Fane F.1/40
| F.1/40 | |
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| Role | air observation post |
| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | Fane Aircraft Company |
| Designer | Gerard Fane |
| First flight | 1941 |
| Number built | 1 |
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The Fane F.1/40 was a 1940s British Air Observation Post aircraft design by Captain Gerald Fane's Fane Aircraft Company (formerly C F Aircraft Ltd[1]).
Design and development
It was designed to Air Ministry specification F.1/40 for an airborne observation post. It was developed by Gerard Fane based on the Comper Scamp.[2] The Scamp had been designed by Nicholas Comper as a two-seater but he had not built it but redesigned it as a single seater, the Comper Fly. Fane took the Scamp design and reworked it as the F.1.[3] It was of pusher configuration with a high wing set behind the pilot. A single example serial number T1788 was flown and tested by the Air Ministry at Heston Aerodrome in March 1941.[2] It was in competition with the General Aircraft GAL.47 but neither were selected for service use. In September 1941 the F.1/40 was registered G-AGDJ to the builders,[4] but was scrapped sometime during the war.[2]
Specifications
Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 23 ft 5 in (7.14 m)
- Wingspan: 37 ft 0 in (11.28 m)
- Max takeoff weight: 1,500 lb (680 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental A-80 , 80 hp (60 kW)
Notes
- ↑ Flight
- 1 2 3 4 Jackson 1973, p. 333
- ↑ Scamp nickcomper.co.uk
- ↑ "Registration G-AGDJ" (PDF). United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
References
- Jackson, A.J. (1973). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2. London: Putnam. p. 382. ISBN 0-370-10010-7.