The Shapley Kittiwake is a 1930s British two-seat gull wing monoplane designed and built by Errol Spencer Shapley at Torquay, Devon.
| Kittiwake | |
|---|---|
| Role | Two-seat gull wing monoplane |
| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | Shapley Aircraft Limited |
| Designer | Errol Spencer Shapley |
| First flight | 1937 |
| Produced | 1937-1938 |
| Number built | 2 |
Development
editThe Kittiwake was a monoplane with a gull wing and a fixed landing gear.[1] The first aircraft, a Mark 1 registered G-AEZN,[2] with a single-seat open cockpit was powered by a 50 hp (37 kW) Continental A50 piston engine and first flown at Roborough in June 1937, but was damaged in a crash landing later that year.[3] The second aircraft, a Mark 2 registered G-AFRP,[4] was a larger two-seat cabin monoplane powered by a 90 hp (67 kW) Pobjoy Niagara III engine and first flown at Roborough in 1938.
The Mark 1 aircraft was dismantled before the Second World War.[5] The Mark 2 was stored during the war only to crash on Dartmoor in December 1946.[5]
Specifications (Mark 2)
editData from [5]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 1
- Length: 20 ft 10 in (6.35 m)
- Wingspan: 32 ft 0 in (9.76 m)
- Empty weight: 901 lb (409 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,600 lb (726 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Pobjoy Niagara III , 90 hp (67 kW)
Performance
- Cruise speed: 110 mph (176 km/h, 96 kn)
References
editNotes
editBibliography
edit- Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-10014-X.
- Ord-Hume, Arthur (December 1976). "British pre-war ultra-lights: No. 9: Shapley Kittiwake". Aeroplane Monthly. Vol. 4, no. 12. pp. 664–665.