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The Porstmouth Aerocar was a British light utility aircraft design of the late 1940s. It was intended to be an aircraft that could be used for a variety of tasks including transport mobile office but only one prototype was built being scrapped in 1950. The Aerocar was a high-wing monoplane with gondola fuselage and twin boom tailplane and tricycle undercarriage. The cabin could hold five passengers in addition to the pilot. Four doors were fitted to the cabin.

The Portsmouth Aerocar Major flew in June 1947 with 155hp Blackburn Cirrus Major engines.1
Portsmouth Aerocar for the first time.2
The Portsmouth Aerocar Major flew in June 1947 with 155hp Blackburn Cirrus Major engines. It seated ... read more ...3
Portsmouth Aerocar, but no sales materialised and aircraft production was abandoned, the company still exists producing various products mainly for the defence industry. The Portsmouth Aerocar.4

Made by Portsmouth Aviation.

PORTSMOUTH AVIATION :produced one Portsmouth Aerocar(G-AGTG c/n 2)in June 47 . Aircraft c/n 1 was the Portsmouth Aerocar Minor ,registered as G-AGNJ but not completed. No sales-no further production. .5
Portsmouth Aerocar Major twin piston engined five seat light aircraft.6
« on: February 15, 2010, 09:40:01 pm » The Portsmouth Aerocar was a British postwar attempt to produce a Dragon Rapide replacement for the Air Taxi and Feederliner market.7
Jet Or Prop
prop
Designer
Major F. L. Luxmoore
Range Main
392 miles
Max Speed More
at 5
000 ft
Payload Main
816.0
Capacity
5
Max Speed Main
164 mph
Cruise Speed Main
136 mph
Type Of Prop
piston engine
Crew
1
Span Main
42.0
Height Main
322.58000000000004
Cruise Speed More
at 65 per cent M.E.T.O. power at 5
000 ft
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Engine(prop)
Blackburn Cirrus Major
Propeller Or Rotor
propeller
Manufacturer
Portsmouth Aviation
First Flight
18
National Origin
UK
Climb Rate Main
1100.0
Power Main
155 hp
Propellers
Rotol two-bladed variable pitch airscrews
Number Of Props
2
Length Main
800.1
Payload More
advertised
Similar Aircraft
*Miles Aerovan
Category
British civil utility aircraft 1940-1949
High wing aircraft
Propeller aircraft

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