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Dean Delt Air 250

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Top speed
  
386 km/h

First flight
  
November 8, 1961

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.

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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.

Specifications

Data from Flight International January 1962

General characteristics

  • Length: 25 ft 3 in (7.70 m)
  • Wingspan: 16 ft 3 in (4.95 m)
  • Gross weight: 1,460 lb (662 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-360 four-cylinder, direct-drive, horizontally opposed, air-cooled, piston aircraft engine., 180 hp (130 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 240 mph (386 km/h; 209 kn) estimated

    • References

    Dean Delt-Air 250 Wikipedia
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