The Discovery Aviation Model 201 aka Avia Accord 201 is a light utility aircraft that was re-introduced in 2013.
Design and development
The Model 201 is a high-wing twin engine fixed
tricycle gear
Tricycle gear is a type of aircraft undercarriage, or ''landing gear'', that is arranged in a tricycle fashion. The tricycle arrangement has one or more nose wheels in a single front undercarriage and two or more main wheels slightly aft of th ...
aircraft with twin rudders. The aircraft was designed by Avia Ltd of
Moscow, Russia
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...
as the Avia Accord 201. The aircraft was produced in the Sokol plant at Nizhny Novgorod. The aircraft features rear clamshell doors that can be removed, and has flown with an outrigger floats.
The aircraft has been modified with updated avionics to be marketed for western sales by Discovery Aviation.
Specifications (Model 201)
References
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External linksAbout Discovery 201 - Aviation's New Aerial Pickup Truck 2013
Experimental aircraft
High-wing aircraft
Twin piston-engined tractor aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1997
Twin-tail aircraft
1990s Soviet and Russian civil utility aircraft
Accord 201
Aircraft with fixed tricycle landing gear