Avia S-199

what is it?

The Avia S-199 is a propeller-driven Messerschmitt Bf 109G-based fighter aircraft built after World War II using the Bf 109G airframe and a Junkers Jumo 211F engine in place of the original and unavailable Daimler-Benz DB 605 engine. It is notable as the first fighter obtained by the Israeli Air Force, and was used during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Constructed in Czechoslovakia with parts and plans left over from Luftwaffe aircraft production, the aircraft had numerous problems and was generally unpopular with its pilots.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · low wing · 9.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 528 km/htop speed
• range 860 kmwithout refuelling
• size 3,736 kgmax take-off weight
• built 603made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 79 years ago, in 1947.
• 🏎️Top speed is 4.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.9 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1947-04-25

introduced

1948

retired

1957

status

retired

number built

603

role

fighter aircraft

makers

Avia

engines

1× Junkers Jumo 211F / Junkers Jumo 211

crew

1

length

8.9 m

wingspan

9.9 m

height

2.6 m

max take-off weight

3,736 kg

top speed

528 km/h

range

860 km

wings

low wing

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.