SOCATA Horizon
| GY-80 Horizon | |
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| Role | Four-seat light aircraftTemplate:Short description |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | Sud Aviation SOCATA |
| Designer | Template:Ill |
| First flight | 21 July 1960 |
| Number built | 273[1] |
| Variants | SOCATA ST-10 Diplomate |
The GY-80 Horizon is a French four-seat touring monoplane of the 1960s designed by Template:Ill and built under licence, first by Sud Aviation, and later by that company's SOCATA subsidiary.
Design and development
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This aircraft was designed by the French designer Template:Ill during the 1950s. In 1960, Sud Aviation acquired from Gardan a licence to build the design. The prototype first flew on 21 July 1960 and the aircraft was initially produced by Sud Aviation at Nantes and Rochefort.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sud Aviation later acquired the bankrupt Morane-Saulnier aircraft company,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and in 1966, formed the subsidiary SOCATA to continue production of the Morane-Saulnier Rallye; however, Sud Aviation soon transferred production of its other general aviation aircraft to SOCATA as well.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sud-Aviation and its SOCATA subsidiary manufactured 273 units[2] by the end of 1974, when production was terminated.[3]
The all-metal design has a low-mounted cantilever wing with four mechanically operated Fowler-type trailing-edge flaps and two Frise-type ailerons.[4] The tricycle landing gear partially retracts, with all wheels retracting rearwards.[4] The first prototype used a Script error: No such module "convert". Avco Lycoming O-320 flat air-cooled engine driving a fixed-pitch metal propeller, with production aircraft using this engine or a Script error: No such module "convert". version of the O-320, and had an option to use a constant speed propeller.[5][6] By 1966, a Script error: No such module "convert". Lycoming O-360 engine was available.,[7] and the 150 hp option was removed by 1967.[8]
Most Horizons were bought by French pilot owners, but examples were exported to several countries including Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom and numbers remain in service in 2014.
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Operators
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- Khmer Air Force - Former operator.
Specifications (GY-80-180 - constant speed propeller)
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969-70 [9]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
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- Aspect ratio: 7.2:1
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See also
Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
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Notes
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- ↑ Palt, Karsten. "SOCATA / Gardan GY-80 Horizon". Flugzeug. Retrieved 5/9/2023.
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