The Max Holste MH.52 was a 1940s

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-built two-seat touring or training monoplane designed and constructed by

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Development and construction

Developed in the mid-1940s, the MH.52 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with twin fins and rudders and a fixed tricycle landing gear. It had a cockpit with side-by-side seating for the pilot and trainee or passenger. The canopy was framed with forward-opening transparent sliding doors. The prototype first flew on 21 August 1945. The aircraft was powered by a variety of inline engines developing between 95 and 150 hp (71 to 112 kW).Simpson, 2005, p.158 A development of the MH.52 was the sole MH.53 Cadet which had a fixed tailwheel landing gear and a lower powered 135 hp (101 kW) de Havilland Gipsy Major 10 engine.

Operational history

A total of 13 production aircraft were built by the end of the 1940s. Most were flown by aero clubs and

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s in France, but three examples were delivered to Egypt.

Survivors

Two MH.52s survived in the 2000s. No.4 is awaiting restoration to fly at an airfield near Paris. No.11 is privately stored by a group located at an airfield near Bergerac.Ogden, 2006, p.107

Variants

Source: ''The Aircraft of the World''. ;MH.52M :initial model with tricycle landing gear powered by a Renault 4P engine of . Later changed to a Potez 4D engine of (2 built) ;MH.52G :MH.52M with de Havilland Gipsy Major 1 engine of (6 built) ;MH.52R :MH.52G with

Renault 4P-01 The Renault 4P, also called the Renault Bengali Junior, was a series of air-cooled 4-cylinder inverted inline aero engines designed and built in France from 1927, which produced from to . Design and development Charles Lindbergh's Atlantic Ocea ...

engine of (4 built) ;MH.53 :Tailwheel landing gear version of the MH.52G powered by a de Havilland Gipsy Major 10 engine. (1 built)

Specifications (MH.52)

Notes

References

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