Aero Boero AB-95

AB-95
Aero Boero 95 at Moron museum (Argentina)
Role	Light utility aircraft
National origin	Argentina
Manufacturer	Aero Boero S.A.
First flight	March 12, 1959
Introduction	1961
Primary user	Aero Clubs
Produced	1961-1969
Variants	Aero Boero AB-115

The Aero Boero AB-95 is a small Argentine civil utility aircraft that first flew on March 12, 1959.^[1] It was built by Aero Boero S.A. of Córdoba. The AB-95 is a conventional-gear high-wing monoplane with fixed undercarriage built of fabric-covered metal structure.^[1]

Variants

1961-built Aero Boero 95 at Buenos Aires - San Justo airfield in 1975

• AB-95 – basic production version.^[1] 95 h.p. Continental C-90-12F
  • AB-95A de Lujo – 75 kW (100 hp) Continental O-200-A engine.^[1]
  • AB-95A Fumigador – crop duster with O-200A engine,^[1] and a 55-Imp gallon (250 liters) chemical tank.
• AB-95B – 1963 version with 112 kW (150 hp) engine.
  • AB-115BS – air ambulance version fitted with a stretcher (25 built).^[2]
• AB-95-115 – 86 kW (115 hp) Textron Lycoming O-235 engine, more streamlined engine and main wheel fairings (45 built). Subsequently, this was developed into AB-115.^[2]

Specifications (AB-95)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66 ^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: One, pilot
• Capacity: 2 passengers
• Length: 6.90 m (22 ft 7½ in)
• Wingspan: 10.42 m (34 ft 2.25 in)
• Height: 2.19 m (7 ft 2½ in)
• Wing area: 16.36 m² (176.1 ft²)
• Airfoil: NACA 23012
• Aspect ratio: 6.64
• Empty weight: 422 kg (930 lb)
• Loaded weight: 700 kg (1,543 lb)
• Useful load: 278 kg (613 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 700 kg (1,543 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Continental C90-8F air-cooled 4-cylinder horizontally-opposed engine, 70 kW (95 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 205 km/h (111 knots, 127 mph)
• Cruise speed: 160 km/h (87 knots, 100 mph)
• Stall speed: 48 km/h (26 knots, 30 mph) flaps down
• Range: 959 km (518 nmi, 600 mi)
• Service ceiling: 5,200 m (17,060 ft)
• Rate of climb: 5.08 m/s (1000 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 42.8 kg/m² (8.80 lb/ft²)
• Power/mass: 0.10 kW/kg (0.062 hp/lb)

See also

Related development

• Aero Boero AB-115

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

• Piper PA-12

References

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Notes

Bibliography

• Frawley, Gerard. The International Directory of Civil Aircraft. Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd, 1997 ISBN 1-875671-26-9
• Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66. London: Samson Low, Marston, 1965.
• Mondey, David Encyclopedia of The World's Commercial and Private Aircraft, p. 9. New York: Crescent Books, 1981.