Salmson Phrygane

Phrygane
D-211 Super Phrygane at Lille Lesquin Airport in 1965
Role Utility aircraft
Manufacturer Salmson, CFA
Designer Paul Deville
First flight 3 October 1933
Primary user private pilot owners
Number built 30


The Salmson Phrygane ("Caddisfly") was a French light aircraft of the 1930s.

Design and production

The Phrygane was a conventional, high-wing strut-braced monoplane with fixed tailwheel undercarriage and a fully enclosed cabin for the pilot and either two or four passengers, depending on the version. Salmson sold about 25 examples before the outbreak of World War II.

Following the war, CFA attempted to revive the design, but only four examples were built.

Operational history

The Phrygane was flown by private pilot owners and by aero clubs. Several aircraft survived the war and the few postwar examples were built by CFA. A D-211 was still in service with Avia Nord at Lille Lesquin airfield in 1965.

Variants


Specifications (D2)

General characteristics

Performance

References

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