RARE FIGHTER REPRODUCTION
An aviation enthusiast since childhood, Swedish Boeing 737 pilot Mikael Carlson built his first reconstruction of an antique airplane, a 1919-vintage FVM Tummelisa Ö-1 fighter trainer, in 1982. Since then his workshop with hangars and airstrip in southern Sweden has built and flown a Fokker Dr.I and D.VII, a Piper L-4H and two Thulin As (Swedish license-built Blériot XIs). Except for the restored Thulins, all of his reproductions are built the same way as the originals and are powered by original engines.
On May 30, 2020, Carlson added a rara avis to his collection when his
