Boisavia Muscadet Explained

The Boisavia B.50 Muscadet was a prototype French three-seat cabin monoplane first flown in 1946.

Design and operations

The B.50 was designed and built after the Second World War by Luicien Tieles, it was a strut-braced high-wing monoplane with three seats and a conventional landing gear with a tail wheel. The prototype, with the French test registration F-WCZE, first flew on 13 October 1946 powered by a 1000NaN0 Renault 4Pei engine. Tieles modified the design as a four-seater and formed Societe Boisavia to build the type which he called the Mercurey.

References

• Book: Gaillard, Pierre. Les Avions Francais de 1944 à 1964. 1990. Éditions EPA. Paris. 2-85120-350-9. 40.
• Gaillard . Pierre . Boisavia: Les petites vendanges de Lucien Tielès . Le Fana de l'Aviation . June 2000 . 367 . 32–41 . fr.
• Book: Simpson, R. W. . Airlife's General Aviation . 1995 . Airlife Publishing . Shrewsbury, UK . 1-85310-577-5.