Bellanca Aries
# Bellanca Aries

The Bellanca T-250 Aries was a light airplane built in the United States in the early 1970s, which achieved only limited production. Designed by Marvin Greenwood while Anderson-Greenwood owned the Bellanca name, it was a conventional low-wing monoplane with retractable tricycle undercarriage and a high T-tail. Federal Aviation Administration type certification was obtained on 28 July 1976.

## Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1980–81

General characteristics

* Crew: one pilot
* Capacity: four passengers
* Length: 26 ft 2 in (7.98 m)
* Wingspan: 31 ft 4 in (9.55 m)
* Height: 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m)
* Wing area: 170 sq ft (15.8 $m^2)$
* Airfoil: NACA 600412 modified
* Empty weight: 1,850 lb (839 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 3,150 lb (1,429 kg)
* Fuel capacity: 76 US gal (63 imp gal; 290 L)
* Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-540-A4D5 flat-six piston engine , 250 hp (190 kW)
* Propellers: 2-bladed Hartzell constant-speed propeller, 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) diameter

Performance

* Maximum speed: 215 mph (346 km/h, 187 kn) at sea level
* Cruise speed: 200 mph (320 km/h, 170 kn) (65% power)
* Stall speed: 64 mph (103 km/h, 56 kn) (wheels and flaps down)
* Never exceed speed: 244 mph (393 km/h, 212 kn)
* Range: 1,170 mi (1,880 km, 1,020 nmi) with four passengers
* Service ceiling: 18,100 ft (5,500 m)
* Rate of climb: 1,240 ft/min (6.3 m/s)
