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Kellner-Béchereau EC-3, E-5, E-5

Convinced of an interest in the use of dural for the manufacture of light aircraft, the Société Française du Duralumin opened a private aircraft competition in 1936. Of the 77 proposals presented, three aircraft were constructed for the finals: the Alliet Larivière AL-04 [1] we have already spoken of, the Daspect 3, [2] and the Kellner-Béchereau E-5.

In July 1937, the Kellner-Béchereau company first made a wooden 'mock up' christened ED-5 and fitted with a 60 hp Train 6T engine. This machine, evidently possessing the 'sliding' wing, was presented to the Commission d'Examen du STAé [Service Technique de l'Aéronautique] in late September 1937.

Meanwhile, the final machine of metal construction, designated first EC-3 and later E-5, was assembled in the Kellner workshops at Billancourt. The wing was constructed using the hollow body technique - the rear, movable part being cloth-covered. The monocoque metal fuselage received a 60 hp Train 6T engine.

Exhibited at the 1938 Salon, [3] the aircraft was completed in January 1939. The machine passed CEMA [Centre d'Essais du Matériel Aéronautique] testing in February of the same year. In April, tests for a CNRA [4] began at Orly in the hands of the pilot Seitz. The outbreak of war interrupted all activity and the aircraft was then forgotten.