Spartan Clipper

Clipper
Role Civil touring aeroplane
Manufacturer Spartan Aircraft Limited
Designer H.E. Broadsmith
First flight 14 December 1932
Retired Destroyed 4 May 1942
Primary user Spartan Aircraft Limited
Produced 1932
Number built 1

The Spartan Clipper was a British light touring aeroplane of the 1930s. It was a single-engine, two-seat, low-wing monoplane with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage.

Development

H.E. Broadsmith designed the Clipper as a two-seater; he employed the outer wings of the Monospar ST-4. Spartan Aircraft Limited built one example at their East Cowes works in 1932. The aeroplane was initially fitted with a 75-hp Pobjoy R motor. Registered G-ACEG it flew for the first time on 14 December 1932. After modification to undercarriage, cabin glazing and cowling, it received a Certificate of Airworthiness on 29 June 1933.

In 1933 the Clipper was raced in the King's Cup Race.

In 1938, it was re-engined with a Pobjoy Niagara III of 90-hp, after which it was used as a company hack until 4 May 1942, when it was destroyed in an air raid on Cowes.

Specifications (S.5)

Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 3 [1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 28 ft 2 in (8.58 m)
  • Wingspan: 34 ft 0 in (10.36 m)
  • Height: ()
  • Wing area: 150 ft²[2] (13.94 m²)
  • Empty weight: 770 lb (350 kg)
  • Loaded weight: 1,300 lb (591 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Pobjoy R, 75 hp (56 kW)

Performance

References

  1. ↑ Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 3. Putnam.
  2. 1 2 3 London 1998, p. 338.
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