AAC Angel

Model 44 Angel
Angel Aircraft Corporation Model 44 Angel
Role STOL utility aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Angel Aircraft Corporation
Designer Carl Mortenson
First flight 13 January 1984
Number built 4


The Angel Aircraft Corporation Model 44 Angel is a twin-engine STOL utility aircraft produced in the United States since the mid-1990s. Designed by Carl Mortenson and The King's Engineering Fellowship to be well-suited for missionary work from remote locations around the world, it is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tricycle undercarriage and eight seats. The design is largely conventional, with the exception that the engine nacelles are mounted on top of the wings in a pusher configuration. Construction is aluminium throughout the airframe.

Design work began at the home of designer Carl Mortenson in 1972, with work on the prototype beginning in 1977, also from the designer's home. In 1980 the project was moved to the municipal airport in Orange City, Iowa. The first flight took place on 13 January 1984, and FAA type certification was achieved on 20 October 1992. Angel Aircraft Corporation manufactures the aircraft under a license agreement with The King's Engineering Fellowship.


Specifications

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993–94[1]

General characteristics

Performance

See also


References

  1. Lambert 1993, pp. 576–577.

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