Brochet MB.70 explained

The Brochet MB.70 was a two-seat light aircraft developed in France in the early 1950s for recreational flying and amateur construction.

Design and development

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.^[1]

Variants

• MB.70 - prototype powered by Salmson 9Adb radial (1 built)
• MB.71 - version with Minié 4.DC.32 engine (1 built)
• MB.72 - version with Continental A65 horizontally opposed four-cylinder engine (5 built)
• MB.73 - version with Continental A65-85 horizontally opposed four-cylinder engine (1 converted from the MB.70)
• MB.76 - version with Continental C90-14F horizontally opposed four-cylinder engine (1 built)

Units using this aircraft

Private and club pilots

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Book: Green . William . Pollinger . Gerald . The Aircraft of the World . 1965 . 3rd . London . Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) .
• de Narbonne . Roland . Janvier 1950, dans l'aéronautique française: Et le gagnant est...un planeur . Le Fana de l'Aviation . January 2010 . 482 . 75–79 . fr.
• Book: Simpson, Rod. The General Aviation Handbook. 2005 . Midland Publishing. 1-85780-222-5.
• Book: Taylor, Michael J. H. . Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . 1989 . Studio Editions . London . 215 .
• Book: World Aircraft Information Files . Bright Star Publishing. London . File 890 Sheet 99 .

Notes and References

1. Simpson, 2005, p.71