SITAR GY-100 Bagheera

GY-100 Bagheera
Role Civil utility aircraft
National origin France
Manufacturer SITAR
Designer Yves Gardan
First flight 20[1] or 21 December 1967[2]
Number built 2[1]


The SITAR GY-100 Bagheera (named after Bagheera, a character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book[2]) was a light aircraft designed and built in France in the late 1960s.[3][4] Designed by Yves Gardan, it was a low-wing, cantilever monoplane of conventional layout with fixed, tricycle undercarriage.[2] The fully enclosed cabin had seating for up to four people in 2+2 configuration.[3][5] Construction was of metal throughout.[2]

Type certification was granted in 1971,[6] and Gardan hoped to market the Bagheera through his company, SITAR.[2] However, with the oil crisis looming[6] and after the prototype disintegrated in flight,[5] Gardan abandoned development.[5][6] Only two examples were built.[1]


Specifications

Data from "GY100 BAGHEERA", except as noted

General characteristics

Performance


Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Parmentier
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, p.2857
  3. 1 2 "New from France" 1968, p.749
  4. ↑ Taylor 1989, p.825
  5. 1 2 3 Roy 2009
  6. 1 2 3 Noetinger

References


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