Designed by M Whittenburg, the Whitcraft Corp 165 single place cabin, low wing monoplane, was built circa 1965.
Engine: Continental A-65, 65hp
Wingspan: 23’8″
Length: 17’6″
Useful load: 324 lb
Max speed: 120 mph
Cruise speed: 96 mph
Stall: 60 mph
Range: 250 mi
Seats: 1
Eastford CT.
USA
Aircraft builder circa 1965.
UK
WHE founded 1969 to produce McCandless Mk IV Gyroplanes. Redesign produced Airbuggy single-seat autogyro, first flown 1973.
Financed by the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Weybridge Man Powered Aircraft Group’s Dumbo, which took 10,000 man hours to build and had wings which spanned 36.6 m (120 ft) and drooped down at rest. It has a structure of metal tube covered in see-through ‘Melinex’. All the flying surfaces are capable of being warped to act as control surfaces.
The aircraft has a bullet-shaped fuselage with a four-unit tailplane mounted at the extreme ear with a pusher propeller behind that. The pilot sits in the nose.
The wing is internally braced and set low on the fuselage.
It first flew at Weybridge on 18 September 1971.
Wingspan: 120.00 ft
Wing area: 480 sq.ft
Aspect ratio: 30-1
Empty weight: 125 lb
The Weybridge Man Powered Aircraft Group consisted of British Aircraft Corporation employees who built the MPA Dumbo.
In January 1977 construction of Fairey Flycatcher replica S1287 was started by Robinson Aircraft at Blackbushe, later transferred to Rod Bellamy, whereas the CAA Aircraft Register states Westward Airways, Lands End, England as the manufacturer
On 17 July 1977 it was registered as G-BEYB to John Fairey, and powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-14B engine, making its first flight, at Middle Wallop, on 23 July 1979. The first public display was at the Middle Wallop Air Show on 28 July 1979.
It was damaged following a take-off accident on 4 October 1980, flying again following repair on 23 July 1981.
On 01 September 1995 it was flown to Lee-on-Solent for a static role at the Fleet Air Arm Officers Association reunion, the last public function before sale to FAAM.
On 05 June 1996 it was flown to RNAS Yeovilton by John Fairey and put into 12 hanger (FSAIU).
In July 1996 it moved into the FAAM and onto public display.
By 2012 it was in the Reserve Collection at Cobham Hall Store.
Built by Gordon W. Westphal, the Rose Parakeet replica N16N sn GW-100 was first registered on 23 February 1976. Classified as an amateur built experimental, it was powered by a Lycoming O-290 engine.
2337 12th Ave NW
Rochester, MN
USA
Built a replica Rose Parakeet in 1976.
The Westmacott Skylark was a single-seat biplane glider built by R.J. & K. Westmacott at Minety. UK, in 1959.
Eventually it was stored at Minety.
A private venture by Westland, based on the single main 5-blade rotor, gearbox, and hydraulic controls from the Sikorsky S-56 Mojave, Westland redesigned the fuselage using steel tube construction to create a medium sized troop and passenger carrying helicopter, witth tailwheel u/c. Up to 40 passengers were to be carried, with metal cladding for passenger role or open frame for utility/crane role.
First flown at Yeovil on 15 June 1958 (G-APLE), the prototype Westland Westminster was powered by two 2920shp Napier Eland E220 turboshafts. Two prototyprs were built.
After the type’s appearance at the 1960 Farnborough Air show, it was cancelled in September of that year.
The Westminster appeared in June 1960 with its fuselage framework faired in. Late a six-blade rotor was fitted.
Westminster
Engines: 2 x Napier Eland E.229A turboshaft, 2090kW
Rotor diameter: 21.95m
Length: 27.4m
Max take-off weight: 14965kg
Empty weight: 10125kg
Max speed: 241km/h
Cruising speed: 184km/h
Hovering ceiling, IGE: 2750m
Range: 330km
Crew: 2
Passengers: 40
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