| A-9 | |
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| CallAir A-9B glider tug at Driggs Idaho in June 1994 | |
| Role | Agricultural aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Intermountain Manufacturing Company, Aero Commander |
| First flight | 1963[1] |
| Developed from | CallAir Model A |
The IMCO CallAir A-9 is a small agricultural aircraft that first flew in 1962, a development of the company's previous successful crop-dusters. It is typical of aircraft of its type - a single-seat aircraft with a low wing incorporating spraying gear.
Following the purchase of Call Aircraft Company, who had built the CallAir Model A series of light utility and agricultural aircraft, by Intermountain Manufacturing Company (IMCO) in 1962, IMCO produced a new agricultural derivative of the Callair, the CallAir A-9. Production of the new aircraft started in 1963.[1]
Like the earlier CallAir aircraft, the A-9 is a single-engined monoplane with a braced low wing. It is of mixed construction, with a fabric-covered steel-tube fuselage structure and a wood and fabric wing. The pilot sits in an open sided cockpit situated behiund the chemical hopper, while the aircraft is powered by a single Lycoming O-540 flat-six piston engine.[1]
IMCO was in turn purchased by Rockwell International in 1966, which built the plane under its Aero Commander division before shifting production to Mexico in 1971, under a joint venture there called AAMSA. Production continued until 1984.
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982-83 [3]
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