The Goodyear Inflatoplane was an experimental aircraft whose wings and fuselage were made of inflatable rubberised fabric, built by the Goodyear Aircraft Company in the 1950s. Designed in about twelve weeks and first built in 1956, it was meant as a rescue aircraft the military could drop in a container behind enemy lines and inflate in minutes. The skin was a sandwich of two rubber materials joined by nylon threads, and air from the engine kept it rigid in flight. The single-seat GA-468 was about six metres long with a 42 horsepower Nelson engine, and the two-seat GA-466 had a more powerful engine. Twelve were built, one test pilot died in a crash, and the military never ordered it, so the project was cancelled in the early 1970s.
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Engine Class Top Speed (km/h) Maximum Mass (kg) EngineNelson H-63A (YO-65) 2-cylinder air-cooled 2-stroke horizontally-opposed piston engine 1 Comparison
Body StyleAircraft (no road body style) 1 Connections
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The Goodyear Inflatoplane is an inflatable experimental aircraft made by the Goodyear Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
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Design and development
the Goodyear Inflatoplane was built in 1956
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The Goodyear Inflatoplane is an inflatable experimental aircraft
Specifications (GA-468), power
2-cylinder air-cooled 2-stroke horizontally-opposed piston engine, 42 hp (31 kW)
Specifications (GA-468), engine
Nelson H-63A (YO-65) 2-cylinder air-cooled 2-stroke horizontally-opposed piston engine, 42 hp (31 kW)
Specifications (GA-468), mass
Empty weight: 225 lb (102 kg)
Specifications (GA-468), takeoff weight
Max takeoff weight: 590 lb (268 kg)
Specifications (GA-468), speed
Maximum speed: 72 mph (116 km/h
Operational history, units built
Only 12 Goodyear Inflatoplanes were built
Lead, status
when the project was finally cancelled
Lead, maker
The Goodyear Inflatoplane is an inflatable experimental aircraft made by the Goodyear Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
In Group: Single-Engine Piston Light Aircraft, Lead, kind of craft
The Goodyear Inflatoplane is an inflatable experimental aircraft
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The Goodyear Inflatoplane is an inflatable experimental aircraft
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