AM-69 Georges Payre
Arts et Metiers students (ENAM) · France · first flew 1973 · light aircraft
The AM-69 Georges Payre, also known as the Arts & Metiers AM-69 and the ENAM-69/70, was a conventionally laid out low-wing monoplane designed and built by French students in the early 1970s. It was intended as a trainer seating two in tandem.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | Low-mounted, straight |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 1 × piston, nose-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | 7.9 m fuselage |
| T — Tail | Conventional |
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Spot it by:
- all-wood low-wing cantilever monoplane with dihedral over the whole wing
- tandem seats under a long framed canopy with starboard-hinged sections
- main wheels from a Robin DR.220 and a tailwheel from a Stampe SV.4
The prototype has birch-plywood-skinned wings with flat upper and lower surfaces and a full-span combination of inboard flaps and ailerons. A 90 hp Continental C90 sits in the nose, and the tail has swept, straight-edged vertical surfaces.
Specifications
- The AM-69 Georges Payre has a length of 7.9 m (26 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 8.94 m (29 ft).
- Its maximum speed is 195 km/h (121 mph).
- Typical crew: 2.
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History
Twelve students started in 1969 from the incomplete design of the Gaucher TRG-662, and design occupied them for some 3,000 hours. Another group of ten took 4,000 hours to build it, and it first flew on 6 May 1973. It was named after one of their lecturers.
Variants
The students began the design of an all-metal version with larger tail surfaces and a revised canopy and engine cowling, intended to be homebuilt from plans, but nothing seems to have come of it.
Where you'll see it
After its first flight it gained its certificate of airworthiness in July 1973. It was owned by CRATEPS at Montceau-les-Mines for two years, and the airframe was still in storage there in 1995.
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