SITAR GY-100 Bagheera explained

The SITAR GY-100 Bagheera (named after Bagheera, a character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book) was a light aircraft designed and built in France in the late 1960s.^{[1] [2]} Designed by Yves Gardan, it was a low-wing, cantilever monoplane of conventional layout with fixed, tricycle undercarriage. The fully enclosed cabin had seating for up to four people in 2+2 configuration.^{[1] [3]} Construction was of metal throughout.

Type certification was granted in 1971,^[4] and Gardan hoped to market the Bagheera through his company, SITAR. However, with the oil crisis looming^[4] and after the prototype disintegrated in flight,^[3] Gardan abandoned development.^{[3] [4]} Only two examples were built.

References

• Web site: GY100 BAGHEERA . L'APAG . Association des Propriétaires et Amateurs d'avions Gardan . 2010-02-26.
• Book: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft . Aerospace Publishing. London . 2857 .
• New from France . . 16 May 1968 . 749 . 2010-02-26.
• Web site: Noetinger . Jacques . Le concepteur - Yves Gardan . L'APAG . Association des Propriétaires et Amateurs d'avions Gardan . 2010-02-26.
• Web site: Parmentier . Bruno . Gardan GY-100 'Bagheera' . Aviafrance . 2010-02-26.
• Web site: Roy . Gil . Yves Gardan, le père du GY80 " Horizon " est décédé . Aerobuzz par Gil Roy . 2010-02-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090804232039/http://www.gilroy.fr/spip.php?article798 . 2009-08-04 .
• Book: Taylor . John W. R. . John W. R. Taylor . Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1971–72 . 1971 . Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. . London . 0-354-00094-2 .
• Book: Taylor, Michael J. H. . Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . 1989 . Studio Editions . London .

Notes and References

1. "New from France" 1968, p.749
2. Taylor 1989, p.825
3. Roy 2009
4. Noetinger