Aero-Club des Cheminots Aerofer explained

The Aero-Club des Cheminots Aerofer was a French-built light utility aircraft of the mid-1950s.

Design and development

The Aerofer was designed and built by members of the Aero-Club des Cheminots as a co-operative project. It was a small single-seat low-winged aircraft. The Aerofer had a two-spar wooden wing with fabric covering. The fuselage was of wooden construction with a combination of fabric and plywood covering. The tailwheel undercarriage was fixed. The aircraft was powered by a 50 h.p. Walter Mikron four-cylinder air-cooled engine built by Aster.[1]

Operational history

The Aerofer was completed in 1954 and was operated until 1964 by the members of the Aero-Club des Cheminots, based at Guyancourt airfield (now closed) to the west of Paris.[2] Its extremely small dimensions meant that it was semi-aerobatic, despite the low-powered engine fitted. Only one example of the design was completed.[3]

By 1965 the aircraft, registered as F-PERS with a Certificat de Navigabilite Restreint d'Aeronef (CNRA)[4] was owned by the Aero-Club Etienne Boileau and based at Fontenay-Tresigny airfield.[5] It was no longer on the CNRA register by March 1983.[6]

References

Notes and References

  1. Green, 1965, p.34
  2. Butler, 1964, p.115
  3. Green, 1965, p.34
  4. Burnett, 1983, p.111
  5. Green, 1965, p.34
  6. Burnett, 1983, p.112