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...

course there was no time to consider trifles, such as the fact that [the Avia S-199's] had never taken off, or even been tested in flight, their parts had...

Avia Motors s.r.o. is a Czech automotive manufacturer. Founded in 1919 as an aircraft maker, it diversified into trucks after 1945. As an aircraft maker...

arrival of 25 Avia S-199s from Czechoslovakia, the first of which arrived in Israel on 20 May. Ironically, Israel was using the Avia S-199, an inferior...

in May 1948, assumed command of its first fighter squadron. Flying the Avia S-199, Alon participated in the IAF's first combat sortie on 29 May 1948, and...

cartridges for MG 151 375,000 7.65mm cartridges for vz. 27 pistol 25 Avia S-199 fighters 61 Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IX fighters Some of the aircraft...

December 1942. Powers and rotational speeds are for take-off at sealevel. Avia S-199 Dornier Do 217 - single engine test aircraft Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Heinkel...

the Negev Air Squadron near Nir-Am. In May 1948, he learned to fly the Avia S-199 (Messerschmitt Bf 109) at the České Budějovice air base in Czechoslovakia...

the war, the 109 was built in Czechoslovakia, as the Avia S-99 and Avia S-199 (with twenty-five S-199s serving with Israel in 1948) and in Spain as the...

six days after Israel declared its independence. Initially flying the Avia S-199, it has since operated the Supermarine Spitfire, North American Mustang...

Yishuv. Of particular note was the delivery of 23 Czechoslovakia-made Avia S-199 fighters, the post-war version of the German Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf...

British-manufactured Spitfires; American-made P-51 Mustangs; and the Avia S-199. Photo of Gordon Levett, Mahal C-46 crew during a refueling stop in Corsica...

After the war, some Bf 109s were produced in Czechoslovakia as the Avia S-99 and Avia S-199. These were modified Bf 109G-14s, the latter with the inferior...

homeland." With the assistance of officials in Czechoslovakia, a number of Avia S-199 fighter aircraft, a variant of the Messerschmitt Bf 109, were obtained...

built Hatzerim Airbase in 1966. Czech Avia S-199 of Israeli 101 Squadron at Ekron Airbase in 1948 An Avia S-199 of 101 Squadron at the IAF Museum in 2006...

means to supplement this fleet. The backbone of the IAF consisted of 25 Avia S-199s purchased from Czechoslovakia, essentially Czechoslovak-built Messerschmitt...

1948 – An Israeli Avia S-199 was shot down during close air support over Isdud. The pilot was killed. 30 May 1948 – An Israeli Avia S-199 was shot down during...

British mandate. The Yishuv obtained from Czechoslovakia a supply of Avia S-199 fighter planes too and, later on in the conflict, Supermarine Spitfires...

post-World War II period is represented by aircraft such as the Avia S-199 and double seated Avia CS-199 (Messerschmitt Bf 109G with Jumo engine) and the Aero C3A...

České Budějovice. Lichter arrived in Israel in August 1948, once the last Avia S-199 conversion course had finished. He joined Israel's 101 "First Fighter"...

development Rogozarski IK-3 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Avia S-199 CAC CA-15 Kangaroo Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Hawker Sea Fury Hispano Aviación...

Israel and relocated to Hatzor in November – at that time still with Avia S-199 fighter aircraft imported from Czechoslovakia. It was followed by the...

Designation Entered Service Left Service Hebrew designation Avia S-199 1948 1950 Sakin (Knife) סכין Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 1948 1958 Bristol Beaufighter...

an Avia S-199) on 10 June. The Syrian Air Force claimed its sole kill of the war on 10 July when a rear gunner of a Harvard shot down an Avia S-199 flown...

true fighter aircraft (as opposed to makeshift use of light planes), Avia S-199, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The airfield was used as it was a bit...

for use in the 1947–1949 Palestine war, serving alongside upwards of 23 Avia S-199 fighters (Czech-built Messerschmitt Bf 109Gs) in Israeli service, with...

is a list of Israeli Air Force aircraft squadrons. 150 Squadron (Israel) 199 Squadron (Israel) 248 Squadron (Israel) "Idaho Falls Spokesperson - About...

Independence and the outbreak of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, flying the Avia S-199 fighter plane. On May 29, 1948, Lenart took part in Operation Pleshet...

illegal – to supplement this fleet. The backbone of the IAF consisted of 25 Avia S-199s (purchased from Czechoslovakia, essentially Czechoslovak-built Messerschmitt...

Edwards, Big Spring, Texas marked as Red 11) Hispano Aviación HA-1112 Avia S-99/S-199 Nowarra 1993, p. 189. A division of the Škoda Works "Forum thread,"...