AAC Angel
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| name=Model 44 Angel | image=Angel Aircraft Corporation Model 44 Angel.jpg | caption=Angel Aircraft Corporation Model 44 Angel }}{{Infobox aircraft type | type=STOL utility aircraft | national origin=United States | manufacturer=Angel Aircraft Corporation | designer=Carl Mortenson | first flight=13 January 1984 | introduced= | retired= | status= | primary user= | number built=4 | developed from= | variants with their own articles= }} |
The Angel Aircraft Corporation Model 44 Angel is a twin-engine STOL utility aircraft produced in the United States since the mid-1990s. Designed by Carl Mortenson and The King's Engineering Fellowship to be well-suited for missionary work from remote locations around the world, it is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tricycle undercarriage and eight seats. The design is largely conventional, with the exception that the engine nacelles are mounted on top of the wings in a pusher configuration. Construction is aluminum throughout the airframe.
Design work began at the home of designer Carl Mortenson in 1972, with work on the prototype beginning in 1977, also from the designer's home. In 1980 the project was moved to the municipal airport in Orange City, Iowa. The first flight took place on 13 January 1984, and FAA type certification was achieved on 20 October 1992. Angel Aircraft Corporation manufactures the aircraft under a license agreement with The King's Engineering Fellowship.
Four aircraft were placed between 1984 and 2008 but Hubei Taihang Xinghe Aircraft Manufacturing of China acquired a production license in 2013.
The first Chinese example was substantially completed in May 2016 before the Hubei local government financed a manufacturing plant.{{cite news |url= http://aviationweek.com/nbaa-2017/emerging-aircraft-props-and-turboprops |title= Emerging Aircraft: Props And Turboprops |date= 8 October 2017 |author= Paul Jackson |work= Aviation Week Network }} The Model 44 was approved on 17 July 2015, by the Chinese National Civil Aviation Administration.
Crashes
On 14 December 2019, an Angel 44 crashed into a field of corn near the airport at Mareeba, Queensland, Australia at 11.15am during what is believed to be a training flight. The aircraft has been said[https://7news.com.au/news/aviation/two-queensland-men-dead-in-plane-crash-c-606546 Man killed in Far North Queensland plane crash identified], Cheryl Goodenough, 7News, 2019-12-15 to be the only example of the type in Australia. The pilot, William Scott-Bloxam (73) and male passenger (63) died at the scene of the incident.[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-14/two-killed-in-far-north-queensland-light-plane-crash/11800404 Light plane crashes in Far North Queensland cornfield, killing two], Rebeka Powell & Jesse Thompson, ABC News Online, 2019-12-14[https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6543565/real-character-dead-in-qld-plane-crash/ 'Real character' dead in Qld plane crash], Cheryl Goodenough, Canberra Times/Australian Associated Press, 2019-12-15
Specifications
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|ref=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993–94Lambert 1993, pp. 576–577.
|prime units?=kts
|crew=one
|capacity=seven
|length m=10.21
|length ft=33
|length in=6
|span m=12.18
|span ft=39
|span in=11.5
|width m=
|width ft=
|width in=
|height m=3.51
|height ft=11
|height in=6
|wing area sqm=20.94
|wing area sqft=225.4
|empty weight kg=1,760
|empty weight lb=3,880
|gross weight kg=2,631
|gross weight lb=5,800
|eng1 number=2
|eng1 name=Lycoming IO-540-M1C5
|eng1 type=air-cooled flat-six
|eng1 kw=224
|eng1 hp=300
|max speed kmh=333
|max speed mph=207
|cruise speed kts=169
|stall speed kmh=106
|stall speed mph=66
|range nmi= 1,720
|range note= max, {{cvt|1248|nmi}} at 65%
|endurance=13 h 6 min
|ceiling m=5,796
|ceiling ft=19,015
|climb rate ms=6.83
|climb rate ftmin=1345
}}
See also
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- Evangel 4500 – another Mortenson twin-engine STOL design
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References
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- {{cite magazine |last=Dekkers |first=Hans |title=Flying the Angel 44 |magazine=Flight International |date=29 September – 5 October 1993|pages=25–26 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1993/1993%20-%202331.html?search=kings%20angel |accessdate=15 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305095234/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1993/1993%20-%202331.html?search=kings%20angel|archive-date=2016-03-05}}
- {{cite book |editor-last=Lambert |editor-first= Mark |title=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993–94 |year=1993 |publisher=Jane's Data Division |location=Coulsdon, UK |isbn= 0-7106-1066-1}}
- {{cite book |last= Simpson |first= R. W. |title=Airlife's General Aviation |year=1995 |publisher=Airlife Publishing |location=Shrewsbury |page=416 }}
- {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |page=932 }}
- {{cite book|last=Taylor|first=John W R|authorlink=John W. R. Taylor|title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1987–88 |publisher=Jane's Publishing |location=London |pages=439–440 }}
- {{cite magazine |last= Walters|first=Brian M. |title=Wings of an Angel |magazine= Air International|volume= 45 |issue= 4 |date=July 1993 |pages=213–214 |location=Stamford, UK |issn=0306-5634}}
External links
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- {{Official|http://www.angelaircraft.com/ }}
- [http://www.angelaircraft.com/AACBrochure2.pdf Angel brochure on manufacturer's website]
- [http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgMakeModel.nsf/0/6D9712752214C5388625713100569346?OpenDocument Type Certificate Data Sheet A2WI]
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Category:1980s United States civil utility aircraft
Category:Engine-over-wing aircraft
Category:Twin-engined pusher aircraft