SIPA S.70

S.70
Role Light transport aircraft
National origin France
Manufacturer SIPA
First flight 1949
Number built 1


The SIPA S.70 was a late 1940s French eight-passenger light transport aircraft prototype built by Société Industrielle Pour l’Aéronautique (SIPA).[1]

Design and development

The design for a commercial light transport for inter-city routes was started in 1947, the S.70 was a wooden, twin-engined, low-wing cantilever, cabin monoplane with a twin tail.[1] Powered by two 150 hp (112 kW) Potez 4D piston engines it had room for six to eight passengers with a pilot sat centrally at the front.[1] The prototype, registered F-WZCI, was flown in 1949 but very little else is known and it did not enter production.[1]

Specification

Data from [1]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References

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Notes
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Chillon/Dubois/Wegg 1980, p.152
Bibliography
  • Chillon, Jacques. Dubois, Jean-Pierre and Wegg, John. French Postwar Transport Aircraft, Air-Britain, 1980, ISBN 0-8513-0078-2.