Walter Uetz Flugzeugbau

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The Walter Uetz Flugzeugbau was a Swiss aircraft manufacturer and design company. [1] From the 1950s it built the CAB Minicab and Jodel D.11 which it sold in Switzerland and Austria. It later produced the U2V, a modified Jodel D.119 with a straight wing. [1]

First flown in 1963, Uetz designed and built the U3M Pelikan based on the U2V, but it was a four-seater with a Lycoming O-290 engine. [1] The U3M was further developed as the U4M which had a Lycoming O-320 engine and flaps. [1] The company ceased operating as an aircraft manufacturer in 1965; it had built 29 aircraft. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Simpson 1991, p. 364