Delt-Air 250 | |
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Role | Delta-wing homebuilt aircraft
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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]
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 flight on 8 November 1961 and the designer killed.[1][2]
Data from Flight International January 1962[1]
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