Boisavia Anjou Explained
The
Boisavia B.260 Anjou (later developed by SIPA as the
Sipavia Anjou) was a four-seat twin-
engine light aircraft developed in
France in the 1950s. It was a low-wing
cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration with retractable tricycle
undercarriage. Intended by Boisavia as a touring aircraft, it did not find a market and only the single
prototype was constructed. At this point, the firm sold the design to
SIPA, which modified the design and re-engined it with
Lycoming O-360 engines, but found that they could not sell it either. At a time when the twin-engine light plane market was already dominated by
all-metal American aircraft, the Anjou's fabric-over-tube construction was something of an anachronism, and all development was soon ceased. Plans to develop a stretched version with three extra seats and
Potez 4D engines were also abandoned.
Variants
- B.260 - Boisavia prototype with Regnier 4L engines (1 built)
- S.261 - SIPA conversion with Lycoming O-360 engines (1 converted)
- S.262 - Planned seven-seat version (not built)
Further reading
- Book: Taylor, Michael J. H. . Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . 1989 . Studio Editions . London . 192 .
- Book: World Aircraft Information Files . Bright Star Publishing. London . File 890 Sheet 73 .
- Book: Simpson, R. W. . Airlife's General Aviation . 1995 . Airlife Publishing . Shrewsbury . 370, 408–09 .
External links
