Parmentier Wee Mite

The Wee Mite was a parasol monoplane with a welded steel frame with wooden wings and a fixed landing gear with a tailwheel.[1] Designed by Cecil Noel and built by him and Harold James Le Parmentier it was initial powered by a 30 hp (22 kW) ABC Scorpion and first flown at Vazon Bay, Guernsey on 10 April 1933.[1] The test flights or hops were not promising and after a forced landing and a damaged fuselage, the aircraft was rebuilt with a 40 hp (30 kW) British Salmson AD.9 engine and a lengthened fuselage by 18 in (46 cm). It was successfully flown around Guernsey in a 50 minute flight on 15 September 1933.[2]

It was registered as G-ACRL to Parmentier on 21 April 1934[3] It was dismantled and stored in 1936.[1]

Data from Jackson[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Capacity: one passenger
• Length: 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
• Wingspan: 31 ft 0 in (9.45 m)
• Empty weight: 650 lb (295 kg)
• Gross weight: 970 lb (440 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × British Salmson AD.9 radial engine, 40 hp (30 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 92 mph (148 km/h, 80 kn)
• Cruise speed: 75 mph (121 km/h, 65 kn)

• Ellis, Ken (1979). British Homebuilt Aircraft since 1920. Liverpool, England: Merseyside Aviation Society. ISBN 0 902420 321.
• Jackson, A.J. (1960). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3. London: Putnam & Company. ISBN 0 370 10014 X.