Shapley Kittiwake

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Kittiwake
RoleTwo-seat gull wing monoplane
National originUnited Kingdom
ManufacturerShapley Aircraft Limited
DesignerErrol Spencer Shapley
First flight1937
Produced1937–1938
Number built2

The Shapley Kittiwake is a 1930s British two-seat gull wing monoplane designed and built by Errol Spencer Shapley at Torquay, Devon.

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Development

The Kittiwake was a monoplane with a gull wing and a fixed landing gear. [1] The first aircraft, a Mark 1 registered G-AEZN, [2] with a single-seat open cockpit was powered by a 50 hp (37 kW) Continental A50 piston engine and first flown at Roborough in June 1937, but was damaged in a crash landing later that year. [3] The second aircraft, a Mark 2 registered G-AFRP, [4] was a larger two-seat cabin monoplane powered by a 90 hp (67 kW) Pobjoy Niagara III engine and first flown at Roborough in 1938.

The Mark 1 aircraft was dismantled before the Second World War. [5] The Mark 2 was stored during the war only to crash on Dartmoor in December 1946. [5]

Specifications (Mark 2)

Data from [5]

General characteristics

Performance

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Shapley". Flight . 24 March 1938. p. 282.
  2. ↑ UK Civil Aviation Authority Aircraft Register G-AEZN
  3. ↑ Ord-Hume 1976, p. 684.
  4. ↑ UK Civil Aviation Authority Aircraft Register G-AFRP
  5. 1 2 3 Jackson 1974, p. 296

Bibliography

  • Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3. London: Putnam. ISBN   0-370-10014-X.
  • Ord-Hume, Arthur (December 1976). "British pre-war ultra-lights: No. 9: Shapley Kittiwake". Aeroplane Monthly . Vol. 4, no. 12. pp. 664–665.
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