Messerschmit Haluan HA-300

Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:48 am

[img]http://www.egyptdailynews.com/My%20Webs/edailypics/airforce/Ha300flies[1].jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.egyptdailynews.com/My%20Webs/edailypics/airforce/ha300cool[1].jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.egyptdailynews.com/My%20Webs/edailypics/airforce/ha300meuseum0[1].jpg[/img]

Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:00 am

That's a handsome little beast! I wasn't aware of this particular Messerschmitt... looks like I'll be doing a bit of research on that bird.

Could make for a neat "Luftwaffe 46" what-if...

Thanks!

Lynn

Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:27 pm

Looks like a Mig 21 with a different inlet configuration. Interesting.

Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:07 pm

Helwan, built in Egypt, right?

Saludos,

Tulio

Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:51 am

Yes, this is from Egypt and any drawings and plastic kit info is welcome.

Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:03 am

looks like a british folland gnat!!

Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:21 pm

Nice story here:
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Histo ... HA300.html

A drawing here:
http://www.aviastar.org/air/egypt/helwan_h-300.php

Cheers,
Manfred

Thu Aug 06, 2009 5:48 pm

Danke schon Manfred

Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:12 pm

tom d. friedman wrote:looks like a british folland gnat!!

IIRC an off-shoot of that design, was built in India, as the Hindustan Marut.

Saludos,

Tulio

Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:19 am

Tulio wrote:
tom d. friedman wrote:looks like a british folland gnat!!

IIRC an off-shoot of that design, was built in India, as the Hindustan Marut.

Saludos,

Tulio

Unfortunately that is incorrect Tulio. The Hindustan Marut was an independent designby Kurt Tank , who was contracted by India about the same time Willi Messerschmitt was working on the HA-300. The link between them was that at one point India tied up with Egypt to co-develop an engine that was never used. And India provided the test pilot to the HA-300 group (The article above is the Test Pilot's story).

Apparently Kurt Tank joined Willi aftr his contract with HAL expired but neither had any inputs in the other;s design.