Flugwerk AP-91

The owner sold his business AFAIK, It didn’t go under. The problem with the parts were that they could only be used for experimental registered aircraft. Even though they were factory standard.

I would guess that the cost of the new builds would end up the same or more than the real thing. They would probably have been better off having business model like that of Airframe Assemblys in the Isle of Wight where they could build major assemblies to get rebuilds/crash damaged and the odd data plate flying.

I was always quite impressed by what I saw in the photos of the work they did with these aircraft. Unlike their 190’s, which took some real departures from the originals, their new-build Mustang fuselages/tails/control surfaces were built to the original NAA factory blueprints, and were constructed factory-stock, with all of the original armor plate/seat brackets and WWII-radio shelves/brackets and flare ports in the cockpits. If they were truly built to the highest of quality, I’ve always assumed that with the folding-up of the company, that these parts/assemblies would have found their way/been funneled into other Mustang projects/rebuilds.

They, or any new parts, were never intended to be usable by certified aircraft.
This was specified in any articles and was also why they called them “Palomino”.
They were targeting the Experimental market.

Andy

Typo: should be AP-51.:eek:
According to photographs on the net they had quite a substantial production of fuselage subassemblies.
As they were planning to sell them as kits similar to the 190, chances are they are not usable for
Mustang projects?

I believe the company ‘went under’ a few years ago