Avia 60-MP

Avia · France · first flew 1936 · light aircraft

The Avia 60-MP was a French motor glider with a wing based on that of the Avia 32-E advanced training glider. It was intended both as an advanced trainer and as an atmospheric research aircraft.

Recognition (WEFT)

W — Wings	Low-mounted, tapered
E — Engines	1 × piston, wing-mounted
F — Fuselage	Gull wing with roots on the lower fuselage and strongly dihedral, linearly tapered inner sections
T — Tail	Conventional

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Gull wing with roots on the lower fuselage and strongly dihedral, linearly tapered inner sections
Each wing braced by a pair of sloping V-struts to a long, narrow central pillar
25 hp Poinsard flat-twin engine on the pillar driving a pusher propeller of 1.60 m diameter

A single-seat gull-wing motor glider with its small pusher engine carried above the wing on a central pillar.

Specifications

The Avia 60-MP has a length of 7.3 m (24 ft).
It has a wingspan of 15 m (49 ft).
Its maximum speed is 110 km/h (68 mph).
Typical crew: 1.

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History

In 1933 Avia introduced two designs based on earlier training gliders but fitted with low-powered engines, among the first motor gliders. The three-year delay between the 1933 design and its completion was largely due to Avia's financial difficulties.

Variants

There were no variants: only one was built.

Where you'll see it

The first flight was made from Saint-Cyr at the beginning of April 1936 or shortly before. It appeared at a meeting at Saint-Germain on 17 May but was seriously damaged on 28 June 1936 after an in-flight engine fire.

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