwaffe in the Second World War as a reconnaissance, utility and personnel carrying aircraft.
    The Slepcev Storch, and its subsequent related models, is Nestor's brainchild, developed at his factory at Port Macquarie in Australia... it's a three-quarter version of the original, modified in areas for simplicity.
    The Slepcev Storch has now been seen throughout the world at various airshows including the world's biggest Oshkosh in the United States and the Sunn Fun airshow in Florida.
    To date more than 100 aircraft have been sold - 60% as ready-to-fly and 40% as kits. Model plans are not available for purchase.
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