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[Günther]

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The Minijet was built by the Société Industrielle Pour l’Aéronautique (SIPA), which had been founded during 1938 by Emile Dewoitine. The design of the aircraft was begun in February 1951 by Yves Gardan. The first of two prototypes made its maiden flight on 14 January 1952.[1] The SIPA S. 200 was claimed by its manufacture to be the world's first jet powered light touring aircraft. [2]

A pre-production batch of five Minijets was completed in 1955/56, but plans for further construction were cancelled. The Minijet was designed for the dual role of high-speed, short-range liaison and transitional training.

The aircraft had a shoulder-wing and twin booms supporting vertical stabilisers with a tail plane joining the two booms. The cabin was located in the central fuselage nacelle and accommodated two persons side-by-side. The entire canopy hinged forward to assist access to the small cabin. The second prototype was fitted with attachment points for auxiliary wingtip fuel tanks. The Minijets were stressed for aerobatics. Power was by a single 330 lb s.t. Turbomeca Palas jet engine.

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General characteristics

    Crew: 2
    Length: 5.18 m (17 ft 0 in)
    Wingspan: 8 m (26 ft 3 in)
    Height: 1.78[4] m (5 ft 10 in)
    Wing area: 9.6[4] m2 (104 ft2)
    Empty weight: 523 kg (1153 lb)
    Gross weight: 880 kg (1940 lb)
    Powerplant: 1 × Turbomeca Palas, 1.5 kN (330 lbf) thrust

Performance

    Maximum speed: 398 km/h (248 mph)
    Cruising speed: 358 km/h (223 mph)
    Range: without tip-tanks 563 km (350 miles)
    Service ceiling: 7927 m (26000 ft)
    Rate of climb: 5.75[4] m/s (1,140 ft/min)


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                    http://machdiamonds.com/s200.html
                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIPA_S.200_Minijet
                    http://www.aviastar.org/air/france/sipa_s-200.php
Would be a nice and fun addition and wouldn't really need special flight characteristics.

[Fresco23]

This is an awesome aircraft! If it had folding wings... you could park that in your garage!

[max_thehitman]

Looks like a miniature RAF Vampyre  Very cute plane, I want one.