Master Warbird Pilot Steve Hinton

flies the world’s only original airworthy Fw 190

JAN TEGLER

On a chilly December day, master warbird pilot and Planes of Fame Air Museum President Steve Hinton pulled back on the stick of the Flying Heritage Collection’s (FHC) freshly restored Focke Wulf Fw 190A-5/U3 and took to the air in the only airworthy, original example of the legendary German fighter. “It hit me right away,” Steve says. “Holy smoke! I’m flying a real 190! I was thrilled to death that I could fly a piece of history like that.” Hinton has amassed thousands of flight hours, piloting almost every WW II piston-engine fighter you can think of plus a host of Korean War era jets as well as WW I fighters, championshipwinning Unlimited class air racers, and more. But for the man who’s flown more than 50 P-51 Mustangs, taking…

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