Avia S-192 Super Vlaštovka (What If..)
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Alan WelchSaw one of these built at the Region 12 IPMS/USA Regional meet. Very nice looking
Daniel KřivánekThank you very much. I'm glad you were interested in the model 😊
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Avia S-192 Super Vlaštovka
It is quite a well-known truth that after the war there were many aviation equipment left on our territory, both wrecks and usable machines, and there were also many workshops and factories where various parts or even whole units were manufactured and assembled. In one of these factories, wings and fuselages for the high altitude and high speed versions of the Me 262 HG were found.
On the drawing boards, the high altitude, high speed versions of the Me 262HG (HG=Hochgeschwindigkeit - high speed) were built with multiple arrow wings and with different Jumo 004 engines for version I, Heinkel HeS 011A for version II and III.
It was decided that these parts would be concentrated at the Avie factory in Prague, where the Me 262's nose was produced and where further work on these aircraft was planned. It was decided that two Me 262HG prototypes would be built, which were designated S-192 after acceptance by the military report. Among pilots they were called Super Swallow.
The first flight was made by Avie pilot Antonín Kraus, who already had experience piloting the S-92, on 6 June 1946. The flight went without any problems. For further testing, the machine was handed over to the VLU to test its flight characteristics at high speeds and altitudes. These tests were attended by Jiri Maňák and Karel Pošta, who took turns during the testing.
Together with the S-93, it was our most advanced post-war fighter. Although the trials were successful, it was eventually decided that the S-93, which was easier to produce, cheaper, and had better flight characteristics, would be better for mass production and use in the Air Force.
The aircraft flew in its original metallic color. The wings and rudder had Czech markings. The fuselage and wings were spray painted with the assigned VLA number V-32. On 7 September 1949, together with S-92.2 and S-93, it was demonstrated at the Air Day in Ruzyně. In 1950 this machine is no longer on the MNO register and was probably cancelled.
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