| FRED | |
|---|---|
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| Being prepared for flight at Andrewsfield Airport, Essex, 1989 | |
| Role | Homebuilt monoplane |
| Manufacturer | Clutton-Tabenor |
| Designer | Eric Clutton |
| First flight | 1963 |
| Number built | about 30-40 |
The Clutton-Tabenor FRED is a British homebuilt aircraft design introduced in 1963. [1] [2] [3]
The prototype FRED (Flying Runabout Experimental Design) was designed and built by E.C. Clutton and E.W. Sherry between 1957 and 1963. The aircraft, registered G-ASZY, first flew at Meir aerodrome, Stoke-on-Trent on 3 November 1963. It was a single-seat wood and fabric parasol monoplane powered originally by a Triumph 5T motorcycle engine. By 1968 it was flying with a converted Volkswagen engine. The Continental A-65 65 hp (48 kW) four stroke powerplant has also been used. The plans were made available to allow the aircraft to be homebuilt and thirty to forty examples have been built around the world. [1] [2] [3]
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