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Stampe et Vertongen RSV.32
The Stampe et Vertongen RSV.32〔Stampe et Vertongen designated their designs with two numbers; the first signifying the wing area of the design in square metres, the second signifying the power of the engine in horsepower (Hauet 1984, p.9). Stampe et Vertongen aircraft designed by Alfred Renard gained the prefix "R" (Hauet 1984, p.7).〕 was a trainer aircraft produced in Belgium in the early 1920s.〔 Designed originally for the Stampe et Vertongen flying school,〔Jouhaut 1999, p.26〕 the Belgian Air Force became a major operator of the type,〔Jouhaut 1999, p.31〕 where it became the first aircraft of entirely Belgian design and manufacture to enter service.〔〔 Many others were purchased by flying clubs and private owners.〔Jouhaut 1999, p.31–32〕 No RSV.32 was in existence by the end of World War II.〔Jouhaut 1999, p.35〕
==History==
Jean Stampe and Maurice Vertongen, veterans of World War I, founded a flying school at Deurne in 1923.〔Jouhaut 1999, p.25〕 Their research into the training aircraft then available led them to believe that the British-built Central Centaur IV was the best choice for their school.〔 When they discovered that the Centaur IV had just ceased production, their friend, Maurice Boel, introduced them to engineer Alfred Renard, whom Stampe and Vertongen contracted to design a similar aircraft that could be built cheaply and locally.〔 Renard's response was a conventional two-bay biplane with unstaggered wings of equal span.〔Jouhaut 1999, p.34〕 Power was provided by a radial engine in the nose.〔 The student pilot and instructor sat in tandem in a single, open cockpit〔 and communicated through a speaking tube.〔Jouhaut 1999, p.30〕 The main units of the fixed undercarriage shared a common axle, and the tail was supported by a skid.〔 Construction was of wood throughout, braced with wire and covered in fabric,〔 and stressed to withstand rough treatment by student pilots.〔Hauet 1984, p.10〕〔Jouhaut 1999, p.29〕 To reduce costs, many parts were interchangeable, including the struts, longerons, undercarriage legs,〔 and even the upper and lower wings.〔 Initial construction of the prototype commenced in a dance hall in Evere〔〔 and was completed in the hangar of the ''Administration de l'Aéronautique''〔 (the Belgian Aviation Administration) on 23 April 1923,.〔 The aircraft was registered ''O-BOEL'' in honour of the friend who introduced Renard to Stampe and Vertongen.〔〔 After the prototype had been tested, King Albert I paid a royal visit to Stampe et Vertongen and asked for a joy ride over Antwerp in it.〔
The RSV.32 was produced between 1923 and 1932〔〔 and the total number built is sometimes given as fifty-seven,〔for example, by Jouhaut (1999, p.30), Hauett (1984, p.9), and ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft'' (p.2955)〕 however Paul de Meyer, writing for ''Air-Britain Digest'' in 1980 called this number "unlikely" and "greatly exaggerated".〔 The type saw service with not only Stampe et Vertongen's school, but flying schools at Gosselies and Saint-Hubert as well.〔 The Belgian Air Force purchased nineteen examples in three batches.〔 These served until 1936, when surviving machines were sold to private owners.〔 Flying clubs that operated the type included the Antwerp Aviation Club〔 and the Aéro-Club Royal Belge.〔 At least one private owner added a third seat to the aircraft,〔Jouhaut 1999, p.32〕 and at least three examples were converted to 2+2 seating〔 with a fuselage modification designed by Renard.〔 This latter configuration was designated the RSV.32/2X2.〔
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