Aero Boero AB-115

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Aero Boero 115
AB-115
Type: Trainer aircraft
travel aircraft
Design country:

ArgentinaArgentina Argentina

Manufacturer:

Aero Boero

First flight:

March 1969

Production time:

1969-1973

The Aero Boero AB-115 was a three-seat, single-engine aircraft. The aspirated high-wing aircraft was manufactured by the Argentine company Aero Boero and had a fixed tail wheel landing gear . The aircraft was a further development of the Aero Boero AB-95 . One change was an enlarged tank. The range did not increase as the Lycoming O-235-C 2 A engine used had a higher consumption.

The aircraft first flew in March 1969, mass production began in July 1969 and ended in January 1973.

variants

Aero Boero AB-115BS
Civilian multipurpose or ambulance version
Aero Boero AB-115 trainer
Trainer aircraft
Aero Boero AB-115/150
Version with stronger Lycoming O-320 drive. Can be used as an agricultural sprayer.

Military users

  • ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
    • Air Force: 3 from 1974 to 1985

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 1
Passengers 2
length 6.90 m
span 10.4 m
height 2.10 m
Wing area 16.4 m²
Wing extension 6.6
Empty mass 490 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 770 kg
Cruising speed 190 km / h
Top speed 220 km / h
Rate of climb 5 m / s
Service ceiling 2440 m
Range 648 km
Engines 1 × four-cylinder boxer engine Textron Lycoming O-235-C2A
with 85.5 kW (115 hp) output at a speed of 2400 min −1

literature

  • Wilfried Copenhagen , Rolf Neustädt: The large aircraft type book . Transpress Verlag, Berlin.
  • John WR Taylor: Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1976-77 . Macdonald and Jane's, London 1976, ISBN 0-354-00538-3 .
  • Michael JH Taylor: Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory 1999/2000 Edition . Brasseys, London 1999, ISBN 1-85753-245-7 .

Web links

Commons : Aero Boero AB-115  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Wilfried Copenhagen, Rolf Neustädt: The large aircraft type book . 4th, revised and supplemented edition. Transpress - VEB Verlag for Transport, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-344-00162-0 , p. 35 .
  2. MJH Taylor 1988, p.390.
  3. World Air Forces - Historical Listings Argentina (ARG) ( Memento from January 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive )