History

The Turbulent is one of the creations of the manufacturer Roger Druine. It is a one-piece, single-seat, low-wing, single-spar monoplane with a wood structure and a wood-lined upholstery. The fuselage is made of wood with plywood coating. Initially the cockpit was in the open air simply protected by a windshield blowing wind. A later version will offer a sliding glass roof. Druine designed this aircraft to allow amateurs to access the practice of the aircraft thanks to a simple and light machine. The availability of a bundle of plans was very successful, more than 350 units were sold.The impact was very significant in Britain, where it was even used for the initial training of Royal Air Force pilots. Created in 1953, it made its first flight in July 1955.For years, the owner-pilots organized regular and very colorful gatherings, true competitions of decorations. Many of the well-maintained aircraft are still flying from rough terrain, one of the striking features of the aircraft is the short distance to take-off and land.

The creative genius of Léo Chagnes could not be satisfied with the simple original version and his stated goal was to increase the maximum authorized mass to allow the use of a more powerful but heavier engine (a Volkswagen 40 hp) and to carry out pilots of medium or large size. The General Secretariat for Civil Aviation authorized the study in 1969, under the authority of Cabinet Veritas and with the competent assistance of Monsieur Barbaro, engineer at Sud Aviation, in charge of the calculations. After reinforcement of the structure and modification of the landing gear involving the installation of a nose gear thus creating a tricycle landing gear, the aircraft, practically rebuilt, is then called CB (CHAGNES-BARBARO) 10 n° 01 and obtains an exceptional provisional pass in September 1970 under the provisional registration F-WIHT to perform the needed tests to obtain a new CNRA obtained two months later devoting the maximum authorized mass to 300 kg.The CNRA was regularly renewed until the aircraft stopped when Léo Chagnes devoted herself to other constructions.

Caracteristics

Our aircraft

We recover the Turbulent 2019 at Lasbordes airfields (East of Toulouse). It is exhibited in Aeroscopia museum since then.