title: Adam RA-15 Major
text: # Adam RA-15 Major
  
  The Adam RA-15 Major was a French sporting plane developed and produced in the decade after World War II.
  
  ## Development
  
  The RA-15 was developed in 1948 as a higher-powered successor to the Adam RA-14 Loisirs, utilising a number of refinements including a plywood-covered fuselage and an enlarged rudder. It was a side-by-side two-seater with dual controls, wooden construction and a fabric-covered two-spar wing which folded for storage in hangars. The Major was designed to use any flat-four engine in the 65-75 h.p. range.
  
  ## Production and operational history
  
  A small series of Majors was produced in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The basic RA-15 was fitted with the 75 h.p. Regnier 4D-2 engine and the RA-151 had the 75 hp Continental C75 engine. Two Majors were still active in 1965.
  
  ## Variants
  
  ### RA-17
  
      a modified single seat crop dusting variant of the RA-15.
  
  ### Maranda BM3
  
      Canadian production of the RA-17 by the Maranda Aircraft Company
  
  ## Specification (RA-15)
  
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  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 2
  * Length: 22 ft 11 in (6.99 m)
  * Wingspan: 34 ft 9 in (10.59 m)
  * Height: 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)
  * Empty weight: 616 lb (279 kg)
  * Gross weight: 1,145 lb (519 kg)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Regnier 4D-2 four cylinder air-cooled engine , 75 hp (56 kW)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 111 mph (178 km/h, 96 kn)
  * Cruise speed: 103 mph (165 km/h, 90 kn)
  * Range: 340 mi (547 km, 300 nmi)
  