Robin DR200

The Robin DR.200 is a family of French single-engined light touring and training cabin monoplanes with conventional landing gear, first built by Centre Est Aéronautique, which later changed its name to Avions Pierre Robin. The series grew from the DR.1050M1 with a strengthened wing and a longer fuselage. The DR.250 Capitaine, a four-seater with a 160 hp Lycoming O-320 engine and an all-flying tailplane, first flew in 1965, and the shorter two-seat DR.220 2+2 followed with a 105 hp Continental O-200-A. The DR.221 Dauphin added a 115 hp Lycoming O-235C, and the DR.253 Regent, first flown in 1967, introduced the tricycle landing gear that became standard on every later Robin design. The article records 83 DR.220s, 62 DR.221s and 100 each of the DR.250 and DR.253 built.