| MH.20 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Role | Racing aircraft |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | Avions Max Holste |
| Designer | Max Holste |
| First flight | 25 July 1941 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Max Holste MH.20 was a French single-engined racing aircraft built to compete in the 1939 Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe air race but not flying until 1941. A single example was built.
In January 1939, the 26-year-old aircraft designer Max Holste began work at l'École de Réèducation Professionnelle, a Paris technical school for training the unemployed for work in the aviation industry, to design an all-metal single-engined racing aircraft. [1] The design, intended to compete in the 1939 Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe air race, [2] [3] was a mid-winged monoplane with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage. An enclosed cockpit was provided for the aircraft's pilot, situated behind the wing. [4] The planned power-plant was a Béarn vertically-opposed air-cooled twelve-cylinder engine. [5]
The airframe was effectively complete by June 1939, with only the engine awaited, with it being hoped that the aircraft would make its maiden flight by August 1939. [1] This did not occur, however, and the aircraft did not fly until 25 July 1941, [6] powered by a Régnier air-cooled inverted 12Hoo V12 engine. [7]
Data from L'Avion "Max Holste 20" Coupe Deutsch [7]
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