Adam RA-15 Major explained

The Adam RA-15 Major was a French sporting plane developed and produced in the decade after World War II.

Development

The RA-15 was developed in 1948 as a higher-powered successor to the Adam RA-14 Loisirs, utilising a number of refinements including a plywood-covered fuselage and an enlarged rudder. It was a side-by-side two-seater with dual controls, wooden construction and a fabric-covered two-spar wing which folded for storage in hangars. The Major was designed to use any flat-four engine in the 65-75 h.p. range.^[1]

Production and operational history

A small series of Majors was produced in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The basic RA-15 was fitted with the 75 h.p. Regnier 4D-2 engine and the RA-151 had the 75 hp Continental C75 engine.^[2] Two Majors were still active in 1965.^[2]

Variants

RA-15 Major

RA-17: a modified single seat crop dusting variant of the RA-15.

Maranda BM3:Canadian production of the RA-17 by the Maranda Aircraft Company^{[3] [4]}

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Book: Green, William. The Aircraft of the World. 1965. Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
• Book: Taylor . John W. R. . John W. R. Taylor . Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1967–68 . 1967 . London . Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd. .
• Book: Simpson, Rod. Airlife's World Aircraft. 2001. Airlife Publishing Ltd. 1-84037-115-3.

Notes and References

1. Simpson, 2001, p. 3
2. Green, 1965, p. 34
3. Taylor 1967, pp. 24–25
4. Book: The aircraft of the world. William Green, Gerald John Pollinger.