Symphony SA-160

Symphony SA-160
General information
TypeLight aircraft
National originGermany/Canada
ManufacturerOstmecklenburgische Flugzeugbau
Symphony Aircraft Industries
StatusProduction completed
History
Manufactured2001–2003
2005–2006
Introduction date2001
Developed fromStoddard-Hamilton Glastar
The Symphony SA-160 side view
The Symphony SA-160 standard instrument panel
Symphony SA-160 showing 40 degree deflection on its Fowler flaps and its aileron end fences
The Symphony SA-160 has two unique vortex generators on its wing to ensure aileron effectiveness through the stall
The OMF-100-135 Symphony Thielert Centurion 1.7 diesel equipped prototype

The Symphony SA-160 is a CAR 523 certified, two-seat, single-engine, high-wing airplane that was manufactured by Symphony Aircraft Industries in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada in the mid-2000s.[1]

The SA-160 is a development of the Stoddard-Hamilton Glastar amateur-built kit aircraft and is externally similar to that design.[2]

  1. ^ Hunt, Adam: A brief history of Symphony Aircraft, COPA Flight December 2005
  2. ^ Hunt, Adam: Flying the Symphony 160, COPA Flight December 2005