Monoplane

White Aircraft Co Sport C-1 / A / C-2 / B / A Special

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The White Aircraft A / A Special were built in 1928; 349 c/n 12 and 350 c/n 11. The engines were Velie or Anzani.

Two White Aircraft Sport C-1 (aka A) and C-2 (aka B) were built in 1928. Designed by Harold White, They were powered by 60hp LeBlond 5D (C-1) or 55hp Velie M-5 (C-2), two with 70hp Velie (N10459 c/n 19 and N12092 c/n 26], and some with various other motors, N399 c/n 15, and others.

Two seat open cockpit high wing monoplane, they were priced at $2,450.

C-1 / A
Engine: LeBlond 5D, 60hp
Wingspan: 31’1″
Length: 18’4″
Useful load: 415 lb
Max speed: 121 mph
Cruise speed: 97 mph
Stall: 35 mph
Seats: 2

C-2 / B
Engine: Velie M-5, 55hp
Wingspan: 31’1″
Length: 18’4″
Useful load: 415 lb
Max speed: 121 mph
Cruise speed: 97 mph
Stall: 35 mph
Seats: 2

White Midget

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White Midget Sportplane N90837 of 1950

W.E.White, a Navy machinist, built himself an airplane for less than $200 in 1950. Using tubing and instruments from crashed aircraft, parts of three different engines made one good one.

The bill for the materials was, tubing $6, Welding gas $7, spars $10, small wood parts $10, balsa to fair the struts $1, sheet metal $6, fabric and dope $50, engine $50. Miscellaneous other items brought the total to just under $200.

White used steel tubing for the fuselage from the pilot’s headrest forward, and spruce from the headrest to the tail. The wing is fabric covered wood. The control cables to the ailerons are mounted on top and bottom of the wings, through standard aircraft pulleys. The tires are 7×16 salvaged from an Aeronca.

Engine: 40 hp
Wingspan: 20 ft
Length: 14 ft 9 in
Take-off weight: 450 lb
Fuel capacity: 4 USG
Cruise: 60 mph
Landing speed: 35 mph

White Baby White

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The 1916 Baby White built by George D White was a single seat monoplane, powered by an approximately 15hp motorcycle engine and chain-driven pusher propeller. Of canard configuration with trailing-edge ailerons and reverse tricycle gear, it was test-flown at the Ascot Speedway in Los Angeles.

The first kit-form aircraft offered in the US, one was built, plus an unknown number of kits for home-builders.

Engine: 15hp motorcycle
Wingspan: 18’0″
Length: 16’0″
Speed: 50 mph
Seats: 1

Whisper Aircraft Whisper motorglider

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The Whisper motorglider is equally at home soaring in rising air as a glider, or motoring long distances as a roomy, yet fast touring aircraft.

The Whisper was designed for the homebuilder. Every component has been optimized to ease the task of the homebuilder. The aircraft can be built from a “basic package” or from a “fast build package” depending on how many hours the builder wishes to spend on the project. Components not supplied in these packages can be manufactured by the builder or ordered from the factory. All hardware is ordered directly from Aircraft Spruce & Specialty by the builder.

The Whisper can be built with a wingspan of 16m (52.5′) or 12m (39.4′) to suit individual requirements. With the longer wing the aircraft has a glide ratio of 28:1 and a minimum sink rate of 200fpm which makes it a very capable glider. The 21USG fuel tank and the 115MPG cruise speed also make the aircraft capable of very long powered flights. The 4’2″ wide cabin allows for very comfortable side by side seating. The aircraft can be built with conventional or nose wheel undercarriage.

The aircraft structure is fiberglass and the wing has been tested to an ultimate load of 10.6g. Engine options are VW2100, Jabiru 2200/3300, Rotax 912/S

Whisper Motorglider
Engine: Limbach L2000 or similar VW based conversion
Wing span 16m
Wing area 15sq.m
Aspect ratio 16
Length 7.16m
Empty weight 500 kg
Max all up weight 775 kg
Fuel capacity 85 litres
Prop Hoffman 3 position or fixed pitch wooden.
Rate of Climb (gross weight at sea level) 3.6m/s (700ft/min)
Max level speed 210km/h (113kts)
Cruise speed (75% power) 180km/h (95kts)
Vne 250km/h (132kts)
Stall speed 72km/h (38kts)
Va 160km/h (85kts)
Cruise fuel consumption 12litres/hr (3.2USG/hr)
Range 1200km (no reserves)
Take off roll 180m
Min sink speed 0.9m/s at 80km/h
Glide ratio 1:28 at 105km/h

Whisper Xpress
Engine Limbach L2000 or similar VW based conversion
Wing span 12m
Wing area 12.5sq.m
Aspect ratio 11
Length 7.16m
Empty weight 450 kg
Max all up weight 720 kg
Fuel capacity 85 litres
Prop Fixed Pitch – wooden
Rate of Climb (gross weight at sea level) 2.54m/s (500ft/min)
Max level speed 210km/h (113kts)
Cruise speed (75% power) 180km/h (95kts)
Vne 250km/h (132kts)
Stall speed 74km/h (38kts)
Va 160km/h (85kts)
Cruise fuel consumption 12litres/hr (3.2USG/hr)
Range 1200km (no reserves)
Take off roll 250m (470m to clear 50 ft obstacle)

Wheeler Slymph

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Wheeler Slymph G-ABOT at Old Warden in March 1965.

A single-seat mid-wing monoplane designed and built by A.H.Wheeler in 1931. Construction was started in Hinaidi, Iraq, that year. It was fitted with a Blackburn Tomtit engine.

It was not flown and brought to Henlow where it was registered G-ABOI c/n AHE.1.

In 1932 it was converted to an ABC Scorpion engine but it was never flown.

It was donated to the Shuttleworth Trust at Old Warden and stored there until loaned to the Midland Aircraft Preservation Society. It was stored in the Coventry area.

Span: 22.00 ft
Length: 14.09 ft