- Design and development
- Operational history
- Specifications
- Notes
- References
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Design and developmentThe Aerofer was designed and built by members of the Aero-Club des Cheminots as a co-operative project. It was a small single-seat low-winged aircraft. The Aerofer had a two-spar wooden wing with fabric covering. The fuselage was of wooden construction with a combination of fabric and plywood covering. The tailwheel undercarriage was fixed. The aircraft was powered by a 50 h.p. Walter Mikron four-cylinder air-cooled engine built by Aster.[1] Operational historyThe Aerofer was completed in 1954 and was operated until 1964 by the members of the Aero-Club des Cheminots, based at Guyancourt airfield (now closed) to the west of Paris.[2] Its extremely small dimensions meant that it was semi-aerobatic, despite the low-powered engine fitted. Only one example of the design was completed.[3] By 1965 the aircraft, registered as F-PERS with a Certificat de Navigabilite Restreint d'Aeronef (CNRA)[4] was owned by the Aero-Club Etienne Boileau and based at Fontenay-Tresigny airfield.[5] It was no longer on the CNRA register by March 1983.[6] Specifications{{Aircraft specs
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Notes1. ^Green, 1965, p.34
2. ^Butler, 1964, p.115
3. ^Green, 1965, p.34
4. ^Burnett, 1983, p.111
5. ^Green, 1965, p.34
6. ^Burnett, 1983, p.112
References{{refbegin}}- {{cite book|last=Butler|first=P.H.|title=French Civil Aircraft Register 1964|year=1964|publisher=Merseyside Society of Aviation Enthusiasts|isbn=}}
- {{cite book|last=Burnett|first=I.P.|title=Civil Aircraft Registers of France 1983|year=1983|publisher=Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd|isbn=0-85130-104-5}}
- {{cite book|last=Green|first=William|title=The Aircraft of the World|year=1965|publisher=Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd|isbn=}}
{{refend}} 4 : French civil utility aircraft 1950–1959|Low-wing aircraft|Single-engined tractor aircraft|Aircraft first flown in 1954 |