Erickson Aircraft Collection’s Me 109 (Hispano) Performs Maiden Flight [Video]

On Saturday, Erickson Aircraft Collection’s newly restored Me 109 took to the air for its first post-restoration flight with pilot John Romain at the controls.

As previously reported, the aircraft was originally a Buchon HA-1109 built under license by Hispano Aviación and equipped with a Rolls Royce Merlin engine. It was used in the 1969 film The Battle of Britain before finding its way to Erickson’s facility in Madras, Oregon. Pacific Fighters performed the restoration of the machine, bringing it as close as possible to a German Me 109 configuration. Work included equipping it with new exhaust stacks, an original cowling and an Allison engine as a substitute for the original Daimler-Benz.

Restoration work was completed earlier this month, with the machine being finished in the colors of the G-6 “Green 1” flown by Hermann Graf of Jagdgeschwader 50. Click below to check out photos and video of the recent test flight.

Posted by Erickson Aircraft Collection on Saturday, April 22, 2017



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