Jurca
MJ-5 Sirocco
Photo: Robert Deering 4/9/2019
Technik Museum

Speyer, Germany

Marcel Jurca was a Romanian-born pilot who flew for the Luftwaffe during World War II before defecting to France. During the 1950s Jurca designed the single-seat, wood-and-fabric aerobatic Jurca MJ-2 Tempête (Tempest) (Homebuilt). Jurca went on to build a number of homebuilt aircraft, including the Jurca MJ-77 (3/4 Mustang).

The Jurca MJ-5 Sirocco (named for the Sirocco wind) is a two-seat sport aircraft designed in France in the early 1960s and marketed for homebuilding.  It is one of many wooden homebuilt designs from Romainian born designer Marcel Jurca.  Jurca, a Henschel Hs 129 pilot in World War II, marketed the plans in Canada and America through Falconar Aviation. It is a low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration and wooden construction throughout. The tandem seats are enclosed by a bubble canopy, and the tail wheel undercarriage can be built as either fixed or with retractable main units.

Marcel Jurca died on 19 October 2001, at which time plans were still available from the designer's web site. 

Source: Wikipedia