The Ing Erwin Musger designed Mg 4 of 1931 was developed into the Mg 10.
Aircraft
Oberlerchner Mg 9
The two-seater Mg 9 was designed by Erwin Musger in 1935, and in this Musger himself set up an Austrian duration record of 8.09 hours in 1936. This was followed by a world duration record of 40 hours 51 minutes set up on 10 September 1938, also in an Mg 9; six months before Austria had been annexed by Nazi Germany under the Anschluss.
Oberlerchner Mg 4
The Ing Erwin Musger designed Mg 2 of 1930 was followed in 1931 by the Mg 4, Austria’s first high performance glider which made some notable long distance fights, and which was developed into the Mg 10.
Oberlerchner Mg 2
The first of the Mg series designed by Ing Erwin Musger was the gull-winged Mg 2 of 1930, a cantilever shoulder wing monoplane of 18m (59 ft 0.5 in) span, followed in 1931 by the Mg 4.
Oberlerchner, Joseph
Austria
The firm of Josef Oberlerchner Holzindustrie had become the foremost Austrian sailplane manufacturer, producing over 4,000 gliders and powered aircraft between 1941 and 1967, of which the Mg 19 tandem two-seater trainer and the Mg 23 high performance single-seater were the most important postwar types. Before the war Austria had produced some notable sailplanes, in particular the Mg series designed by Ing Erwin Musger which culminated in the Mg 19 and Mg 23.
A former manufacturer of sailplanes, Oberlerchner flew a prototype all-wood two-seat JOB 5 lightplane in 1958. The developed JOB 15 four-seater, which had metal/wood/glassfibre construction, entered production in 1961, powered by a Lycoming engine. It remained in service with Austrian and other European aero clubs, especially as a glider tug.
Oakland Airmotive
USA
California-based Oakland Airmotive specialized in civilian executive transport conversions of surplus U.S. Navy Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon patrol bombers. The resultant Oakland Centaurus seated 8/14 passengers and was offered as a highspeed corporate transport in the late 1950s and early 1960s. A twin-engined conversion of the Beechcraft Bonanza was also completed to order, and renamed Oakland Super V.
NZ Aerospace Industries
In the late 1950s several FU-24 operators; James Aviation, Thames Aerial Topdressing and Robertson’s Air Services, formed Air Parts (NZ) Ltd at Hamilton Airport to provide aftermarket sales and service to FU-24 operators. Also in the mid 1950s Aero Engine Services Ltd (AESL) was formed to provide Engine and component overhaul facilities in support of the FU-24 program.
These businesses continued on until the 1960s when things began to change for the both of them. In 1965 Air Parts (NZ) Ltd secured the manufacturing rights to the Fletcher FU-24 and began producing detail parts and FU-24 aircraft locally. In 1967 AESL secured the manufacturing rights to the Victa Airtourer and also began detail and aircraft production locally. Both companies then enjoyed some years of expansion and development.
AESL provided the catalyst for the next change. In the early 1970s it had developed the CT-4 Airtrainer out of the prototype Victa Aircruiser and successfully secured contracts to supply the Airtrainer to the RAAF and RTAF. As a result of this, there were moves to get the New Zealand Government involved and merge Air Parts (NZ) Ltd and AESL into a new strong entity.
New Zealand Aerospace Industries Ltd (NZASIL) was born in 1973 with a 50% Government shareholding, (25% Air New Zealand and 25% National Airways Corporation), with the other 50% shareholding remaining with the previous companies shareholders such as James Aviation.
NZASIL started off well and successfully marketed both lines of Aircraft all around the world. Peak production was reached in 1975 with the delivery of 36 CT-4 Airtrainers and 14 FU-24s a total of 50 aircraft for the year.
Things quietened down several years later when CT-4 production slowed and all that remained was short run FU-24 production.
Pacific Aerospace Corporation, (PAC) was established in July 1982, following the purchase of the assets of New Zealand Aerospace Industries. James Aviation took a 50% interest in Aero Engine Services Ltd in 1955. James Aviation also had a shareholding in Air Parts when it was formed in 1957 to market the FU-24.
Nyuxtikov N-1 Kachiniets
The Nyuxtikov N-1 Kachiniets (Russian: Нюхтиков Н-1 Качинец) was the irst glider developed by Mikhail Nyuxtikov at the Kacha flight school in 1929.
Its construction began in 1929. Its wings were obtained from the Pegas glider, which was destroyed two years earlier. The landing ski, the empennage, and the elevator and steering rudders were designed by Nyuxtikov. The tail cone and another set of pieces were taken from an un-used Fokker, the seat and the control lever of a Morane O.
The glider was built under the direction of Nyuxtikov with extensive participation from PM Stefanovski, instructor pilot M Moiseyev, technician Butovsky and G Gribakin.
The glider received the name “Kachiniets” and was used as a trainer at the Kacha Military Pilot School, characterized by being a difficult glider, capricious and little tolerant of pilots’ mistakes.
Nyge-Aero VLA-1 Sparrow
Produced in 1984 as a very light two-seat monoplane with pusher propeller.
Nyge-Aero
Sweden
Produced VLA-1 Sparrow in 1984 as very light two-seat monoplane with pusher propeller.
