Bf109 sliding canopy

[Pilot]

Any info about this image...

http://www.airwarfareforum.com/upld/...7-P7jv8mYg.jpg

Cheers

[Griffon]

edit: I have just seen the question has been answered at the other forum already

[Pilot]

Yes but who know-each forum have different kind of members and more answer can get

[George Hopp]

As a quicky WAG I would opine that it is a Czech trainer, postwar.

[Pilot]

Or Spain built sample...

[George Hopp]

Well, the Czech 109s (Avia S.199) had a sliding canopy on the single-seat version, so by extension, I assumed the pictured a/c would simply have had the canopy extended and a 2nd seat added. BUT, the windscreen portion of the canopy is definitely not of the normal109 shape. And, the nose portion has the faired-in engine cowling of the Hispano HA-1112. So, is it a post-war reconstruction using portions of both a/c types? I frankly don't know.

[Revi16]

How about the HA 1110-K1L or HA 1112M4L?
http://www.unrealaircraft.com/hybrid...H109_esp_3.php

http://www.messerschmitt109.com/espagne/p8_1.html

The pics I have of the Czech built two seat CS-199's shows a 2 piece sliding canopy like an AT-6 Texan, one piece slides aft, the other slides forward.

Regards,
Mike

[Pilot]

Thank you George and Revi for your installment

[George Hopp]

Mike, I bow to your superior photos. Yes, the photo in question certainly does appear to be the HA-1112M.4L. Especially notice the windshield unit which is definitely not from the 109. In fact, it looks more like one from an Ar 96.

[olefebvre]

It's indeed the HA-1112M4L before the engine swap for a Merlin, in that picture it's still using the Hispano. The picture was taken at Tablada in 1952.
The 199 is "of course" the c/n

Olivier