GY-100 Bagheera | |
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Role | Civil utility aircraft |
National origin | France |
Manufacturer | SITAR |
Designer | Yves Gardan |
First flight | 20 [1] or 21 December 1967 [2] |
Number built | 2 [1] |
The SITAR GY-100 Bagheera (named after Bagheera, a character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book [2]) was a light aircraft designed and built in France in the late 1960s. [3] [4] Designed by Yves Gardan, it was a low-wing, cantilever monoplane of conventional layout with fixed, tricycle undercarriage. [2] The fully enclosed cabin had seating for up to four people in 2+2 configuration. [3] [5] Construction was of metal throughout. [2]
Type certification was granted in 1971, [6] and Gardan hoped to market the Bagheera through his company, SITAR. [2] However, with the oil crisis looming [6] and after the prototype disintegrated in flight, [5] Gardan abandoned development. [5] [6] Only two examples were built. [1]
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1971–72 [7]
General characteristics
Performance
GY-100 Bagheera | |
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Role | Civil utility aircraft |
National origin | France |
Manufacturer | SITAR |
Designer | Yves Gardan |
First flight | 20 [1] or 21 December 1967 [2] |
Number built | 2 [1] |
The SITAR GY-100 Bagheera (named after Bagheera, a character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book [2]) was a light aircraft designed and built in France in the late 1960s. [3] [4] Designed by Yves Gardan, it was a low-wing, cantilever monoplane of conventional layout with fixed, tricycle undercarriage. [2] The fully enclosed cabin had seating for up to four people in 2+2 configuration. [3] [5] Construction was of metal throughout. [2]
Type certification was granted in 1971, [6] and Gardan hoped to market the Bagheera through his company, SITAR. [2] However, with the oil crisis looming [6] and after the prototype disintegrated in flight, [5] Gardan abandoned development. [5] [6] Only two examples were built. [1]
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1971–72 [7]
General characteristics
Performance