Avia Bk-534
Description of this plane you may read at Avia B-534's page.
Avia Bk-534 (black 15) used by Luftwaffe for training purposes. (P. Petrick via J.
Zazvonil)

Avia Bk-534 (white outlined 44) used by Luftwaffe for training
purposes. Unit unknown.
Aircraft Carrier Trials
Three machines Avia Bk-534 were modified for service
on the German aircraft carrier "Graf Zeppelin", a vessel, which ultimately was
never completed. The aircraft were given spools for catapult launching, a folding hook for
arrested and thus equipped they were tested in 1940 to 1941 period. The airframe structure
was not designed to withstand the concentrated loads of arrestal landings, the A-frame
hook got pulled out from the fuselage on several occasions and the carrier-borne
career of the Bk-534 fighter ended even before the German aircraft
carrier project was abandoned.

This one Bk-534 was used for carrier-capability tests. The shot
depicts the actual snatching

Details of the arrester hook on Bk-534.
Page prepared by Peter 'Mikolaj' Mikolajski. All photos were scanned from book "Avia B-534" published by MBI Publishing House. All rights reserved. Some photos were partially retouched in less important areas by author of this page. None of planes were retouched.