- Operators Civil operators Military operators
- Specifications
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
| name = SAI KZ-III Laerke | image = SAI KZ III 1.jpg | caption = KZ III air ambulance at The Danish Collection of Vintage Aircraft }}{{Infobox Aircraft Type | type = utility aircraft | manufacturer = SAI | designer = | first flight = 1944-09-11 | introduced = | retired = | status = | primary user = Denmark | more users = | produced = 1946–1951 | number built = 64 | unit cost = | variants with their own articles =
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The SAI KZ III Laerke was a Danish light utility aircraft used by the Danish Air Ambulance Service and Danish Air Force. The first flight was on 11 September 1944, when Denmark was still under German occupation (the Germans permitted an aircraft to be built for Danish Air Ambulance Service).[1] The aircraft had a high wing and was of mixed construction, fabric- and plywood-covered. OperatorsCivil operators- {{DEN}}
- Danish Air Ambulance Service
Military operators- {{flag|Denmark}}
Specifications{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947[2]
|prime units?=met
|crew=one
|capacity=one
|length m=6.6
|span m=9.6
|height m=2.1
|wing area sqm=13
|aspect ratio=
|airfoil=NACA 12023
|empty weight kg=368
|gross weight kg=
|gross weight lb=
|gross weight note=
|max takeoff weight kg=706
|max takeoff weight note=with auxiliary tank full, {{convert|34|kg|abbr=on}} and extra {{convert|21|kg|abbr=on}} luggage
|fuel capacity={{convert|41|l|USgal impgal|abbr=on}}
|more general=
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Blackburn Cirrus Minor II
|eng1 type=4-cyl. inverted air-cooled in-line piston engine
|eng1 hp=100
|prop blade number=2
|prop name=Weybridge
|prop dia m=1.9
|prop dia note=wooden fixed pitch propeller
|max speed kmh=185
|max speed note=at sea level
|cruise speed kmh=170
|cruise speed note=at 2,200 rpm
|stall speed kmh=
|stall speed mph=
|stall speed kts=
|stall speed note=
|never exceed speed kmh=
|never exceed speed mph=
|never exceed speed kts=
|never exceed speed note=
|range km=500
|ferry range km=805
|endurance=
|ceiling m=4115
|g limits=
|roll rate=
|glide ratio=1:8 (flaps up); 1:5 flaps down
|climb rate ftmin=700
|time to altitude=
|wing loading kg/m2=48.83
|fuel consumption kg/km=
|fuel consumption lb/mi=
|power/mass=9.72 kg/kW (16 lb/hp)
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See also{{Aircontent|
|related=SAI KZ VII
|similar aircraft= RWD-13 – Piper Vagabond
|lists=
|see also=
}}References1. ^{{cite journal |title=The KZ-III | journal=Flight |date=29 August 1946| volume=L| issue=1966| page=215| url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1946/1946%20-%201675.html |accessdate=2008-09-15}}
2. ^{{cite book |title=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947 |edition= |editor1-last=Bridgman |editor1-first=Leonard |year=1947 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co |location=London|page=111c }}
Further reading- {{cite book |last= Simpson |first= R. W. |title=Airlife's General Aviation |year=1995 |publisher=Airlife Publishing |location=Shrewsbury |pages=348–49 |isbn= 1-85310-577-5 }}
External links{{commons category|SAI KZ III}}- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050204060924/http://flymuseum.dk/sprog/engelsk/UKfly/kziii.html Profile at The Danish Collection of Vintage Aircraft]
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