The HE162 Salamander before the first flight.
Aad van Sorgen (left) and Erik van de Hoogen preparing the model for the first flight.
The Mercury HP.
The Mercury HP, on the customers request without the anodized pink color on the front cap and engine intake.
The start of the first flight.
The He 162 just after the first take of.
The He 162 at the landing of the first flight.
Erik and Aad after the first successful flight.
Erik uses this model as a test bed for the Mercury and to get flight experience with a turbine powered model.
Early next year two Mercury HP engines will power a big Horten 9.
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