Differing considerably from the company’s first product, the Max
Holste MH 152 was designed to meet a French army requirement for a light – weight
liaison/observation aircraft.
Of braced high-wing monoplane configuration, it had fixed tail-wheel landing gear, a tail
unit similar to that of the MH 52, and accommodated a pilot and four passengers.
The prototype, first flown on 12 June 1951, was powered by a 164-kW
(220-hp) Salmson 8 AS Argus engine, but by the time that it had flown the French army had
changed its ideas and was no longer interested in the low-powered MH 152. While hoping to
market this aircraft for civil use in agricultural, ambulance, light transport or
photographic roles, the company decided to develop a slightly larger and considerably more
powerful version.
Designated MH 1521 and later named Broussard, this generally similar
aircraft seated a pilot and five passengers and had a Pratt & Whitney engine more than
double the power of the Salmson Argus ; an alternative ambulance interior was available to
accommodate two stretchers and two sitting casualties or medical attendants.
Flown initially in prototype form on 17 November 1952, the first civil
production aircraft was flown on 16 June 1954, followed eight days later by the first
specially equipped military aircraft. Built in considerable numbers for both civil and
military use, very few MH 1521 Broussard remain in use.
Variants:
MH1521A: designation of version of MH 1521 which was equipped
specifically for agricultural use
MH1522: designation of prototype conversion, first flown on 11
February 1952, with a wing incorporating full span leading-edge slots and doubles-slotted
trailing edge flaps to improve STOL performance
Data:
Powerplant: one 336-kW (450-hp) Pratt & Whitney
R-985-AN-1 radial piston engine
Performance: speed 120kt, range 680NM
Weights: empty 1530kg (3 373 lbs); maximum take-off
2500 kg (5 512 lbs)
Dimensions: span 13.75m (45 ft 1¼
in), length 8.65 m (28 ft 4 ½ in), height 3.65 m (12 ft 0 in), wing
area 25.20 m2 (271.26sq ft)
Profile:
What to do with a broussard?
The NASA has a B747 and the space-shuttle, the Russians had an Antonov and
the Buran and some Frenchman had another idea.
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