Aero-Club des Cheminots Aerofer

The Aero-Club des Cheminots Aerofer was a France light utility aircraft of the mid-1950s.

Aerofer

The sole Aerofer at Guyancourt airfield near Paris in June 1963
Role  | light utility aircraft
National origin | France
Manufacturer  | Aero-Club des Cheminots
Designer  | Aero-Club des Cheminots
First flight  | 1954
Introduction  | 1954
Status  | no longer registered
Primary user  | aero club
Number built | 1

## Contents

* 1 Design and development
* 2 Operational history
* 3 Specifications
* 4 Notes
* 5 References

## Design and development

The Aerofer was designed and built by members of the Aero-Club des Cheminots as a co-operative project. It was a small single-seat low-winged aircraft. The Aerofer had a two-spar wooden wing with fabric covering. The fuselage was of wooden construction with a combination of fabric and plywood covering. The tailwheel undercarriage was fixed. The aircraft was powered by a 50 h.p. Walter Mikron four-cylinder air-cooled engine built by Aster.[1]

## Operational history

The Aerofer was completed in 1954 and was operated until 1964 by the members of the Aero-Club des Cheminots, based at Guyancourt airfield (now closed) to the west of Paris.[2] Its extremely small dimensions meant that it was semi-aerobatic, despite the low-powered engine fitted. Only one example of the design was completed.[3]

By 1965 the aircraft, registered as F-PERS with a Certificat de Navigabilite Restreint d'Aeronef (CNRA)[4] was owned by the Aero-Club Etienne Boileau and based at Fontenay-Tresigny airfield.[5] It was no longer on the CNRA register by March 1983.[6]

## Specifications

Data from Green

General characteristics

* Crew: 1
* Capacity: 1
* Wingspan: 26 ft 0 in (7.92 m)
* Gross weight: 1,112 lb (504 kg)
* Powerplant: 1 × Walter Mikron I 4-cyl. inverted air-cooled piston engine, 50 hp (37 kW)

Performance

* Maximum speed: 90 mph (140 km/h, 78 kn)
* Cruise speed: 78 mph (126 km/h, 68 kn)

## Notes

1. ↑ Green, 1965, p.34
2. ↑ Butler, 1964, p.115
3. ↑ Green, 1965, p.34
4. ↑ Burnett, 1983, p.111
5. ↑ Green, 1965, p.34
6. ↑ Burnett, 1983, p.112

## References

* Butler, P.H. (1964). French Civil Aircraft Register 1964. Merseyside Society of Aviation Enthusiasts.
* Burnett, I.P. (1983). Civil Aircraft Registers of France 1983. Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-104-5.
* Green, William (1965). The Aircraft of the World. Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd.

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