Hinkler Ibis

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Hinkler Ibis
RoleTwo-seat monoplane
National originUnited Kingdom
Designer H. J. Hinkler
First flight1930
Retired1959
Number built1

The Hinkler Ibis was a British two-seat wooden "amphibian" [1] monoplane designed and built by the Australian aviator Bert Hinkler while working in the United Kingdom. [2]

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Design and development

Hinkler designed and built the Ibis with the assistance of R.H. Bound at Hamble Aerodrome in Hampshire. [2] The wing was designed by Basil Henderson and built by Hendy Aircraft at Shoreham Airport. [2] It was a two-seat high-wing monoplane made of wood and powered by two 40 hp (30 kW) Salmson AD.9 radials. [2] The two engines were strut mounted back-to-back above the fuselage, one driving a pusher propeller, the other a tractor propeller. [2] The Ibis registered G-AAIS was first flown from Hamble in May 1930 and later stored in the garden of Hinkler's house in Southampton. [2] According to the aircraft's registration with the Civil Aviation Authority, it was deregistered in December 1933. [1] In 1953, it was found in a semi-derelict condition in the garden but was scrapped in 1959. [2]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 UK Civil Aviation Authority, G-AAIS registration Archived 24 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jackson 1974, p. 255

Bibliography

  • Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 - Volume 3. Putnam & Company Ltd. ISBN   0-370-10014-X.