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light aircraft. The AM machine was to be a two-seat training aircraft and the design work occupied the students for some 3,000 hours. Its construction, undertaken by another group of ten students took 4,000 hours, with the AM-69 flying on 6 May 1973. It was named after one of their lecturers.
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The ENAM students began the design of an all-metal version, with larger tail surfaces and revised canopy and engine cowling, intending it to be homebuilt from plans but nothing seems to have come of this.
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with individual, starboard-hinged sections for access. Solo control was from the forward seat, over the wing. The conventional cantilever tail had swept, straight-edged vertical surfaces, with a
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114:students in the early 1970s. It was intended as a
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374:75 km/h (47 mph, 40 kn) flaps down
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443:Fox Papa - Registre des avions Français amateur
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242:After its first flight the AM-69 gained its
401:3.0 m/s (590 ft/min) at sea level
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149:monoplane. Its wings, skinned with
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548:Aircraft first flown in 1973
244:certificate of airworthiness
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318:728 kg (1,605 lb)
312:524 kg (1,155 lb)
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258:Specifications (prototype)
216:conventional undercarriage
481:Taylor, John W R (1976).
338:, 67 kW (90 hp)
47:Arts et MĂ©tiers ParisTech
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100:Arts & MĂ©tiers AM-69
270:General characteristics
203:and there was a large
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110:designed and built by
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98:, also known as the
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238:Operational history
214:The AM-69's fixed,
96:AM-69 Georges Payre
441:Chillon, Jacques.
379:Never exceed speed
252:Montceau-les-Mines
108:low wing monoplane
543:Low-wing aircraft
507:"Travail en bois"
452:978-2-355-51066-3
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60:6 May 1973
527:Categories
423:References
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104:ENAM-69/70
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289:Wingspan:
263:Data from
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29:homebuilt
209:elevator
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174:ailerons
166:dihedral
144:low wing
102:and the
65:Retired
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302:Airfoil
283:Length:
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68:1975
51:Cluny
24:Role
487:ISBN
447:ISBN
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