Starck AS-70 Jac

AS-70 Jac
Starck A.S.75 Jac, with Continental engine, at Guyancourt airfield near Paris in June 1963
Role Single seat light aircraft
National origin France
Manufacturer Avions Starck
First flight 23 May 1945
Introduction 1946
Status in service
Primary users private pilot owners
aero clubs
Number built 19


The Starck AS-70 Jac is a French-built single-seat light aircraft of the mid-1940s.

Development

The AS-70 was developed during 1945 as a single-seat light low-wing monoplane aircraft to serve the early postwar needs of French private pilots and aero clubs. It is of mixed welded steel tube and wooden construction with fabric covering, and is fully aerobatic.[1]

A small series of Jacs was constructed by Avions Starck. These were fitted with a range of engines with power outputs of between 45 to 65 hp (34 to 48 kW).[1] Different designations were given to aircraft powered by the various engines, as listed below.

Operational history

The Jac proved to be a popular aircraft with private pilots and aero clubs and four examples remained in service in 2009.[2]

Variants

AS-70 
fitted with 45 hp (34 kW) Salmson 9 Adb radial engine[1]
AS-71 
fitted with 65 hp (48 kW) Walter Mikron II engine[1]
AS-72 
fitted with Salmson 9 ADr radial engine[1]
AS-72/1
fitted with a Percy II engine.[3]
AS-75 
fitted with 65 hp (48 kW) Continental A65-8S 4-cylinder air-cooled engine[1]

Specifications (AS-75)

Data from Green[1]

General characteristics

Performance

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Green, 1965, page 66
  2. Partington, 2009, Page 225
  3. Experimenter. Feb 1957. Missing or empty |title= (help)

References

  • Green, William (1965). The Aircraft of the World. Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd. 
  • Partington, David (2009). European Registers Handbook. Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 978-0-85130-417-5. |

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