Dual power for Bf 109

AT Heringsdorf airfield on the northern German island of Usedom, the Air Fighter Academy has made major engineering changes to increase the capability of Messerschmitt Bf 109G-12 D-FMGZ, following its first test flights during August 2016 (see Aeroplane October 2016). Modifications to this two-seat 109 — based on a donor Spanish-built Hispano HA-1112 Buchón airframe — enable everything in front of the firewall to be changed quickly so that the aircraft can be flown with either an original Daimler-Benz DB605