Messerschmitt Me 262 variant
Messerschmitt Me 262 Me 262 S-92
Post-war Czechoslovak continuation of the Me 262, built by Avia as the S-92 "Turbina" using inherited production tooling.
- 9
- Units built
History
No airworthy Me 262s remained in Czechoslovakia after the end of the war in Europe, but the local factories retained the production tooling; missing documentation was obtained from an American aviation magazine. Avia continued production as the S-92 "Turbina", in single-seat (S-92) and two-seat (CS-92, three built) form. The first prototype, S-92.1, flew on 24 October 1946. Most Turbina aircraft used Avia M-04 engines, a locally-produced Jumo 004, except the S-92.7 prototype, powered by BMW 003 engines. Nine S-92s and three CS-92s were built in total; by the early 1950s they were outclassed by more modern Soviet jets.