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Aviation History
1957
1957 - 1508.PDF
598 FLIGHT Business and Touring Aircraft . . . CZECHOSLOVAKIA Omnipol Morava The Morava (L200) is an all-metalfive-seater with Walter Minor 6-III engines of 160 h.p. driving electrically controlled v.p. pro-pellers. The nosewheel is steerable and the machine has de-icing equipment. A twin-finempennage and wing-tip fuel tanks give this promising new aircraft a distinctive appear-ance. The luggage compartment is accessible both from inside and outside.Meta-Sokol This pleasant little touring aero- plane (it is suitable also for instruction) has aWalter Minor 4-III engine driving a variable- pitch propeller, the pitch being operated eithermechanically or electrically. The retractable undercarriage is quite unorthodox in that thethird wheel is level with the trailing edge of the wing. It is steered from the rudder pedals.Brigadyr (Agricolta) A multi-purpose high- <vine monoplane, the Brigadyr went into pro- duction at the end of 1956 and over 50 havebeen built. The type is of all-metal construc- tion. Agricultural work was much in mindwhen the design was planned and provision is made for a 77-gallon hopper for powders orliquids. The spraying gear can be driven either by an auxiliary propeller or by electrical means.The 220 h.p. Praga Doris B engine, in con- junction with a low wing area, full-span slotsand slotted flaps and drooping ailerons, gives a very short take-off run; and the landing run iscorrespondingly brief. Dual control can be fitted, together with blind-flying panel, radioand electrical services for night flying. Super Aero This fine little aeroplane was thesubject of an air test described in Flight of July 26 last. The following are extracts:"Though precious few foreign aircraft of the executive type can be imported into Britain,the Anglo-Czechoslovak trade agreement will allow a limited number of Super Aeros to besold here. The price is quoted as £7,960 ex- works in Prague without radio, though cus-tomer's radio would be fitted free. Import duty of 17.5 per cent and ferrying chargesmnst be added to the basic price. Three machines may be imported this year and themanufacturers are quoting six to eight weeks' delivery time from receipt of order. The agentshere are the Aircraft and General Finance Cor- poration, Ltd., 26/27 Poultry Chambers, 11 Omnipol Morava (two Walter Minor 6-111). Below, Brigadyr (Praga Doris B). Poultry, London, E.C.2, and spares to the scalerecommended by the manufacturers are to be stocked by Rollason Aircraft and Engines, Ltd.,at Croydon Airport. . . . "The Super Aero has two 105 h.p. engineswith electrically-variable-pitch metal propellers which can be feathered. Carrying four peopleand full fuel load of 71 gal it will cruise at 148 m.p.h. for 870 miles. At 62 m.p.h., itsstalling speed is a good deal higher than that of the Gemini, but it has a maximum flap pci Aero (two Walter Minor 4-111). Below, left, interior. Airone (two Lycoming O-290). - > Below, right, Pasotti deflection of 55 deg, which produces a reallysteep glide. Because of their high drag, flaps must be raised immediately to gain height whenovershooting. Both flaps and undercarriage are electrically operated. In fact, engine and blind-flying instruments, propeller controls and a number of other services are electric and haveto be switched on individually^ together with battery and two generators. All this makes fora good deal of wiring, but the lower portion of the nose-cone can be hinged down to givedirect access to the back of the instrument panel, the battery and electrical equipment.Four ashtrays are fitted. "With a maximum load factor of 3.8 or 4the Super Aero is not really aerobatic, but demonstrations of two- and single-enginedaerobatics with two and three occupants have been given very successfully. Blaha showed mean upward roll, from the deck up into a hole in doud, which convinced me that, load factoror no load factor, the Super Aero can be grace- fully and satisfyingly aerobatted. . . . "The Super Aero is a sleek machine andoffers an excellent compromise between real performance and range and highly commend-able economy. It nevertheless carries 'grown- up' equipment without unnecessary complica-tion. Full navigation and communications radio, both M.F. and V.H.F., has been installedin many of the Super Aeros sold in Switzer- land. The machine in fact offers the perform-ance (and equally important the intelligent design and good workmanship) of the smallerAmerican light twins, but retains the 'feel' of a pilot's aeroplane which distinguishes a Euro-pean aircraft." Omnipol, Ltd., Washingtonova 11, Prague 3,Czechoslovakia.
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