SAN Jodel D.140 Mousquetaire


The SAN Jodel D.140 Mousquetaire is a French five-seat light touring monoplane based on the earlier Jodel D.117 and built by Société Aéronautique Normande at Bernay.

Development

SAN had been producing the earlier Jodel D.117 under licence from which it then developed the larger 4 to 5-seat D.140. The prototype D.140 registration F-BIZE first flew on 4 July 1958. Early versions had a low triangular-shaped fin and rudder.
The final version was a glider tug variant the D.140R Abeille. Both the D.140E and D.140R were ordered by the French Air Force. As well as 243 factory-built aircraft more than 20 have been homebuilt from plans. The type was flown by aero clubs and private owners and remains in use in 2014.
Plans remained available in 2015.

Variants

;D.140 Mousquetaire
;D.140A Mousquetaire
;D.140B Mousquetaire II
;D.140C Mousquetaire III
;D.140E Mousquetaire IV
;D.140R Abeille

Operators