Parmentier Wee Mite

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Wee Mite
General information
TypeHomebuilt Monoplane
National origin Guernsey
Manufacturer Noel & Parmentier
Designer
History
Manufactured1
First flight3 April 1933
Retired1936

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]

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Design and development

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]

Specification (Salmson engine)

Data from Jackson [2]

General characteristics

Performance

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ellis, Ken (1979). British Homebuilt Aircraft since 1920. Liverpool, England: Merseyside Aviation Society. p. 102. ISBN   0 902420 321.
  2. 1 2 Jackson, A.J. (1960). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3. London: Putnam & Company. pp. 277, 281. ISBN   0 370 10014 X . Retrieved 8 May 2023.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  3. ↑ "Register Entry for G-ACRL" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
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