| MB.70 Series | |
|---|---|
 The Brochet MB.76 at Chavenay airfield near Paris in June 1967 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Sports plane |
| Manufacturer | Brochet |
| Designer | Maurice Brochet |
| Number built | 8 |
| History | |
| First flight | 28 January 1950 [1] |
The Brochet MB.70 was a two-seat light aircraft developed in France in the early 1950s for recreational flying and amateur construction.
It was a high-wing braced monoplane of conventional configuration that seated the pilot and passenger in tandem within a fully enclosed cabin. It was fitted with fixed tailwheel undercarriage layout and was of all-wooden construction. Progress was hastened by the publication of a Service de l'Aviation Légère et Sportive requirement for a new light aircraft for French aeroclubs, and a series of development machines were built with a variety of different engines, eventually leading to the definitive Brochet MB.80. [2]
Private and club pilots
Data from The Aircraft of the World [3]
General characteristics
Performance
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