Hendy 302 | |
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Role | Two-seat cabin monoplane |
Manufacturer | Hendy Aircraft Company |
Designer | Basil Henderson |
First flight | 1929 |
Introduction | 1929 |
Retired | 1938 |
Produced | 1929 |
Number built | 1 |
The Hendy 302 was a British two-seat cabin monoplane designed by Basil B. Henderson and built by George Parnall & Company Limited at Yate in 1929. Only one aircraft was built registered G-AAVT.
The 302 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailskid landing gear, powered by a 105 hp (78 kW) Cirrus Hermes I engine. It was flown by Edgar Percival in the 1930 King's Cup Race. It was rebuilt in 1934 as the 302A with an inverted 130 hp Cirrus Hermes IV and a revised cabin. It averaged 133.5 mph in the 1934 Kings Cup Race. It was used as a testbed for the Cirrus Major II engine before being withdrawn from use in 1938.
Data from A.J. Jackson, British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3, 1974, Putnam, London, ISBN 0-370-10014-X, Page 253
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