Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket FR_SCV

Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket FR_SCVThe Bellanca CH 400 Skyrocket is a six seat utility aircraft built in the United States in the 1930s, a continuation of the design lineage that had started with the Bellanca WB 2. Retaining the same basic airframe of the preceding CH 200 and CH 300, the CH 400 was fitted with a more powerful Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine. Three examples were purchased by the U. S. Navy under the designation RE. Two were used for radio research, and one as an air

But the summer of 1944 witnessed the introduction of the new 'D' variant of the North American Mustang

Movable loading ramps

The standard SAR four-man crew consists of two pilots

This gave them the opportunity to show its jets and the skills of Belgian military pilots

and entered commercial service as part of the Air France fleet on 18th April 1988

however by that stage in the war

At first glance

The prototype took off on its maiden flight on the 9th January 1943 but

In this engagement the Bismarck sank HMS Hood

A total of 35 were built under license in the United States by Fairchild Industries

the aircraft was used under the name „Dakota“

World War II and even beyond