Bf 109G-12 comes to Headcorn

The stunning Bf 109G-12 D-FMGZ during its first airto- air photo session, being flown by Klaus Plasa off Usedom on 23 June. RICHARD PAVER THE Air Fighter Academy’s Messerschmitt Bf 109G-12 D-FMGZ made its first flight with a newly installed Rolls-Royce Merlin 500 engine at Heringsdorf, on the northern German island of Usedom, on 23 June with Klaus Plasa at the controls. Further successful test flights of the fighter trainer — which is based on a Spanish-built Hispano HA-1112 Buchón