SAN Jodel D.150 Mascaret

Jodel D.150 Mascaret
D.150 at Cranfield
Role	Two-seat light aircraft
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Société Aeronautique Normande (SAN)
First flight	2 June 1962
Introduction	1963
Number built	62 (Factory built) 100+ (homebuilt)

100+ (homebuilt)

The Jodel D.150 Mascaret is a French two-seat single-engined light aircraft of the 1960s built by Société Aeronautique Normande (SAN) as a replacement for the earlier Jodel D11 trainer/tourer aircraft.

In 1961, Jean Délémontez designed a two-seat light aircraft for the Société Aeronautique Normande (SAN) at Bernay in Normandy to replace his earlier Jodel D.11, which SAN (amongst other manufacturers) were building to meet a requirement for aircraft to equip flying clubs subsidised by the French government. Délémontez based the new design on his three–four seat Jodel Ambassadeur, (also being built by SAN), with a reduced span wing and shorter fuselage.

The new aircraft, the D.150 Grand Tourisme, first flew on 2 June 1962, production beginning (as the D.150 Mascaret- named after a tidal bore) in 1963.

Like all the light aircraft that Délémontez designed under the Jodel and Robin names, the D.150 is a low-winged monoplane of wooden construction, with distinctive upturned outer wings. The D-150 was the first Jodel fitted with an all-moving tail, later fitted on larger models such as DR-1051 model (Sicile Record). It has a fixed tailwheel undercarriage, with its crew of two sitting side-by-side under a two-door canopy. It was offered with the same range of engines as the larger Ambassadeur, giving a good performance for a two-seat trainer/tourer.

Sixty-two D.150s had been built by 1969, when SAN went into liquidation, the factory being brought by Avions Mudry. Plans for homebuilt construction of the Mascaret remain available, over 100 having been built.

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66

General characteristics

Performance

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