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The Aero Commander 100, various models of which were known as the Darter Commander and Lark Commander was an American light aircraft produced in the 1960s. It was a high-wing monoplane of conventional design, equipped with fixed tricycle
* Aero Commander 100 – alias Volaire 1050
** Aero Commander 100A – alias Volaire 1035
** Darter Commander – 100 with revised windows and other minor modifications
* Lark Commander 180 – revised aerodynamics, with swept fin and rudder and Lycoming O-360-A2F engine. Production from 1968.Taylor 1971, p. 366.
The Volaircraft Darter – Aviation History Online Museum
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Design and development
The aircraft was originally designed by Volaircraft, first flying in1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
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. The firm marketed the original three-seat version as the Volaire 1035 and a four-seat version with a more powerful engine as the Volaire 1050 before North American Rockwell purchased all rights to the design on July 12, 1965, for production by its Aero Commander division. Production of the Darter Commander version continued until 1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
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* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
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and of the revised Lark Commander until 1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
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(by which time, Rockwell had dropped the Aero Commander brand name).
A Volaire 1050 was exhibited at the 1966 Hanover Air Show and later sold to Finland. Other examples of the type were exported to Australia and Canada.
Finding the light aircraft market too competitive for its liking, Rockwell ceased production of the Lark Commander in 1971 and sold the rights to all versions of the aircraft to Phoenix Aircraft of Euclid, Ohio, but this company never actually put it into production.
Variants
Volaircraft
* Model 10 – prototypes * Volaire 1035 – three-seat production version powered by Lycoming O-290 * Volaire 1050 – four-seat production version powered by Lycoming O-320Aero Commander/Rockwell
* Aero Commander 100 – alias Volaire 1050
** Aero Commander 100A – alias Volaire 1035
** Darter Commander – 100 with revised windows and other minor modifications
* Lark Commander 180 – revised aerodynamics, with swept fin and rudder and Lycoming O-360-A2F engine. Production from 1968.Taylor 1971, p. 366.
Specifications (Darter Commander)
See also
References
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Bibliography
* Taylor, John W. R. ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969–70''. London:Jane's Yearbooks, 1969. *External links
The Volaircraft Darter – Aviation History Online Museum
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