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and marketed for homebuilding. It is one of many wooden homebuilt designs from Romanian born designer

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. Jurca was a

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pilot in

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who moved to France in 1948. Plans for two versions were produced, the MJ-9, at 3/4 scale, and the MJ-90, at full-scale. Both versions can be built as single-seaters or with a second seat for a passenger no more than tall.

Variants

* MJ-9 - 3/4 scale version ** MJ-90 - full-scale version

Specifications (MJ-9)

References

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