Photograph:
Jodel D-112D Club ZK-CGL (c/n 668) at New Zealand’s North Shore aerodrome, NZ (Greybeard –NZ CIVAIR)
Country of origin:
France
Description:
Two-seat light sport monoplane
Power Plant:
One 48 kw (65 hp) Continental A-65-8 or 12F four-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine
Specifications:
- Wingspan: 8.2 m (26 ft 10 in)
- Length: 6.37 m (20 ft 10 in)
- Height: 2.1 m (6 ft 9½ in)
- Wing area: 12.69 m² (136.7 sq ft)
- Max speed: 190 km/h (118 mph)
- Cruising speed: 169 km/h (105 mph)
- Initial rate of climb: 193 m/min (632 ft/min)
- Range: 600 km (373 miles)
- Empty weight: 345 kg (760 lb)
- Loaded weight: 600 kg (1,323 lb)
History:
The Jodel D-112 Club series was developed from the D-11 Club series, embodying some major design refinement, in the late 1960s, being the most popular of the Jodel series of light touring and sport monoplanes in France. Some 455 examples were registered in that country in 1965. Plans were available for home construction but the type was built in some numbers as a complete aircraft by Wassmer Aviation SA, this company also producing a deluxe variant known as the D-120 Paris-Nice, which was fitted with a 71 kw (95 hp) Continental C-90-12F engine.
A further variant was known as the D-117 Grand Tourisme, which was produced in some numbers by the Societe Aeronautique Normande, which produced 250 examples before production was taken over by the Societe Alpavia. This latter company produced 160 examples of the D-117, production ceasing in 1962. When built by the amateur constructor in Europe, the D-112 was often known as the D-119. The D-112 was also produced in Spain by Aero Difusion Popuplane.
An example has been registered in New Zealand. This aircraft, ZK-CGL (c/n 668), was built commercially in France in 1957 by Valladeau AC, the aircraft having previously spent some time in the United Kingdom as G-BCGL before being imported.