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Another fun, good-looking and unique aircraft, only four built before the company filed for bankruptcy. Does anyone remember this one (or ever saw one)?
I believe that's a Bellanca Aries T-250, I've only seen one and they are rare. The company was bought out multiple times I believe since the mid 1950s.
It was on the cover of Flying or AOPA ~1980, five seats, 250 hp O-540. It was easy to build, note the constant-chord wing (like a Cherokee) and was a Bonanza and Centurion beater. But Bellanca went under shortly afterward. I saw one once at SDL, impressive but a bit blocky.
It was on the cover of Flying or AOPA ~1980, five seats, 250 hp O-540. It was easy to build, note the constant-chord wing (like a Cherokee) and was a Bonanza and Centurion beater. But Bellanca went under shortly afterward. I saw one once at SDL, impressive but a bit blocky.
I like the catchy phrase in the advertisement, "High tail it out of the 70's in Bellanca's Aries T-250 for the 80's". If this were today, I doubt you'd see 2 company telephone number and a toll-free number, and possibly not company address, but I'm sure there would be a website address on there.
The one I saw was at either Scottsdale Airport (KSDL) or Deer Valley Airport (KDVT), it has been about 30 years since I saw it, maybe the one you saw at Scottsdale was the same one.
Odd... the engines look huge relative to the overall size of the aircraft.
And yet, judging by the shape of the wings, it wasn't built to fly very fast.
What was its mission??
Garrett TFE-731's. A medium-bypass design, which requires larger nacelles, than a straight turbojet. The engine is commonly found on many business jets.
It was designed as a primary jet trainer, so speed wasn't the main concern. Alternate use as an attack aircraft, which historically don't achieve the speeds associated with other tactical jet aircraft.
Did Bellanca move beyond their customary wooden wings for this model?
Since the aircraft was designed by a different company, Anderson-Greenwood, it was all-metal. No spruce to be found.
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