Wee Mite | |
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Role | Homebuilt Monoplane |
National origin | Guernsey |
Manufacturer | Noel & Parmentier |
Designer | Cecil W Noel |
First flight | 3 April 1933 |
Retired | 1936 |
Produced | 1 |
The Parmentier Wee Mite (sometimes Noel Wee Mite) was a British two-seat, parasol monoplane designed by Cecil Noel and first flown in Guernsey in 1933. [1]
The Wee Mite was a parasol monoplane with a welded steel frame with wooden wings and a fixed landing gear with a tailwheel. [1] Designed by Cecil Noel and built by him and Harold James Le Parmentier it was initial powered by a 30 hp (22 kW) ABC Scorpion and first flown at Vazon Bay, Guernsey on 10 April 1933. [1] The test flights or hops were not promising and after a forced landing and a damaged fuselage, the aircraft was rebuilt with a 40 hp (30 kW) British Salmson AD.9 engine and a lengthened fuselage by 18 in (46 cm). It was successfully flown around Guernsey in a 50 minute flight on 15 September 1933. [2]
It was registered as G-ACRL to Parmentier on 21 April 1934. [3] It was dismantled and stored in 1936. [1]
Data from Jackson [2]
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