The Hirtenberg HS.9 was an Austrian two-seat touring or training aircraft of the early 1930s.
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Role | two-seat touring monoplane |
Manufacturer | Hopfner, Hirtenberg |
Designer | Theodor Hopfner |
First flight | 1932 |
Number built | ca. 40 |
A derivative of the Hopfner HS-5/28 via the Hopfner HS-8/29, the HS.9 was a parasol wing monoplane with a fixed tailskid landing gear and room for two occupants in tandem open cockpits, and first flew as the Hopfner HS-9/32 in 1932, powered by a de Havilland Gipsy I engine. Production versions had Siemens Sh 14 engines with NACA cowlings. A single example of a refined version with an uncowled Siemens engine was flown in 1935 as the Hopfner HS-9/35, shortly before the Hopfner company went bankrupt.
When Hopfner's assets were purchased by Otto Eberhardt Patronenfabrik, production continued of both de Havilland- and Siemens-powered aircraft under the Hirtenberg brand.
Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3.[1]
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WNF absorbed Hirtenburg (which had taken over Hopfner). In WWII, the WNF plant at Wiener Neustadt manufactured Messerschmitt Bf 109s and repaired Junkers bombers and destroyers. ^Note 1 The identifier "Ha" was also for Hamburg-Steinwerder |