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Mylius My-104
The Mylius My-103 Mistral is a German two-seat aerobatic trainer of utility aircraft produced by Mylius Aircraft, Mylius Flugzeugwerk of Bitburg. Design and development The My-103 is a two-seat development of the Mylius My 102 Tornado, My-102 Tornado which was itself a development of the MHK-101. The MHK-101 was an early 1970s proof of concept prototype which led to the MBB Bo 209 Monsun, it had been designed by Hermann Mylius the father of Albert Mylius who had founded Mylius Aircraft, Mylius Flugzeugwerk in 1996. The first flight of the My-103/200 basic trainer prototype ''D-ETMY'' was on 23 May 1998 which was followed by the first pre-production aircraft in July 2001. The My-103 is an all-metal low-wing monoplane with a fixed tricycle landing gear, the prototype basic trainer had a Lycoming IO-360, Lycoming AEIO-360 flat-four engine. It has two-seats side-by-side with dual controls and a rear-sliding bubble canopy and a fixed windscreen. A four-seat variant the My-104 was prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mylius Aircraft
The Mylius family of aircraft were derived from the barn-built MHK-101 design, which later was adopted by MBB and became the Bölkow Bo 209 Monsun project. The Bo-209 was a full metal, low wing basic trainer with standard aerobatic capabilities (+6/-3.5 g), 150 hp O-320 or 160 hp IO-320 engine. The front wheel was retractable (fixed as an option). Both wings were foldable, thus permitting to trailer the aircraft by a car on its own main wheels, nose wheel retracted and tail forward. The program became very successful. The Bo-209, mainly through its docile and responsive flight characteristics, was very popular among flight instructors all over the world. There is a faithful fan community of Bo-209 owners all over Europe, and used aircraft prices are still comparatively high. The program was abruptly terminated in 1972 with 100 aircraft built and more than 200 still in the open order books. But at that time, MBB had very profitable military orders and had no interest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
