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B.260 Anjou

The Boisavia B.260 Anjou (later developed by SIPA as the Sipavia Anjou) was a four-seat twin-engine light aircraft developed in France in the 1950s. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration with retractable tricycle undercarriage. Intended by Boisavia as a touring aircraft, it did not find a market and only the single prototype was constructed. At this point, the firm sold the design to SIPA, which modified the design and re-engined it with Lycoming O-360 engines, but found that they could not sell it either. At a time when the twin-engine light plane market was already dominated by all-metal American aircraft, the Anjou's fabric-over-tube construction was something of an anachronism, and all development was soon ceased. Plans to develop a stretched version with three extra seats and Potez 4D engines were also abandoned.

Summary from Wikipedia licensed under CC BY-SA.

Manufacturer
Société Boisavia
First flight
1956-06-02

Specifications

Cruise speed
130 kt
Max speed
160 kt
Range
810 nm
Service ceiling
22,300 ft
Rate of climb
1,200 ft/min
Max takeoff weight
4,409 lb
Empty weight
2,866 lb
Fuel capacity
118.9 US gal
Powerplant
2 × SNECMA Régnier 4L-02 4-cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line piston engines
Engines
2
Seats
4
Length
23 ft
Wingspan
42 ft
Height
9 ft
Number built
1

Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.