Hispano HA-200 Saeta in the weeds...

[navion91104]

Hispano HA-200 Saeta in the weeds at CKB airport in West Virginia. I'd love to have one of these aircraft flying as they were designed by Willy Messerschmitt. This old girl needs some real help! Maybe along with the Vampire jet we could cobble together a museum of jets that would have fought each other in 1946 if the war had continued.









What she once was...

[Courier Sportster]

that's a noisy bird there, my ears are still ringing

[steve dickey]

Interesting in that it looks like the canopy frames are steel? I bet those canopy's are heavy!!

[Fouga23]

Great project, hope it gets saved! Same engines as the Fouga

[airnutz]

powered by "Dog Whistle" Turbomeca Marbore' also built under license for Cessna T-37 "Tweetie"

[HPDCapt]

I think I saw one of these fly at an airshow in Parkersburg WV 8-10 years ago. I believe it was based in Ohio.

[JohnB]

A few were imported years ago as jet warbirds ("Gee, near P-51 performance at a fraction of the cost"... but likely not taking into account the long term realities of operating an old foreign jet) along with various MB-326, L-29s, T-11s and the like.

I believe several of the lower cost examples are parked...whether due to cost, service difficulties, spares or whatever. Perhaps the original purchasers just got bored with them.

They're rather like various early MiGs that litter ramps. A local guy had one, flew it sparingly before donating it to a local museum....who I believe doesn't quite know what to do with it.

[navion91104]

A few were imported years ago as jet warbirds ("Gee, near P-51 performance at a fraction of the cost"... but likely not taking into account the long term realities of operating an old foreign jet) along with various MB-326, L-29s, T-11s and the like.

I believe several of the lower cost examples are parked...whether due to cost, service difficulties, spares or whatever. Perhaps the original purchasers just got bored with them.

They're rather like various early MiGs that litter ramps. A local guy had one, flew it sparingly before donating it to a local museum....who I believe doesn't quite know what to do with it.

...fuel bills!!!

[Kyleb]

A few were imported years ago as jet warbirds ("Gee, near P-51 performance at a fraction of the cost"... but likely not taking into account the long term realities of operating an old foreign jet) along with various MB-326, L-29s, T-11s and the like.

I believe several of the lower cost examples are parked...whether due to cost, service difficulties, spares or whatever. Perhaps the original purchasers just got bored with them.

The Experimental Exhibition category really wrecks the utility of these airplanes. I imagine people bore holes in the sky with them for a while and quickly get bored because they can't even take them for a $1000 hamburger.

[kalamazookid]

World Heritage Air Museum has two Saetas. One is airworthy, but I'm not sure how often it flies.

https://www.worldheritageairmuseum.org/ha200

[old iron]

There was one at the Garber Facility at NASM, if this is still there. They may want to deaccess this.

The story I heard was that this came from the Egyptians. NASM was expecting a MiG-15 but opened the crate and there it was: an HA-200 Saeta.