Wassmer WA-51

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name=WA-51 Pacific


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type=Four-seat cabin monoplane
national origin=Frane
manufacturer=Société Wassmer
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first flight=1969
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produced=1969-1977
number built=154
variants with their own articles=The Wassmer WA-51 Pacific is a French four-seat cabin monoplane designed and built by Société Wassmer.

Design and development

In 1966 Wassmer first flew the WA-50 a prototype glass-fibre single-engined four-seat cabin monoplane with a retractable tricycle landing gear. The aircraft entered production as the WA-51 Pacific with a fixed tricycle landing gear. A low wing cantilever monoplane it was powered by a nose-mounted 150hp (112kW) Lycoming O-320-E2A piston engine. A variant with powered by a 160hp (119kW) Lycoming IO-320-B1A was called the WA-52 Europa. Further refinements produced the 180hp (134kW) Lycoming O-360-A1LD powered WA-54 Atlantic.

Variants

;WA-50:Prototype with retractable landing gear, one built.;WA-51 Pacific:Production version first flown in 1969 with a 150hp (112kW) Lycoming O-320-E2A engine, 39 built.;WA-52 Europa:As WA-51 with a 160hp (119kW) Lycoming IO-320-B1A engine, 59 built.;WA-53:Proposed variant with a 125hpo Lycoming engine, not built.;WA-54 Atlantic:WA-51 with refinements and a 180hp (134kW) Lycoming O-360-A1LD engine, 55 built.

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empty weight kg=580
empty weight lb=1279
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range km=980
range miles=609
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References

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*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=|pages=
*cite book |last=Simpson |first= R.W.|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Airlife's General Aviation|year= |publisher= Airlife Publishing|location= England |isbn=1 85310 104 X|pages=336