Engineering:Poullin JP.20 Globe Trotter

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Short description: 1950s French aircraft
JP.20 Globe Trotter
Role Single-seat touring aircraft
National origin France
Designer Jean Poullin
First flight June 1952
Number built 1

The Poulin JP.20 Globe Trotter was a two-seat, high-wing monoplane touring aircraft built in France in the early 1950s.

Specifications (JP.20 Globe Trotter)

Data from "Poulin JP.20 'Globe Trotter'", Aviafrance[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 6.16 m (20 ft 3 in)
  • Wingspan: 9 m (29 ft 6 in)
  • Gross weight: 551 kg (1,215 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental A65 4-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled piston engine, 48 kW (65 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 157 km/h (98 mph, 85 kn)

References

Further reading

  • Gaillard, Pierre (1990) (in French). Les Avions Français de 1944 à 1964. Paris: Editions EPA. ISBN 2-85120-350-9.