Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket

The Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket was a six-seat utility aircraft built in the United States in the 1930s, continuing the design line that began with the Bellanca WB-2. It kept the airframe of the CH-200 and CH-300 but took a more powerful Pratt and Whitney Wasp radial engine, giving a maximum speed of about 155 mph and a range of about 750 miles. The US Navy bought three under the designation RE, two for radio research and one configured as a two-stretcher air ambulance for the Marine Corps. A deluxe version with a 450 hp Wasp was sold to private owners, and the government of the Dominion of Newfoundland purchased two in 1937.