Fieseler Fi 99 Jungtiger

The Fieseler Fi 99 Jungtiger, meaning young tiger, was a German sports aircraft prototype built by Fieseler in Kassel in 1937. It was conceived as a pure sports aircraft, a low-wing monoplane with a fully enclosed cabin and two seats in tandem, applying lessons from the earlier F 5. The structure mixed wood and metal, with a welded steel tube fuselage, a two-spar wooden wing and retractable flaps under the fuselage to improve takeoff and landing. A Hirth HM 506 A six-cylinder inline engine of 160 horsepower gave a maximum speed of 236 kilometres per hour. The Jungtiger was also tested towing with a drawbar, which only an aircraft with wholly benign handling could do. Despite its good performance only a very small number were built in 1937 and 1938, and one source states that just a single example was completed.