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VojtaO
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2024-12-18
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Jeju Aerospace Museum.
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VojtaO
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2024-12-18
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In front of Jeju Aerospace Museum
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Jakub Vaněk
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2023-06-16
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Photoflight over Archipelago Sea near Turku Finland
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Jakub Vaněk
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2024-07-14
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This Spitfire MK IX carries rare Mediterranean markings and is also the only Spitfire flying in the world with a Rolls Royce Merlin 63. It’s believed to be the second earliest Mk IX Spitfire in airworthy condition. Built at Castle Bromwich April 1943, 11th May 1943, Shipped to Casablanca for service with the Middle East Air Force aboard the SS Fort Jersey. LZ842 served in Malta and Sicily, with 93 Sqn and 232 Sqn. Restoration is Complete 2021.
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Ctibor Kocman
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2024-09-15
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The Junkers J9 was a development version of the previously intended fighter J7, constructed on Hugo Junkers' own initiative, and produced in a single prototype in 1917. J7 was the first all-metal cantilever fighter monoplane in the world. In March 1918, 3 test aircraft were ordered under the designation J9. A month later, in April 1918, the first prototype was completed and in May, handed over to the Inspektion der Fliegertruppen (Idflieg) for testing. The aircraft was equipped with a 160 horsepower (119 kW) Mercedes DIII engine and armed with 2 synchronized machine guns placed in front of the cockpit (missing on the exhibited original). During the tests, it demonstrated good performance, but failed in manoeuvrability. Therefore, specialist role of balloon attack or use in naval aviation was considered. 47 (40?) units were produced, officially designated Junkers D.I. Combat use in World War I is not confirmed. Cantilevered low-wing fighters found their role only after another twenty years. After the war, this type was used by Geschwader Sachsenburg for suppressing the Red forces in the Baltic countries.
The only surviving example was assigned to the naval aviation in occupied Flanders. After the war, it was examined by the British, assigned to the Belgian Air Force and finally in 1921, sent to France for testing at the Section technique de l´Aeronautique (STA) in Paris. It was restored in the 1970s and since 1974 has been exhibited at Le Bourget.
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More than the 1500 presented records
