HAL Pushpak
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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2025}}
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The Hindustan HUL-26 Pushpak ({{Lit|Flower}}){{cite web | url=https://www.rekhtadictionary.com/meaning-of-pushpak | title=Meaning of pushpak in English }} was a 1950s Indian two-seat cabin monoplane designed and built by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, based on the Aeronca Chief.{{Harvnb |Orbis|1985 | p=2172}}
Construction and operation
The Pushpak was a high-wing braced monoplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear. The fuselage was built from metal tubing, the wing aluminum ribs on a wooden spar, all covered in fabric. The Pushpak first flew on 28 September 1958 and was powered by a 90 hp (67 kW) Continental flat-four engine.
Around 160 aircraft were produced for Indian flying clubs for use as basic trainers. Two examples were gifted to Malaysia and were later sold to private pilot owners in the United Kingdom. These examples remained in active operation in 2013.{{Harvnb |Partington|2013| p=603}}
Operators
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Specifications (HUL-26)
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|empty weight kg=395
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|max takeoff weight kg=613
|fuel capacity={{convert|56|L|impgal USgal|abbr=on}}
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Continental C90-8F
|eng1 type=air-cooled flat-four
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|eng1 hp=90
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|max speed kmh=144
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|cruise speed kmh=112
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|range km=400
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|endurance=3 hr
|ceiling m=4270
|ceiling ft=14000
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|climb rate ftmin=500
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See also
References
{{Commons category|HUL-26 Pushpak}}
=Notes=
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=Bibliography=
- {{cite book|last=Taylor|first=John W. R.|author-link=John W. R. Taylor|title=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965–66|year=1965|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.|location=London}}
- {{cite book |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985) |publisher=Orbis Publishing |ref={{harvid|Orbis|1985}} |page=2172}}
- {{cite book|last=Partington|first=David|title=Civil Aircraft Registers of United Kingdom, Ireland & IOM 2013|year=2013|publisher=Air-Britain (Historians) Limited|location=Tonbridge, Kent|isbn=978-0-85130-453-3}}
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