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The Bellanca 31-40 Senior Pacemaker and its derivatives were a family of a six- and eight-seat utility aircraft built in the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] in the late 1930s.

They were the final revision of the original [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] design Bellanca had bought in the late 1920s.

The model numbers used by Bellanca in this period reflected the wing area (in this case, 310 square feet) and [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] horsepower (400 and up in this series), each divided by ten. Like their predecessors, these were high-wing braced [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] with conventional tailwheel [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].

A single Senior Skyrocket was bought by the United States Navy in 1938 for use as a utility transport, designated JE-1. Senior Skyrockets were also built under licence by Northwest Industries in Canada following World War II.

In 2007, a single example remains extant - the first Canadian-built aircraft (registration CF-DCH). It is preserved at the Reynolds-Alberta Museum.

Variants

* 31-40 Senior Pacemaker - Wright Cyclone engine, 400 hp (298 kW)
* 31-42 Senior Pacemaker - Fitted with a redesigned tail surface, accommodation for one pilot and five passengers, powered by a 550-hp (410-kW) Pratt & Whitney Wasp S3H1 radial pistone engine.
* 31-50 Senior Skyrocket - Pratt & Whitney Hornet engine, 550 hp (410 kW)
o L-11 - One 31-50 impressed into service by the United States Army Air Force in Alaska in 1942.
* 31-55 Senior Skyrocket
o JE-1 - Senior Skyrocket version for US Navy with 570 hp (425 kW) engine
o de Luxe Senior Skyrocket - 31-55 with improved instrumentation and superior interior and exterior finishes, powered by a 525-hp (391-kW) Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial piston engine.
o Model 31-55A - Built under licence in Canada by Northwest Industries.

Specifications (31-55 Senior Skyrocket)

General characteristics

* Crew: one pilot
* Capacity: 7 passengers
* Length: 27 ft 9 in (8.5 m m)
* Wingspan: 50 ft 6 in (15.3 m)
* Height: 8 ft 6 in (2.5 m)
* Wing area: 310 ft² (28.8 m²)
* Empty weight: 3,940 lb (1,787 kg)
* Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney Hornet radial, 550 hp (410 kW)

Performance

* Maximum speed: 180 mph (290 km/h)
* Range: 900 miles (1,450 km)

References

* Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. pp. 149–50.
* aerofiles.com