Sproule-Ivanoff Camel

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Camel
RoleSingle-seat glider
National originUnited Kingdom
ManufacturerScott Light Aircraft
First flight1939
Number built1

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]

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Design and development

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]

Accidents

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]

Specifications

Data from VGC News [2]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Sproule, J.S. (April 1929). "The Camel". Sailplane and Glider. British Gliding Association. 10 (4): 70–71.
  2. 1 2 3 "Would this have been the Camel Mk 2". VGC News. Vintage Glider Club. 10 (93): 18. 1998.
  3. ↑ "Aircraft Register Entry for G-ALLL" (PDF). United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Glider Instructor Killed". News in Brief. The Times. No. 52084. London. 20 August 1951. col D, p. 4.
  5. 1 2 3 "Club and Gliding News". Flight : 236. 24 August 1951.
  6. ↑ "Death after Glider Collision". News. The Times. No. 52087. London. 23 August 1951. col D, p. 3.
  7. 1 2 3 Ellison, Norman (1971). British Gliders and Sailplanes. London: A & C Black Ltd. pp. 138–9, 169. ISBN   978-0-7136-1189-2.
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