Bellanca Aries

T-250 Aries
General information
Type	Civil utility aircraft
Manufacturer	Bellanca
Designer	Marvin Greenwood
Number built	5
History
First flight	July 19, 1973

The Bellanca T-250 Aries was a light airplane built in the United States in the early 1970s, which achieved only limited production. Designed by Marvin Greenwood in Texas while his company, Anderson-Greenwood, owned the Bellanca name, it was offered as a Bellanca product. ^[1] It was a conventional low-wing monoplane with retractable tricycle undercarriage and a high T-tail. One notable feature is the deliberately chosen near absence of curved lines aft the engine, meant to facilitate production. On the other hand, a laminar flow design was chosen for the wings to attain good cruising speeds. Unlike the Bellanca Viking, which had wooden wings, the Aries was an all-metal aeroplane. ^[2] Federal Aviation Administration type certification was obtained on 28 July 1976.

Variants

T-250 Aires

AG-250 Aires ^[3]

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1980–81 ^[4]

General characteristics

• Crew: one pilot
• Capacity: four passengers
• Length: 26 ft 2 in (7.98 m)
• Wingspan: 31 ft 4 in (9.55 m)
• Height: 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m)
• Wing area: 170 sq ft (15.8 m²)
• Airfoil: NACA 600412 modified
• Empty weight: 1,850 lb (839 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 3,150 lb (1,429 kg)
• Fuel capacity: 76 US gal (63 imp gal; 290 L)
• Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-540-A4D5 flat-six piston engine , 250 hp (190 kW)
• Propellers: 2-bladed Hartzell constant-speed propeller, 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) diameter

Performance

• Maximum speed: 215 mph (346 km/h, 187 kn) at sea level
• Cruise speed: 200 mph (320 km/h, 170 kn) (65% power)
• Stall speed: 64 mph (103 km/h, 56 kn) (wheels and flaps down)
• Never exceed speed: 244 mph (393 km/h, 212 kn)
• Range: 1,170 mi (1,880 km, 1,020 nmi) with four passengers
• Service ceiling: 18,100 ft (5,500 m)
• Rate of climb: 1,240 ft/min (6.3 m/s)

References

1. Richard L. Collins (9 October 2014). "Retractable singles: the good, the fad, and the ugly". Air Facts . Retrieved 30 April 2024.
2. Brechner, Berl (March 1977). "Bellanca T-250 Aries T-250" (PDF). aeroresourcesinc.com. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
3. Air Progress November 1978, p. 29.
4. Taylor 1980, p. 287.

• "Oshkosh '78: Bigger and Better than Ever". Air Progress. Vol. 40, no. 11. November 1978. pp. 22–31.
• Taylor, John W. R., ed. (1980). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1980–81. London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN   0-7106-0705-9.
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 152.
• Bellanca T-250 sales brochure