Hispano HA-200
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| Role | Two-seat advanced jet trainer |
| Manufacturer | Hispano Aviación |
| First flight | 1955 |
| Introduction | 1962 |
| Primary users | Spanish Air Force Egyptian Air Force |
| Number built | 110 (Spain) 90 (Egypt) |
The Hispano HA-200 Saeta was a 1950s Spanish two-seat advanced jet trainer produced by Hispano Aviación.
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[edit] Design and development
The HA-200 Saeta (Arrow) was the first Spanish turbojet aircraft. It was designed by Willy Messerschmitt as the earlier piston-powered trainer HA-100 Triana. The HA-200 was a low-winged monoplane of all metal construction, with a tricycle undercarriage. It was powered by two Turboméca Marboré mounted side by-side in the forward fuselage and fed from an intake in the nose, exhausting from nozzles just aft of the wing trailing edge. The crew of two was accommodated in tandem in a pressurised cockpit, the first to be Spanish built and designed.[1]
The prototype first flew on 12 August 1955,[2] and the first production aircraft flew in October 1962. The HA-200A aircraft were delivered to the Spanish Air Force with the designation E.14. A single seat version (the HA-220) for the ground-attack role was developed and delivered to the Spanish Air Force with the designation C.10, first flying on 25 April 1970,[3] remaining in service until the end of 1981.[4]
The aircraft was built in Egypt under licence as the Helwan HA-200B Al-Kahira by the Helwan Air Works.
[edit] Variants
- HA-200R
- Two prototype aircraft
- HA-200A
- Initial production version with, 30 built.
- HA-200B
- Ten pre-production aircraft with Turboméca Marboré IIA engines for delivery to Egypt, another 90 built under licence in Egypt.
- HA-200D
- Improved version for the Spanish Air Force with updated systems, 55 built.
- HA-200E Super Saeta
- HA-200D re-engined with Marbore VI engines, updated avionics and provision for air-to-ground rockets, 40 conversions.
- HA-220
- Ground attack version of the HA-200E for Spanish Air Force, 25 built.[3]
[edit] Operators
[edit] Specifications (HA-200E)
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66 [5]
General characteristics
- Crew: Two
- Length: 8.93 m (29 ft 3½ in)
- Wingspan: 11.02[6] m (36 ft 2 in)
- Height: 3.26 m (10 ft 8 in)
- Wing area: 17.40 m2 (187.2 ft2)
- Empty weight: 1,990 kg (4,378 lb)
- Gross weight: 3,450 kg (7,590 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Turboméca Marboré VI turbojet, 4.8 kN (1,058 lbf) thrust each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 700 km/h (435 mph)
- Cruising speed: 600 km/h (373 mph)
- Range: 1400 km (870 miles)
- Service ceiling: 13000 m (42,650 ft)
- Rate of climb: 17.0 m/s (3,345 ft/min)
Armament
- Underwing hardpoints
- Provision for 20mm cannon in fuselage
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
- Cruz, Gonzalo Avila. "Spain's Arrow HA-200 Saeta: The First Spanish Jet Aircraft: Part One". Air Enthusiast (Stamford, UK: Key Publishing) (95, September/October 2001): pp.56–63. ISSN 0143-5450.
- Cruz, Gonzalo Avila. "Spain's Arrow HA-200 Saeta: The First Spanish Jet Aircraft: Part Two". Air Enthusiast (Stamford, UK: Key Publishing) (96, November/December 2001): pp.34–41. ISSN 0143-5450.
- Cruz, Gozalo Avila. "Tigers Over Morón: Hispano HA-220 Super Saeta". Air Enthusiast (Stamford, UK: Key Publishing) (104, March/April 2003): pp.39–47. ISSN 0143-5450.
- Taylor, John W. R. (1965). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66. London: Sampson Low, Marston.
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