Boisavia Anjou

B.260 Anjou
Role	Civil utility aircraft
Manufacturer	Boisavia, SIPA
First flight	2 June 1956
Number built	1

The Boisavia B.260 Anjou (later developed by SIPA as the Sipavia Anjou) was a four-seat twin-engine light aircraft developed in France in the 1950s. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration with retractable tricycle undercarriage. Intended by Boisavia as a touring aircraft, it did not find a market and only the single prototype was constructed. At this point, the firm sold the design to SIPA, which modified the design and re-engined it with Lycoming O-360 engines, but found that they could not sell it either. At a time when the twin-engine light plane market was already dominated by all-metal American aircraft, the Anjou's fabric-over-tube construction was something of an anachronism, and all development was soon ceased. Plans to develop a stretched version with three extra seats and Potez 4D engines were also abandoned.

Variants

• B.260 - Boisavia prototype with Regnier 4L engines (1 built)
• S.261 - SIPA conversion with Lycoming O-360 engines (1 converted)
• S.262 - Planned seven-seat version (not built)

Specifications (B.260)

General characteristics

• Crew: one pilot
• Capacity: 3 passengers
• Length: 7.10 m (23 ft 3 in)
• Wingspan: 12.85 m (42 ft 2 in)
• Wing area: 21.5 m² (231 ft²)
• Empty weight: 992 kg (2,187 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,870 kg (4,123 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × SNECMA licence-built Regnier 4L-02, 127 kW (170 hp) each each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 260 km/h (160 mph)
• Range: 1,250 km (780 miles)
• Service ceiling: 7,125 m (23,370 ft)
• Rate of climb: 6.0 m/s (1,180 ft/min)

References

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 192.
• World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 890 Sheet 73.
• Simpson, R. W. (1995). Airlife's General Aviation. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing. pp. 370, 408–09.
• aviafrance.com
• luftfahrt-archiv.de