The Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket is a six seat utility aircraft built in the United States in the 1930s, a continuation of the design lineage that had started with the Bellanca WB-2.
Retaining the same basic airframe of the preceding CH-200 and CH-300, the CH-400 was fitted with a more powerful Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine.
Three examples were purchased by the U.S. Navy under the designation RE.
Two were used for radio research, and one as an air ambulance for the U.S. Marine Corps.
This latter aircraft was reconfigured to carry two stretchers.
Variants
CH-400
Six seat utility aircraft powered by a Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial piston engine.
XRE-1
One aircraft used for radio research work at Naval Air Station Anacostia.
XRE-2
One light transport aircraft for the US Navy.
XRE-3
One two stretcher air ambulance aircraft for the US Marine Corps.
