CAB Supercab

The CAB GY-30 Supercab was a two-seat light aircraft built in France in 1954, as a further development of the CAB Minicab. The design was performed by Yves Gardan, a onetime employee of French aeronautical company SIPA. Changes incorporated in the Supercab (from the Minicab) included a more powerful engine, greater wingspan, manually retractable undercarriage, and slotted flaps that replaced the split flaps of the Minicab.

Seven units were constructed by CAB before the rights to the design were sold to Gardan's former employer (SIPA), who developed the design into the SIPA 1000. However, due to a downturn in the light aircraft market at that time, only three of the SIPA variant were produced before production was halted.

Specifications

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1956–57

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
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• Aspect ratio: 6.5:1Template:Aircraft specs/convertTemplate:Aircraft specs/convertTemplate:Aircraft specs/convert
• Fuel capacity: 70 L (15 imp gal; 18 US gal)Template:Aircraft specs/convertTemplate:Aircraft specs/engTemplate:Aircraft specs/engTemplate:Aircraft specs/engTemplate:Aircraft specs/lengthTemplate:Aircraft specs/convert
• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitchTemplate:Aircraft specs/length

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• Take-off run to 20 m (66 ft): 340 m (1,120 ft)
• Landing run from 20 m (66 ft): 300 m (980 ft)

References

• Bridgman, Leonard (1956). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1956–57. New York: The McGraw-Hill Book Company.
• de Narbonne, Roland (February 2014). "Février 1954, dans l'aéronautique française: Le CAB GY.30 "Supercab": Le petit bolide de Gardan". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in français). No. 531. pp. 78–79.
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 123.
• Simpson, R. W. (1995). Airlife's General Aviation. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing. p. 409.
• CAB Supercab on aviafrance.com
• Website of the Association des Proprietaires et Amateurs d'Avions Gardan