AOPA Pilot Magazine - February 2019 - 62
EARL HOLDREN
A SLIDING CANOPY and a massive rudder
are two distinctive characteristics of the
Socata Rallye (top). The leading-edge
wing slats create lift and help the airplane
achieve its STOL-like reputation (right).
If only we lived in a world in which
UPS used sporty little piston-engine airplanes to deliver packages. But we don't.
And so the Socata Rallye is a pretty rare
bird in the United States, although it
is well represented in Europe. Socata
brought the aircraft to the United States,
but for some reason, pilots didn't go for
it. Just why remains a mystery. Ask any
Rallye owner, if you can find one; this is a
fun airplane to own and fly.
"It doesn't excel in [any] one thing,"
said Shepard, "but there's not much you
can't do with it." Rallyes have towed
banners and gliders and operated as air
ambulances, because they can accommodate a stretcher and operate off short
runways.
FRENCH BEGINNINGS
The aircraft manufacturer MoraneSaulnier produced the first of the line in
1959. The company merged with Socata,
now Daher, and continued producing the
aircraft through 1979.
The first Rallye was a two-seat lowwing monoplane with a 100-horsepower
Continental engine. Succeeding models
grew into four seats with bigger engines.
The largest was the Minerva, powered
by a 220-horsepower Franklin engine.
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The remaining models flew with 150-, 180-,
and 235-horsepower Lycoming engines.
The Rallye was pitched to the U.S.
market as a STOL aircraft that could
perform in the backcountry and offered
benign flying characteristics that made it
a good trainer, too. But apparently there
were enough U.S.-made aircraft that
already fit that description. Only 70 or so
were sold here.
The airplane resurfaced in Europe in
the 1970s via a new type certificate; the
Koliber II Model 150A was manufactured
in Poland. The FAA granted type certification in 1994, and it, too, was marketed in
the United States, by Waco. A 1994 AOPA
Pilot article praised the airplane's ease of
accessibility and performance, but the airplane did not find a foothold here and was
discontinued.
When he first saw a Rallye in 2008,
Shepard was living in upstate New York,
working as an airframe and powerplant
mechanic and training to become a pilot.
"There was a guy in Oswego who had one
with a Franklin engine," he said. "I thought
it was a cool airplane." Shepard was 18, and
he wasn't actively airplane shopping then.
Two years later, Shepard was ready to
commit to airplane ownership. He'd made
a list of attributes for his first airplane
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