Aero-Club des Cheminots Aerofer

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The Aero-Club des Cheminots Aerofer was a French-built light utility aircraft of the mid-1950s.

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Aerofer
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The sole Aerofer at Guyancourt airfield near Paris in June 1963
General information
Typelight utility aircraft
National originFrance
Manufacturer Aero-Club des Cheminots
Designer
Aero-Club des Cheminots
Statusno longer registered
Primary useraero club
Number built1
History
Introduction date1954
First flight1954

Design and development

The Aerofer was designed and built by members of the Aero-Club des Cheminots as a co-operative project. It was a small single-seat low-winged aircraft. The Aerofer had a two-spar wooden wing with fabric covering. The fuselage was of wooden construction with a combination of fabric and plywood covering. The tailwheel undercarriage was fixed. The aircraft was powered by a 50 h.p. Walter Mikron four-cylinder air-cooled engine built by Aster. [1]

Operational history

The Aerofer was completed in 1954 and was operated until 1964 by the members of the Aero-Club des Cheminots, based at Guyancourt airfield (now closed) to the west of Paris. [2] Its extremely small dimensions meant that it was semi-aerobatic, despite the low-powered engine fitted. Only one example of the design was completed. [3]

By 1965 the aircraft, registered as F-PERS with a Certificat de Navigabilite Restreint d'Aeronef (CNRA) [4] was owned by the Aero-Club Etienne Boileau and based at Fontenay-Tresigny airfield. [5] It was no longer on the CNRA register by March 1983. [6]

Specifications

Data from Green

General characteristics

Performance

Notes

  1. Green, 1965, p.34
  2. Butler, 1964, p.115
  3. Green, 1965, p.34
  4. Burnett, 1983, p.111
  5. Green, 1965, p.34
  6. Burnett, 1983, p.112

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