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Bellance 14-19 / 17-30A Viking / 17-31 / 17-31 Super Viking

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Viking

A development of the Cruisemaster, the Viking wing is made of Sitka spruce and mahogany, crafted in a separate wing plant. The fuselage is welded steel tubing covered with Dacron. It is all as durable as aluminum, and Bellanca feels that this unique method of construction is one of their major assets.

Bellanca 260

The Bellanca 260 was introduced in 1964 and produced through 1967. Built of wood and fabric, only 105 were built before production switched entirely to the Viking 300.

In 1967, a 300 hp Continental IO 520 D installation transformed the Bellanca Model 14 design into a Viking. Somewhere along the way, Vikings become Models 17 30A, but the overall aerodynamic design is true to the genius of Giuseppe Bellanca.

Viking 300

There are three 300 hp engine options for the Viking: a Continental IO 520 K, a Lycoming IO 540 K1E5 and the Ra¬jay turbocharged version of the Lycoming. The Viking is 3,325 pounds at gross, with an empty weight of 2,225 pounds. When a Viking is topped with 450 pounds of fuel, 75 pounds of options and 340 pounds of people, it’s easy to see how most of the 1,100 pound useful load can quickly disappear. The baggage compartment capacity is billed as 186 pounds, although it looks too small for what that weight of luggage would amount to. There is also a tube-like container running back from the baggage area toward the tail that is designed to hold 20 pounds of long equipment, such as skis or fishing poles.

17-31

Variants:

260B
Developed from the Model 14-19 Cruisemaster, with single sweptback fin and rudder replacing original tail unit.

260C
Improved version of 260B with 260hp Continental IO-470-F

Standard Viking 300
Airframe as 260C with 300 hp Continental IO-520-D or 300 hp Lycoming IO-540.

Super Viking 300
As Continental-engined Standard 300 but increased fuel and more luxurious appointments.

Super Viking 300
As Lycoming-engined Standard 300 but increased fuel and more luxurious appointments.

Standard Turbo Viking 300 / Turbo Viking
As Standard Viking but 310 hp Lycoming TIO-540 turbocharged engine.

Bellanca 14-19-3 Cruisemaster

Super Viking Model 17 30A
Engine: Continental IO 520 D.
TBO: 1,500 hrs.
Propeller: McCauley two or three blade.
Length: 26 ft. 4 in.
Height: 7 ft. 4 in.
Wingspan: 34 ft. 2 in.
Airfoil: Bellanca B.
Aspect ratio: 7.2.
Wing area: 161.5 sq. ft.
Wing loading: 20.59 lb/sq.ft.
Seats: 4.
Empty wt: 2,303 lbs.
Useful load: 1,022 lbs.
Payload with full fuel: 572 lbs.
Gross weight: 3,325 lbs.
Power loading: 11.8 lb/hp.
Fuel capacity (standard): 60 USG/360 lb lbs.
Fuel capacity (option): 75 USG/450 lb.
Baggage capacity: 186 lbs.
Baggage area: 12.08 cu. ft.
Minimum runway requirement: 1,420 ft.
Rate of climb: 1,085 fpm.
Service ceiling: 17,000 ft.
Maximum speed: 191 mph/166 knots.
Cruise, 75% power @ 7,500 ft: 187 mph/162 knots.
Economy cruise, 65% power 9,000 ft: 160 mph/139 knots.
Range @ max cruise (45 min res): 593 sm/516 nm.
Range @ economy cruise (45 min res): 715 sm/622 nm.
Duration @ max cruise (no res): 3.9 hrs.
Stall speed (clean): 74 mph/64 knots.
Stall speed (gear, flaps down): 70 mph/61 knots

Super Viking 17 31A
Engine: Lycoming IO 540 K1 E5, 300 hp.
TBO: 1,800 hrs.
Prop: Hartzell, 3 blade, constant speed, 80 inch dia.
Length: 26 ft. 4 in.
Height: 7 ft. 4 in.
Wingspan: 34 ft. 2 in.
Aspect ratio: 7.2.
Wing area: 161.5 sq.ft.
Airfoil: Bellanca B.
Wing loading: 20.6 lb/sq.ft.
Power loading: 11.1 lb/hp.
Seats: 4.
Empty wt: 2,303 lbs.
Useful load: 1,033 lbs.
Payload with full fuel: 583 lbs.
Gross weight: 3,325 lb.
Fuel capacity (standard): 60 USG/360 lb lbs.
Fuel capacity (option): 75 USG/450 lb.
Max rate of climb: 1,170 fpm.
Service ceiling: 18,200 ft.
Max speed: 196 kts.
Max cruise, 75 % power (2,400 rpm) at 15,000 ft: 165 kts.
Econ cruise, 55 % power at 15,000 ft: 150 kts.
Duration at max cruise: 4.8 hrs.
Duration at econ cruise: 6 hrs
Stalling speed, clean: 69 kts.
Stall speed, full flap: 61 kt.
Baggage capacity: 186 lbs.
Baggage area: 12.08 cu. ft.
Minimum runway requirement: 1,420 ft.

Bellanca Turbo Viking 17-31ATC
Engine: 1 x Lycoming IO-540-K1E5, 300 hp.
Seats: 4.
Wing loading: 20.6 lb/sq.ft.
Pwr loading: 11.08 lb/hp.
Gross wt: 3325 lb.
Empty wt: 2372 lb.
Equipped useful load: 886 lb.
Payload max fuel: 436 lb.
Range max fuel/75% pwr: 799 nm/4 hr.
Range max fuel / 55% pwr: 814 nm/ 5.7 hr.
Service ceiling: 24,000 ft.
75% cruise: 193 kt.
55% cruise: 144 kt.
Stall: 56-63 kt.
1.3 Vso: 73 kt.
ROC: 1170 fpm.
Min field length: 1420 ft.
Fuel cap: 360/450 lb.
Undercarriage: retractable.

Viking 300A
Engine: Continental IO-520K, 300 hp
TBO: 2000 hr
Fuel type: 100/100LL
Propeller: Hartzell CS
Wingspan: 34 ft. 2 in.
Overall length: 25 ft. 4 in.
Height: 7 ft. 4 in.
Wing area: 161.6 sq. ft
Wing loading: 20.6 lbs./sq. ft
Power loading: 11.1 lbs./hp
Wheel base: 6 ft. 8 in.
Wheel track: 9 ft.
Wheel size: 6.00 x 6 in
Max ramp weight: 3325lb
Gross weight: 3325 lb
Landing weight: 3325lb
Empty weight, std: 2185lb
Useful load, std: 1140 lb
Payload, full std. fuel: 690 lb
Usable fuel, std: US 75 gals
Equipped payload (750 miles fuel, 75 % power): 867 lb.
Cruise speed (75% power): 186mph.
Maximum range (75% power): 910mi.
Stall speed (Vso): 72mph.
Cabin width (elbow to elbow): 40.5in.
Landing gear type: Tri/Retr.
Seating capacity: 4
Cabin doors: 1
Cabin width: 41 in
Cabin height: 45 in
Baggage capacity: 186 lb
Cruise speed 75% power: 174kt
Vs: 66 kt
Vso: 61 kt
Best rate of climb (SL): 1210 fpm
Service ceiling: 20,000 ft
Takeoff ground roll: 980 ft
Takeoff over 50-ft. obstacle: 1200 ft
Landing ground roll: 835 ft
Landing over 50-ft. obstacle: 1500 ft

Turbo Viking 300
Engine: Continental IO-520-D or Lycoming IO-540, 300 hp at 2700 rpm.
Gross Weight; 3325 lbs.
Std Empty Wt; 2372 lbs.
Useful Load; 953 lbs.
Wing Area; 161.5 sq.ft.
Wing Span; 34.2 ft.
Length; 26.3 ft.
Height; 7.3 ft.
Power Loading; 11.8 lbs/hp.
Wing Loading; 20.6 lbs/sq.ft.
Fuel Capacity; 75 US Gal.
Wheelbase; 7.3 ft.
Wheel Tread; 9.0 ft.
Top Speed; 200 kts.
Optimum Cruise, 75% power, best power; 193 kts.
Stall Speed, full flaps 40 deg; 57 kts.
Take-off Run (23 deg flaps); 980 ft.
Take-off 50 ft; 1420 ft.
Landing Roll; 835 ft.
Landing Roll 50 ft; 1340 ft.
Best Rate of Climb; 94 kts.
Rate of Climb; 1170 fpm.
Service ceiling; 24,000 ft.
Fuel Consumption, 75% power, best econ; 15.7 US gph
Range 75% – 1080 sm (894 nm)
Range 65% – 1130 sm
Range 55% – 1110 sm

Viking 300

Bellanca 14-9 Cruisair

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Cruisair 14-13

The original Model 14 9 Bellanca Junior, later renamed the Cruisair, started life with a 90 hp LeBlond radial engine and 140 square feet of wing area. Later versions, such as the Models 14 13 and 14 14 developed in the early ’40s, had Franklin powerplants and a healthy 161 square feet of the famous Bel-lanca B airfoil. In 1952, a 190 hp Lycoming was mated to the Cruisair’s tubular steel fuselage and the Model 14 19 Cruisemaster was born. Seven years and a new manufacturer later, the design was resurrected, modified to accommodate the 260 hp Continental IO 470 and designated the Model 14 19 3. Although a tri gear and a swept vertical stabilizer characterized subsequent Bellanca evolutions, the wing, with its Sitka spruce spar, mahogany skin and 161 square feet, remained basically unchanged except for some strengthening to accommodate the higher gross weights of the updated aircraft. In 1967, a 300 hp Continental IO 520 D installation transformed the Bellanca design into a Viking.

14-19-3 Cruisair

14 Cruisemaster
A low-wing, retractable four-seat monoplane with a good reputation for speed and lifting ability. The wooden wing tended to keep sales down and only 700 or so were built before the Cruisemaster design was updated with tricycle gear, swept fin, and a new name the Bellanca Viking.
Northern Aircraft Inc purchased from Bellanca all rights, jigs and tooling for the Bellanca 14-19 Cruisemaster four-seat lightplane. The Bellanca Model 14 was one of the classic lightplane designs, since built by several manufacturers. First production of the Northern Cruisemaster started in October 1956. Northern also supplied spares, support and modification kits for Republic Seabee amphibians after a merger with the American Aviation Corporation.

14-13-2 Cruisair

Four-seater first flown November 1945

14-30-2

Circa 1947. Fabric fuselage, controls and wings.
Engine: 150 hp.

14-19 Cruisair
Engine: 190 hp Lycoming O-435A
Span: 34 ft 2 in
Length: 23 ft
Height: 6 ft 2 in
Empty weight: 1525 lb
Loaded weight: 2600 lb
Cruise: 180 mph at 6000 ft
ROC: 1400 fpm
Range: 680 mi

14-19 Cruisemaster

Bellanca 28-70 Irish Sweep

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Col James Fitzmaurice, a colonel in the Irish Air Force entered a Bellanca 28-70 “one off’ named Irish Sweep, in the London Mebourne Centenary Air race in 1934. The aircraft was built to his order and designed by Al Mooney of Mooney aircraft fame, who worked for Guiseppe Bellanca in the Delaware factory at the time. This was M8 in Mooney’s personal model numbering and a P&W Wasp radial of 825 hp was fitted, giving the Bellanca the best power/weight factor of all entries. The com¬mittee refused to allow Col Fitzmaurice to compete with the aircraft’s ‘all-up’ weight of 8,000 lbs.” The full weight had a restricted certificate issued by the US Government which, at the time, did not belong to the ICAN, the interna¬tional controlling body. The Irish entry was withdrawn at the last minute.

Engine: P&W Wasp, 825 hp.
MAUW: 8000 lbs.

Bellanca Aircruiser 66 / P-100 / C-27

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Bellanca C-27C Airbus

The Bellanca Aircruiser and Airbus were high-wing, single-engine aircraft built by Bellanca Aircraft Corporation of New Castle, Delaware. The aircraft was built as a “workhorse” intended for use as a passenger or cargo aircraft. It was available with wheels, floats or skis. The aircraft was powered by either a Wright Cyclone or Pratt and Whitney Hornet engine.

Bellanca P-100 Airbus

The first Bellanca Airbus was built in 1930 as the P-100. An efficient design, it was capable of carrying 12 to 14 passengers depending on the cabin interior configuration, with later versions carrying up to 15. In 1931, test pilot George Haldeman flew the P-100 a distance of 4,400 miles in a time aloft of 35 hours. Although efficient, with a cost per mile figure of eight cents per mile calculated for that flight, the first Airbus did not sell due to its water-cooled engine.

The next model, the P-200 Airbus, was powered by a larger, more reliable air-cooled engine. One version (P-200-A) came with floats and operated as a ferry service in New York City, flying between Wall Street and the East River. Other versions included a P-200 Deluxe model, with custom interiors and seating for nine. The P-300 was designed to carry 15 passengers.

The final model, the “Aircruiser,” was the most efficient aircraft of its day, and would rank high amongst all aircraft designs. With a Wright Cyclone air-cooled supercharged radial engine rated at 715 hp, the Aircruiser could carry a useful load greater than its empty weight. In the mid-1930s, the Aircruiser could carry 4,000 lb payloads at a speed of between 145 and 155 mph, a performance that multi-engine Fokkers and Ford Trimotors could not come close to matching.

C-27A C/N 721

The Airbus and Aircruiser served as both commercial and military transports and in total 23 were built.

Bellanca Aircruiser CF-AWR under restoration at the Western Canada Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, 2006

In 1934, United States federal regulations prohibited single-engine transports on United States airlines, virtually eliminating future markets for the Aircruiser. Where the workhorse capabilities of the Aircruiser stood out was in Canada. Several of “The Flying Ws”, as it was commonly dubbed in Canada, were used in northern mining operations, ferrying ore, supplies and the occasional passenger, into the 1970s.

Variants:

Bellanca P Airbus
Commercial version of Bellanca K, powered by a 500 hp (370 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1860 Hornet.

P-100 Airbus
14-passenger monoplane powered by a 600 hp (450 kW) Curtiss Conqueror engine, one built, later converted into a P-200.

P-200 Airbus
12-passenger monoplane, nine built and one converted from P-100.

P-300 Airbus
15-seater monoplane powered by a Wright R-1820 Cyclone engine.

Y1C-27
United States Army Air Corps designation for four P-200 Airbuses powered by 550 hp (410 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1860 Hornet B engine. All later converted to C-27C.

C-27A Airbus
Production version of the Y1C-27 powered by a 650 hp (480 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1860 Hornet B engine, ten built. One converted to a C-27B the rest converted to C-27Cs.

C-27B Airbus
One C-27A re-engined with a 675 hp (503 kW) Wright R-1820-17 Cyclone engine.

C-27C Airbus
Four Y1C-27s and nine of the C-27A re-engined with a 750 hp (560 kW) Wright R-1820-25 Cyclone engine.

Aircruiser 66-67
Improved structure modified from a P-200 with a 675 hp (503 kW) Wright SR-1820 Cyclone engine

Aircruiser 66-70
An Aircruiser with a 710 hp (530 kW) Wright SGR-1820 Cyclone engine, five built – exported to Canada.
Wingspan: 65 ft 0 in (19.82 m)
Wing area: 520 sq ft (48.3 m2)
Length: 43 ft 4 in (13.21 m)
Height: 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Empty weight: 6,072 lb (2,754 kg)
Gross weight: 10,000 lb (4,536 kg)
Maximum speed: 144 kn (165 mph, 266 km/h)
Range: 608 nmi (700 mi, 1,130 km)
Service ceiling: 22,000 ft (6,700 m)
Crew: one, pilot
Capacity: 16 passengers

Aircruiser 66-75
An Aircruiser with a 730 hp (540 kW) Wright Cyclone engine, three built.
Wingspan: 65 ft
Length: 43 ft 4 in
Height: 12 ft
Empty weight: 6300 lb
Loaded weight: 11,400 lb
Max speed: 165 mph
Cruise: 137 mph

Aircruiser 66-76
A cargo-version of the Aircruiser with a 760 hp (570 kW) Wright Cyclone.

Aircruiser 66-80
An Aircruiser with an 850 hp (630 kW) Wright Cyclone engine.