| Camel | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Single-seat glider |
| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | Scott Light Aircraft |
| Number built | 1 |
| History | |
| First flight | 1939 |
The Sproule-Ivanoff Camel was a 1930s British single-seat medium performance glider designed by J.S Sproule and Alexander Ivanoff and built by Scott Light Aircraft of Dunstable, Bedfordshire. [1] [2]
At the end of 1937 Sproule and Ivanoff decided to design a glider that would be cheap, be easy to control and have a good speed range. It would also have wing-folding for quick assembly. [1] The glider was a high wing strut-supported single-spar monoplane with no flaps of airbrakes and an enclosed single-seat cockpit. [1] The Camel first flew at Ratcliffe in Leicestershire in 1939. [2] In 1949 the Camel was registered to Alexander Ivanoff as G-ALLL. [3]
On 19 August 1951 the Camel was destroyed in a fatal mid-air collision with another glider over Dunstable. [4] [5] The pilot, an instructor with the London Gliding Club, was killed when the Camel suddenly descended on top of an EoN Olympia glider. [5] The pilot of the Olympia, from the South Downs Gliding Club, took evasive action when he saw the Camel descend; the glider lost four foot of wing tip but landed safely. [5] The Camel did not have a certificate of airworthiness, which was not a compulsory requirement. The Deputy Coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death, saying "there was no evidence that either glider was anything but airworthy". [6]
Data from VGC News [2]
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