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===[[Seth Wickersham]]===
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I tagged this for [[wikipedia:proposed deletion|proposed deletion]] on 17th, on the grounds that it's an unsourced orphan living bio. On 22nd an admin browsing the category of ripe prods decided to remove the tag because "There is some claim to notability in the article (writing for ESPN. The Magazine)". Well obvious, I didn't tag it for speedy, but anyway here we are. My proposal is that we either spend the next five days sourcing this article, or delete it. --[[User talk:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway]] 23:47, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
|name =Ar 197
|type = [[Fighter aircraft|Naval fighter]]
|manufacturer =[[Arado Flugzeugwerke]]
|image =Image:Arado Ar 197.jpg
|caption =
|designer =
|first flight =Spring [[1937 in aviation|1937]]
|introduced =
|retired =
|status = Prototype
|primary user =[[Luftwaffe]]
|produced =
|number built = 3
|unit cost =
|developed from = [[Arado Ar 68|Arado Ar 68H]]
|variants with their own articles =
}}
The '''Arado Ar 197''' was a [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[World War II]] era [[bi-plane]], designed for naval operations for the never completed German [[aircraft carrier]] [[German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin|''Graf Zeppelin'']]. Only a few prototypes were built, the project was abandoned in favour of the Messerschmitt [[Bf 109|Bf 109T]] and [[Blohm + Voss BV 155|Me 155]].
:'''Keep''' as a stub, with this source [http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?name=wickersham_seth&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fespn%2fblog%2findex%3fname%3dwickersham_seth]. He not only writes for ESPN, but has written for The Sporting News and was an intern at the Washington Post.--[[User:Sethacus|Sethacus]] 02:01, 23 July 2007 (UTC)(formerly Ispy1981)
== Background ==
* '''Delete''' not notable per nominator. He appears to be "just a journalist", and the who he writes for does not amount to much of a notability claim. You would expect to see his name of by-lines, but I do not believe it fulfills [[WP:BIO]]. If you remove espn.go.com, he scores [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22seth wickersham%22 -espn.go.com -wikipedia&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=DZq&start=130&sa=N 123 unique GHits] [[User:Ohconfucius|Ohconfucius]] 05:46, 23 July 2007 (UTC) [[User:Ohconfucius|Ohconfucius]] 05:46, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
The Ar 197 had its origin in the requirement for a fighter plane capable of operating from the planned (but never completed) German aircraft carriers ''Graf Zeppelin'' and ''Peter Strasser''. The [[Arado Ar 68|Ar 68H]] had been the first Arado aircraft to have a fully enclosed cockpit, and was selected as a base design for the Arado Ar 197.
== Development ==
The first prototype of the Ar 197, the V1, was based on the Ar 68H and featured a fully enclosed cockpit, Daimler-Benz DB 600A engine, and three-blade propeller, but was not fitted for naval operations. The second prototype, the Ar 197 V2, was similar to the V1, but was powered by a [[BMW 132]]Dc [[radial engine]], and was fitted with naval equipment including an [[Tailhook|arrester hook]] and [[Aircraft catapult|catapult spools]]. Both the Ar 197 V1 and V2 flew in the spring of [[1937]]. In the summer of 1937 a third prototype, the V3, was built. Powered by a more powerful BMW radial engine and was the first prototype fitted with weapons, the Ar 197 V3 was armed with two 7.92mm machine guns and one 20mm automatic cannon. The V3 was also fitted with racks under the fuselage which could carry four 50 kg bombs, an auxiliary fuel tank, or a smoke-laying canister.
== Evaluation ==
The Ar 197 V3 was selected to participate in evaluation, but was not chosen for production. By the time ''Graf Zeppelin'' was to have been completed, biplanes such as the Ar 197 would have been hopelessly outclassed as fighters. In 1939 the Bf 109T was selected as a successor to the Arado Ar 197, and in 1941 the Me 155 was selected as the successor to the Bf 109T.
== Specifications (Arado Ar 197 V3) ==
{{aircraft specification|Arado Ar 197 V3
|ref= ''Kay & Smith, p. 24.''
|crew=1 (pilot)
|length main=9.2 [[metre|m]]
|length alt=30 ft 2¼ in
|span main=11 m
|span alt=37 ft 8¼ in
|height main=3.6 m
|height alt=11 ft. 9¾ in.
|area main=37.8 sq m
|area alt=299.13 sq ft
|empty weight main=1,840 kg
|empty weight alt=4,057 lb
|loaded weight main=2,475 kg
|loaded weight alt=5,457 lb
|max takeoff weight main=
|max takeoff weight alt=
|engine (prop)=
|type of prop=
|number of props=
|power main=
|power alt=
|max speed main=400 km/h
|max speed alt=248 mph
|range main=659 km
|range alt=432 miles
|ceiling main=8,600 m
|ceiling alt=26,213 ft
|climb rate main=
|climb rate alt=
|loading main=
|loading alt=
|power/mass main=
|power/mass alt=
|armament=
* 2× [[7,92x57 mm Mauser|7.92 mm (0.31 in)]] [[MG 15 machine gun]] and 1x 20mm [[MG FF cannon]].
* Up to four 50 kg (110 lb) bombs.
}}
== References ==
*Kay, A.L. and Smith, J.R. ''German Aircraft of World War II''. Naval Institute Press, 2002.
==Related content==
{{aircontent
|related=
*[[Arado Ar 68]]
|similar aircraft=
*[[Grumman F2F]]
*[[Mitsubishi A5M]]
|sequence=
[[DFS 194]] -
[[Arado Ar 195|Ar 195]] -
[[Arado Ar 196|Ar 196]] -
'''Ar 197''' -
[[Arado Ar 198|Ar 198]] -
[[Arado Ar 199|Ar 199]] -
[[Focke-Wulf Fw 200|Fw 200]]
|lists =
*[[List of military aircraft of Germany]]
*[[List of Luftwaffe aircraft by manufacturer, World War II]]
|see also=
}}
[[Category:German fighter aircraft 1930-1939]]
[[Category:Carrier-based aircraft]]
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