Dean Delt-Air 250

Delt-Air 250
Role Delta-wing homebuilt aircraft
National origin United States
Designer Herbert Dean
First flight 8 November 1961
Status Destroyed
Number built 1


The Dean Delt-Air 250 was an American twin-seat amateur-built, delta wing light aircraft. Designed and built by Herbert Dean of Flint, Michigan, the aircraft was destroyed on its first flight and Dean was killed.[1]

Design and development

The Delt-Air was a single-engined all-metal light aircraft powered by a 180 hp (134 kW) Lycoming O-360 engine mounted at the rear driving a pusher propeller. It had a tricycle landing gear and rear-hinged canopy for access to the tandem cockpit. Registered N6379T it was destroyed during its first fatal flight on 8 November 1961.[1][2]

Specifications

Data from Flight International January 1962[1]

General characteristics

Performance


References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Home-built Deltas". Flight International: 26. 4 January 1962.
  2. "American airplanes - Da - Dy". www.aerofiles.com. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2014.