Built by W.L. Manuel, the Willow Wren was a development of the Crested Wren.
A single seat sailplane, the cockpit was deeper, placing the pilot within the fuselage, and the elevators and rear fuselage were revised so enclosing the elevator controls within the fuselage.
The brace wing had no airbrakes or flaps.
The prototype. “Yellow Wren”, first flew in December 1932 from Hawkinge. It became BGA.162.
Manual built a second, “Blue Wren”, BGA.201, which was sold in South Africa as ZS-GAW in 1937. It was written off in April 1949.
Several others were built from plans.
Wingspan: 12.2m / 40ft 0in
Length: 6.2m / 20ft 4 in
Wing area: 13.94 sq.m / 150 sq.ft
Aspect ratio: 12
Wing section: Gottingen 549
Empty weight: 95.26 kg / 210 lb
Wing loading: 11.22 kg/sq.m / 2.3 lb/sq.ftt
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