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Re: Flying BF-109E's through a train tunnel.
Hmmmmm "disappointment". I am willing to accept that he may have been feeding me bullshit, but with everything else he was pretty much straight down the line.
In Australia we drive in the left lane and the on coming traffic is in the right lane.
I also have done things like pass vehicles while riding a motorbike on a very narrow 2 lane mountain road, with about 150mm clearance between my left handle bar and the mirrors of the vehicles I am passing, and about 150mm clearance between my right handle bar, and the traffic coming from the other direction....
Yeah - showing off - while racing a woman in a fast car, through the mountains...
So with practice, the idea of flying a plane through a train tunnel is entirely feasible.
Also while the assumption of the train tunnel being a narrowish 2 track tunnel - a fair question may arise, "Was the tunnel made or designed in conjunction with the construction and servicing of the power station in mind? Was it a bigger tunnel or a 3 track tunnel - with or without the third line in situ, exclusively for the power station?
And I am prepared to consider that at say 300Kmh Or even less, going through an estimated 2 or so Km of train tunnel (say 6Km in total), that they may have flown in and out individually... and you could get one plane in and out every minute and 20 seconds or so....
While many feasible points have been put forward, it's also just as easy to say, I wasn't provided with all the information about the mission, and what currently exists is a list of "yes issues" and "probable issues", and finally, "non issues".
OK so taking this back to the originator of the story, Josef Landthorp - of the JG 7 / 26 squadron. IS there a way to obtain information about his war records and the missions and stationing of the squadron, and the locations and the proximity to any hydroelectric (assumed) power stations, in any countries that refused to roll over when the Hitlerite's came goose stepping in?
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