Planet Models 259 CAC CA-25 Winjeel

CAC CA-25 Winjeel was an Australian military low-wing fixed undercarriage training aircraft that was first flown in 1955. In total, about 60 examples of this machine were made during serial production. The plane was 8.55 meters long with a wingspan of 11.77 meters. The drive was provided by a single Pratt and Whitney R-985 engine with a power of up to 445 HP. The maximum speed was 299 km / h, with a climb speed of 7.6 m / s. The machine did not have on-board weapons.

Plane The CA-25 Winjeel was developed at the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC for short) to replace older training aircraft like the Tiger Moth and the CAC Wirraway in the Australian Air Force (RAAF). Design work began in the late 1940s. The first copies created as a result of these works (bearing the designation CA-22) were flown in 1951, but turned out to be inadequate for the assumed role. As a result, they were rebuilt and redesigned several elements of the entire structure. Finally, in 1955, the first CA-25 prototype was flown, which turned out to meet most of the assumptions. CA-25 machines performed their basic role in the RAAF until the end of the 1960s. They were later shifted from target designation, and their retirement from service in 1995. The only user of them was the Australian Air Force (RAAF).