When I posted this enquiry, I had no idea so many people in the UK knew about this aircraft! The Aerovan and Shorts use of the wing came as a surprise. There’s no doubt that history is logged on this forum.
If there are any French ‘aviatrix’ out there, perhaps they could provide details on the actual STOL performance gained. From my experience on my bike, I know it could land on a sixpence (5 Francs?)! After all, that is what the high aspect ratio wing was for.
I checked Google and there were a number of French-language sites, but the translations provided by Google were somewhat limited. Thanks for the great pics, although I don’t remember the glazed nose. Apparently these planes were used for photographic sorties. Have to go to the USSR for other aircraft with this feature, although they were used for other purposes…
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