Engineering:Dewoitine P-4

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Short description: Two-seat French glider, 1923
P-4
Role Sailplane
National origin France
Manufacturer Constructions Aéronautiques Émile Dewoitine
Designer Émile Dewoitine
First flight 16 August 1923
Number built 2

The Dewoitine P-4 was a glider designed by Émile Dewoitine and built by Constructions Aéronautiques Émile Dewoitine in the early 1920s.

Specifications (P-4)

Data from Aviafrance: Dewoitine P-4[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: two
  • Length: 5.70 m (18 ft 8 in)
  • Wingspan: 14.40 m (47 ft 3 in)
  • Wing area: 18 m2 (190 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 160 kg (353 lb)
  • Gross weight: 300 kg (661 lb)

Performance

References

  1. Parmentier, Bruno (27 May 1998). "Dewoitine P-4" (in fr). Paris. https://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=4505&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=423&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF=. Retrieved 3 February 2019. 

Further reading

  • CASTELLO, Christian (1994). "I" (in French). Planeurs et avions: itinéraire aéronautique d'un Toulousain, Robert Castello, de 1922 à 1967, de Dewoitine à Sud aviation, en passant par les Ets Fouga. Toulouse: Editions Le Lézard. ISBN 2-907384-91-0. 

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