1971 Bölkow Bo 209 Monsun
G-EFJD has a few world records under its name
- Make
- Bölkow
- Model
- Bo 209 Monsun
- Year
- 1971
- Seller
- WilcoAviation
- Location
- Henstridge Airfield, United Kingdom
- Condition
- Pre-owned
- Seller type
- Broker
- Total Time
- 2460 h
- Engine Time
- 814 h
- Undercarriage
- Tricycle
- Seats
- 2
- Flight Rules
- IFR
- Registration
- G-EFJD
Highlights
- Wilco Aviation are pleased to have just exclusively listed this Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 209 Monsun. The aircraft is currently hangared and located with us at Henstridge Airfield in the South West of England.
Exterior
- 7/10
- White & Grey with Red trim
Interior
- 7/10
- Red & Grey Leather
Maintenance
- Propeller - 112h
- LAST ANNUAL: Valid until 04/07/2024
- LAST ARC: Valid until 04/07/2024
- Airworthiness Until
- 07/04/2024
Specifications
- Seat Configuration
- 1+1
- Gross Weight
- 820 Kg
- Empty Weight
- 484 Kg
- Cruise Speed
- 131 Kt
- Range
- 750 Nm
- Fuel Burn
- 30 l/h
- Fuel Capacity
- 140 l
Engine
- Manufacturer, Model
- Lycoming, IO-320-D1B
- MT Propeller - 3 blade (112h)
- PROP HOURS: 112 (+/- 5hrs)
- Power
- 160
- Fuel Type
- Avgas 100LL
- TTSN
- 814
Avionics
- COM
- Trig, TY91
- 8·33 kHz spaced
- XPNDR
- Trig, TT21
- Other
- Sigtronics SPA-400 TSO
- Collins VHF COMM
- Course Deviation Indicator (CDI)
- Direction Indicator (DI)
- Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI)
- Air Speed Indicator (ASI)
- Altitude Indicator (AI)
- Exhaust Gas Temperature Gauge (EGT)
- Artificial Horizon
- Ampere Meter
- RPM Gauge
- Variable Pitch Propellor
- Suction Gauge
- Turn & Slip Indicator
- G Meter
- GPS
- Garmin, 296
Electrical equipment
- Landing / Taxi lightning
- Installed
- Navigation lights
- Installed
Ground equipment
- Cover
- Included
Other
- Other
- Wing Fold Kit
Additional Remarks
- Having a G Meter fitted enables this aircraft to genuinely have basic aerobatic capabilities of +4.4/-2.2. The ease of manoeuvres is complimented with the larger 160hp engine and of course a constant speed propellor. Being IFR equipped and having a relatively fast cruise speed of 130 knts – this truly is an all round capable aircraft.
- The Monsun was designed by three Bölkow engineers, led by Bölkow’s technical director Dr Hermann Mylius, in their spare time with the intention of creating a more versatile aircraft than the Bölkow Bo 208, with design work beginning in 1965. The new aircraft, designated the MHK-101, was a low-wing monoplane of all-metal construction with a tricycle undercarriage, which had fixed main wheels, with the option for the nosewheel to be fixed or retractable. While the MHK-101 used some components of the Bo-208, it had a larger and more comfortable cockpit, and an entirely new wing, which could be folded for towing and storage (the Bo 208 was a high-wing aircraft).
- The first prototype MHK-101, powered by a 125 hp (93 kW) Lycoming O-235 engine driving a fixed-pitch propeller and with a retractable nose wheel, flew on 22 December 1967. In April 1969, Bölkow selected the MK-101 to replace the Bo 208 in production, with the type becoming the “Bölkow Bo 209 Monsun”. A second prototype flew in May 1969. That year, Messerschmitt-Bölkow merged with Messerschmitt-Bölkow to become Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm, with the aircraft becoming the MBB Bo 209. The aircraft, which was offered with a variety of engines, a choice of fixed or variable pitch propellers and fixed or retractable nose wheels, entered production at MBB’s Laupheim factory early in 1970 and received its type certificate on 9 April 1970.
- Juliet Delta benefits from having the larger 160hp fuel injected Lycoming engine, a fixed undercarriage on both the main and nose wheel and a low time MT 3 blade propellor with wing fold for the smaller hangars or trailer towing.
- G-EFJD has a few world records under its name. Two FAI World Speed Records, the Dawn to Dusk ‘Duke of Edinburgh’s’ trophy twice and a Guinness World Record for visiting the most airfields in 12 hours. She was displayed in the 2019 LAA Rally where the focus was on Royal Aero Club racing.