Guerchais-Roche T.35

The Guerchais-Roche T.35 was a small family of two and three seat French-built touring monoplanes of the 1940s.

Guerchais-Roche T.35
Guerchais Roche T.35/II at St Cyr l'Ecole airfield near Paris in 1957
Role touring monoplane
National origin France
Manufacturer Roche Aviation
First flight September 1944
Introduction 1946
Primary user private pilot owners
Number built 15

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Development

Roche Aviation designed the T.35 during the latter part of World War II as a low-wing touring monoplane with fixed undercarriage. The first example made its maiden flight in September 1944.[1] After the war's end, Roche built a series of basically similar sub-models with varying powerplants and seating arrangements. The T.35 models were two-seat aircraft and the T.39 models accommodated three persons.[2] Production was terminated after 15 examples of the series had been completed.

Operational history

The T.35 series was flown by private pilot owners and by members of French light aero clubs until at least the mid 1960s. Three examples remained on the French civil aircraft register in January 1964.[3] No examples are currently preserved in collections or museums.[4]

Variants

T.35 
140 h.p. Renault 4 Pei. 2 built.
T.35/I 
100 h.p. Renault 4 Pei. 1 built.
T.35/II 
140 h.p. Renault 4 P-03. 6 built.
T.35/III 
135 h.p. Regnier 4 L-00. 1 built.
T.39 
145 h.p. Mathis G 7R radial. 2 built.
T.39/II 
175 h.p. Salmson 9 ND radial. 2 built.
T.55 
160 h.p. Walter Minor 6-III. 1 built.

Specifications (T.35/II)

Data from Green

General characteristics

Performance

References

Notes
  1. ^ Green, 1956, p.93
  2. ^ Green, 1956, p. 93
  3. ^ Butler, 1964, p.16 and 39
  4. ^ Ogden, 2006, p. 552
Bibliography
  • Butler, P.H. (1964). French Civil Aircraft Register. Merseyside Society of Aviation Enthusiasts. ISBN none. 
  • Green, William (1956). The Aircraft of the World. Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. ISBN none. 
  • Ogden, Bob (2006). Aviation Collections and Museums of Mainland Europe. Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-375-7. 

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