A single seat, low wing, braced monoplane of all wood construction with aluminium covered wings.
Designed and built by A.L.Angus in Wiltshire, UK in 1930, it first flew in 1931 at Hanworth as G-ABIK cn 1.
It was withdrawn from use 21 March 1931.
Engine: Salmson AD.9
Designed by Jesse Anglin. Centre mounted joystick, rudder pedals, tailwheel steerable through rudder pedals. By 1995, marketed by Norman Aviation and Australian Aviation Works.
Engine: Subaru EA-81, 71 hp.
HP range: 71-90.
Wing span: 33 ft.
Wing area: 169 sq.ft.
Weight empty: 630 lbs.
Gross: 1058 lbs.
Fuel cap: 10 USG.
Height: 5.5 ft.
Length: 19 ft.
Speed max: 100 mph.
Cruise: 90 mph.
Range: 360 sm.
Stall: 38 mph.
ROC: 500 fpm.
Take-off dist: 200 ft.
Landing dist: 350 ft.
Service ceiling: 10,000 ft.
Seats: 2.
Landing gear: tail wheel.
Norman Aviation International Inc. J-6 Karatoo
Stall: 33 kt / 38 mph / 61 kmh
Cruise: 78 kt / 90 mph / 145 kmh
VNE: 87 kt / 100 mph / 161 kmh
Empty Weight: 249 kg / 550 lbs
MTOW Weight: 476 kg / 1050 lbs
Climb Ratio: 500 ft/min / 3 m/s
Take-off distance (50ft obstacle): 200 ft / 61 m
Landing distance (50ft obstacle): 350 ft / 107 m
Karatoo C
Engine: 105 hp.
HP range: 85-115.
Wing span: 33 ft.
Wing area: 148.5 sq.ft.
Height: 6.25 ft.
Length: 20.5 ft.
Gross: 1300 lbs.
Weight empty: 700 lbs.
Fuel cap: 16 USG.
Speed max: 110 mph.
Cruise: 95 mph.
Range: 500 sm.
Stall: 36 mph.
ROC: 1000 fpm.
Take-off dist: 300 ft.
Landing dist: 250 ft.
Service ceiling: 10,000 ft.
Seats: 2.
Landing gear: tail wheel.
Centre mounted joy stick, rudder pedals, tailwheel steerable through rudder pedals. The Skyseeker J-3 Kitten and J-4 Sportster were to be manufactured in Canada by Modern Aviation Canada Inc.
Empty wt: 240 lbs.
Wing span: 29 ft.
Wing area: 121 sq.ft.
Height: 5 ft ’3 in.
Length: 16 ft 3 in.
Fuel cap; 5 USG.
Engine: Rotax 277 (268 cc) 28 hp.
Static thrust: 210 lbs.
Max wt: 540 lbs.
Stall: 25 mph.
Max speed: 63 mph.
Vne: 120 mph.
Climb rate: 800 fpm @ 45 mph.
Design limit: +6, -4g.
Glide ratio: 12-1.
Wing loading: 4.46 lbs/sq.ft.
Power loading: 20.0 lbs/hp.
Centre mounted joy stick, rudder pedals, tailwheel steerable through rudder pedals. The Skyseeker J-3 Kitten and J-4 Sportster were to be manufactured in Canada by Modern Aviation Canada Inc. One of the first Canadian production Kittens was bought in 1985.
Engine: Rotax 277 (268 cc) 28 hp.
Static thrust: 210 lbs.
Wing span: 30 ft 6 in.
Wing area: 126 sq.ft.
Height: 5 ft 3 in.
Length: 16 ft 3in.
Max wt: 550 lbs.
Empty wt: 250 lbs.
Fuel cap; 5 USG.
Stall: 25 mph.
Max speed: 63 mph.
Vne: 120 mph.
Climb rate: 700 fpm @ 45 mph.
Design limit: +6, -4g.
Glide ratio: 12-1.
Wing loading: 4.47 lbs/sq.ft.
Power loading: 19.64 lbs/hp.
The ANEC IV was built for the 1926 Daily Mail light aeroplane competition. An attempt to produce a low-cost two seater with a 35 hp engine.
Built in 1924 by the Air Navigation and Engineering Company at Addlestone, Surrey, for the Air Ministry’s light aeroplane competition for two-seaters fitted with engines of up to 1,100 cc, the ANEC was eliminated from the trials owing to problems with the valve springs in its Anzani engine. Entered in the 1925 King’s Cup by Maj J.C. Savage, it did not take part, again owing to engine maladies. After being fitted with a 32 h,p, Bristol Cherub III engine and a strutted undercarriage, the machine finally came into its own, winning the Air League Challenge Cup Race, a 11 6 mile round trip from Castle Bromwich to Woodford, on July 16, 1927. Subsequently operated from Heston aerodrome by Air Commodore Alien Wheeler, the ANEC was withdrawn from use at West Mailing in 1937 before being moved to Old Warden for storage. The fuselage of G EBJO was restored over a three year period in the mid 1990s by Don Cashmore at Radcliffe on Trent in Nottinghamshire, and delivered back to Old Warden in October 1997 for completion by Shuttleworth engineer Andy Preslent. The fuselage and wings were reunited in October 2000. The ANEC then flew with an ABC Scorpion 2 engine restored by two of Shuttleworth’s engine specialists, Phil Norris and Bryan Avery.
Intent on encouraging British aviation progress, the Daily Mail offered a prize of £1,000 in 1923 for a ‘motor glider’ competition. The Duke of Sutherland offered £500 for the longest flight on one gallon of petrol in an aeroplane with an engine of not more than 750cc capacity. So the Royal Aero Club organised a Light Aeroplane Competition at Lympne in Kent.
The ANEC l, G EBIL, was designed by W. S. Shackleton and was one of Britain’s first ultra light aircraft. It was entered in the 1923 Lympne Trials, and in the hands of J. H. James reached a height of 14,000ft after earlier flying 87.5 miles on a single gallon of petrol, powered with the 698cc Blackburne Tomtit.
Later it went to Martlesham for testing and acquired service number J7506. It was re engined with a 1000cc Anzani, becoming the ANEC 1A, and was returned for civilian use. With shortened wings it won the high-speed prize at the 1925 Lympne Trials at 83.76 mph. Registration marks were cancelled on January 22, 1926
The idea was for an aircraft of low initial cost and low operating cost to enable the many young people of the day to follow up their Private Pilot Licence with a modestly priced 200 hours needed for their Commercial Licence. That was the original concept of the Andrews A.1 and the whole philosophy of its design. The structural design of the A.1 was heavily influenced by the limitations of small production lines and the need to be built in workshops which normally catered for maintenance with the addition of some simple tooling.
This aircraft, of which there is only one in existence (ZK-BLU), was the pioneer post-war homebuilt in New Zealand. It was built to Certificate of Airworthiness standard during the 1950’s by a CAD aeronautical engineer, Mr Cliff Andrews, although it later flew under a Permit to Fly. It first flew in 1957 but was largely inactive until 1973 when it was restored by Mr Andrews and sold to Alan Rowe of Lower Hutt. The aircraft’s construction employs a welded tube fuselage and tailgroup, and wings constructed of two wooden spars with a Warren-girder metal truss structure between. The whole airframe is fabric-covered.
Engine: Continental A65, 65 hp.
Span: 24 ft 0 in
Wing area: 115.5 sq.ft
Length: l9 ft 0 in
Height: 5 ft 7 in
Empty weight: 700 lb
MAUW: 950lb
Max speed: 102 mph at SL
Cruise: 94 mph.
ROC: 450 fpm.
Range: 270 miles.
Anderson, Greenwood & Company was organized in 1945 to design and manufacture airplanes. Its first model, the AG 14, was ready five years later. An all-metal pusher, the cabin seats two side-by-side with dual controls.
First flying on 1 October 1947, the AG 14 was certificated on 21 September 1950, but the Korean War came along and only 5 AG14’s were ever produced during 1950-1953.
One AG-14 prototype was built in 1947, NX80828, which received the Approved Type Certificate 4A1. It was later re-designated as AND-51.
The five AG-14 production examples built in 1950 were N9300K to N9304K, c/ns 1 to 5), later redesignated AND-51-A, with the same Approved Type Certificate 4A1. C/n 2 later became N4254M and c/n 3 later became N314AG.
One plane modified in 1962 as Mississippi State Univ XAZ-1. Advertised c.1964 by Space Enterprises as Space Coupe AG-14 with 100hp Continental O-220, but no record of production.
Engine: Continental C90, 90 hp
Wing span: 34 feet 7 in
Wing area: 120 sq.ft
Length: 22 feet
Height: 7 ft 9 in
Empty weight: 850 lb
Loaded weight: 1400 lb
Top Speed: over 120 mph
Landing Speed: 49 mph
Cruising range: 4 hours
Service Ceiling: 16,500
Rate of Climb: over 700 f.p.m.
A higher powered version of the EA-1.
Engine: Lycoming O-320, 150 hp.
Wing span: 36.1 ft.
Wing area: 185 sq.ft.
Height: 8.1 ft.
Length: 23.6 ft.
Weight empty: 1130 lbs.
Gross: 1800 lbs.
Speed max: 120 mph.
Cruise: 95 mph.
Range: 425 sm.
Stall: 42 mph.
ROC: 1000 fpm.
Take-off dist: 500 ft (land), 1000 ft (water).
Fuel cap: 40.5 USG.
Seats: 2.
Landing gear: Retractable tail wheel.
