SITAR GY-90 Mowgli explained

The SITAR GY-90 Mowgli^[1] was a light aircraft designed in France in the late 1960s and marketed for homebuilding.^[2] Designer Yves Gardan intended it to be a smaller and simpler version of his Bagheera,^[2] a conventional low-wing, cantilever monoplane with fixed tricycle undercarriage and a fully enclosed cabin.^[2] However, although the Bagheera had seating for up to four people in 2+2 configuration, the Mowgli had no rear seat and could seat only two people, with space behind the seats for luggage.^[2] Like the Bagheera, construction was of metal throughout. The Mowgli was designed to use either a 67-kW (90-hp) or 75-kW (100-hp) Continental flat-4 engine.

The Mowgli was available in the form of plans and kits,^[2] and plans continued to be available even after SITAR closed in 1972. The first example was expected to fly in 1970.

References

• Book: Gunston, Bill . World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers . 1993 . Naval Institute Press . Annapolis .
• Book: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft . Aerospace Publishing. London .
• 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. SITAR marketed three designs: the Bagheera, the Mowgli, and the Sher Khan. The GY-100 Bagheera was named after Bagheera, a character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, p.2857). Mowgli and Sher Khan are characters in the same book.
2. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, p.2857