Bellanca Aries

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T-250 Aries
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RoleCivil utility aircraft
Manufacturer Bellanca
DesignerMarvin Greenwood
First flightJuly 19, 1973
Number built5

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. Federal Aviation Administration type certification was obtained on 28 July 1976.

Contents

Variants

T-250 Aires
AG-250 Aires [2]

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1980–81 [3]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. Richard L. Collins (9 October 2014). "Retractable singles: the good, the fad, and the ugly". Air Facts . Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  2. Air Progress November 1978, p. 29.
  3. Taylor 1980, p. 287.